IT Project Manager III

Job Title: Project Manager III
Location: Oakland, CA
Duration: November 2, 2026– June 26, 2027
Notes:  
Can set expectation of one day onsite per week. Job Description:
Position Summary
The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading the planning, execution, governance, and delivery of Tanium. This role oversees project scope, schedule, budget, resources, vendor engagement, risk management, and stakeholder communications to ensure the successful implementation of Tanium capabilities, including configuration drift management, endpoint management, patching, asset discovery, compliance monitoring, and migration from legacy solutions.
The successful candidate will serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure operations, application teams, architects, and vendor partners to deliver strategic outcomes that improve operational efficiency, security posture, and regulatory compliance.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Tanium projects and workstreams.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Establish project governance, controls, reporting mechanisms, and escalation paths.
• Facilitate steering committee, status, and stakeholder meetings.

Scope, Schedule & Financial Management

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, labor plans, vendor expenditures, and financial reporting.
• Coordinate project funding approvals and governance reviews.
• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Ensure delivery within approved scope, schedule, and budget constraints.

Tanium Deployment & Modernization

• Coordinate deployment, configuration, and optimization of Tanium platform modules.
• Support migration from legacy tools and processes to Tanium capabilities.
• Manage implementation activities across the enterprise.
• Coordinate endpoint onboarding, testing, validation, and production rollout activities.
• Work with technical teams to establish deployment standards and operational procedures.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary engagement lead for Tanium vendors, consultants, and professional services partners.
• Manage Statements of Work (SOWs), contracts, deliverables, and vendor performance.
• Coordinate across infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, compliance, operations, and business teams.
• Provide executive-level status updates and project communications.
• Build strong relationships with technical and business stakeholders to achieve project objectives.

Risk, Compliance & Quality Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, audit, SOX, NERC, and organizational requirements.
• Develop mitigation plans for schedule, budget, and technical challenges.
• Track dependencies impacting project delivery and operational readiness.
• Drive quality assurance activities and project acceptance processes.

Reporting & Communications

• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and status reports.
• Present project health, milestones, risks, and accomplishments to senior leadership.
• Maintain project documentation, decision logs, RAID logs, and operational transition plans.
• Provide consolidated reporting on deployment status, project progress, and business outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of IT project or program management experience.
• 5+ years managing large-scale infrastructure, cybersecurity, or enterprise software implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise endpoint management or security platform deployments.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Experience managing budgets exceeding $500,000 and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Jira, or similar project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or managing Tanium platform deployments.
• Experience with cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, endpoint security, or IT asset management.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks such as SOX, NERC-CIP, PCI, or similar compliance requirements.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading cloud, infrastructure modernization, and operating system lifecycle programs.
• Utility industry or critical infrastructure experience preferred.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Planning
• Program Governance
• Executive Communication
• Vendor Management
• Financial Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Change Management
• Infrastructure & Operations Management
• Cybersecurity Program Delivery
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Continuous Improvement
• Stakeholder Engagement

Success Measures
The Senior IT Project Manager will be measured on:

• Successful delivery of Tanium project milestones.
• Achievement of schedule, budget, and scope objectives.
• Endpoint deployment and adoption targets.
• Compliance and audit readiness outcomes.
• Stakeholder satisfaction and executive reporting quality.
• Reduction of operational and security risks.
• Successful transition of project deliverables into steady-state operations.