Technical Project Manager

IT Project Manager – Network Lifecycle Management Location: Rahway, NJ – Onsite Company: Astreya Employment Type: Full-Time About Astreya Astreya is a global technology services company that helps organizations manage and transform their IT environments through technology solutions, managed services, and skilled technical teams. Astreya partners with leading organizations to deliver reliable IT operations, infrastructure management, project delivery, and technology lifecycle services. We are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager – Network Lifecycle Management to join our team onsite in Rahway, New Jersey. This role will be responsible for managing end-to-end hardware and software lifecycle management projects across assigned sites, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and ensuring projects are delivered within scope, timeline, quality, and budget expectations. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end Network Lifecycle Management (LCM) projects for assigned sites across hardware and software products, including project planning, scope definition, timelines, dependencies, and execution. Develop realistic project plans and coordinate the sequence of work, including activities that may fall outside the direct LCM scope. Serve as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders and ensure effective communication through meetings, status reports, dashboards, and regular project updates. Review the overall Network Lifecycle Management (LCM) program and prepare site-specific information and data required for project verification and execution. Organize and facilitate project kick-off meetings with site stakeholders to review Hardware Lifecycle Management (HLCM) and Software Lifecycle Management (SLCM) requirements and plans. Conduct Remote Site Assessments to gather technical, financial, infrastructure, and site-related information required for project planning. Manage project budgets and coordinate procurement activities, including hardware, devices, services, and labor requirements. Work closely with Finance and Procurement teams to manage Bills of Materials (BoMs), vendor quotes, Purchase Orders (POs), delivery information, and asset-tracking requirements. Maintain accurate project information in designated project management, lifecycle management, and tracking systems. Identify and coordinate appropriate implementation engineers and technical resources within Product Teams for activities such as BoM development, technical designs, implementation, and deployment. Collaborate with network engineers, IT teams, vendors, site contacts, procurement, finance, and other cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution. Coordinate with hardware vendors and site contacts regarding hardware delivery schedules, installation requirements, approvals, and change-window downtime. Coordinate hardware transfers between client sites when required, ensuring all transfers follow customer-defined processes and asset-management requirements. Work with local site contacts to ensure availability of local hands-and-feet support for network hardware racking, stacking, installation, and related activities. When local support is unavailable, coordinate with customer-preferred vendors to obtain quotations and arrange required services in accordance with established customer processes. Prepare and distribute weekly project status overviews, highlighting progress, risks, issues, dependencies, upcoming activities, and onboarding of new team members where applicable. Support administrative activities associated with lifecycle management, including data cleanup, data validation, analysis preparation, reporting, and process documentation. Proactively identify project risks, dependencies, delays, and resource constraints and coordinate appropriate mitigation actions. Required Skills & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred. Experience in IT Project Management, Network Project Management, Infrastructure Project Management, or Lifecycle Management. Experience managing projects involving network hardware, software, infrastructure, or technology refreshes. Strong understanding of project planning, scope, timelines, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder management. Experience working with BoMs, quotes, POs, procurement, vendors, and asset tracking. Strong cross-functional coordination skills across IT, engineering, finance, procurement, vendors, and business stakeholders. Excellent communication, presentation, documentation, and reporting skills. Ability to manage multiple projects, sites, stakeholders, and competing priorities simultaneously. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Experience working with project management and reporting tools. Ability to work effectively in a customer-facing onsite environment. Preferred Experience Hardware Lifecycle Management (HLCM) Software Lifecycle Management (SLCM) Network infrastructure refresh or technology refresh projects Network hardware deployment, racking and stacking Vendor and procurement coordination Change management and change-window coordination Asset management and inventory tracking Financial and budget management Why Join Astreya? At Astreya, you will have the opportunity to work on complex technology programs and collaborate with experienced IT professionals, engineers, vendors, and enterprise stakeholders. This role offers exposure to large-scale IT infrastructure, network lifecycle management, project delivery, and technology transformation while working in a collaborative and customer-focused environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Astreya