Sr. IT Project Manager

Sr. IT Project Manager Hybrid – 3 Days onsite 6-12 Months (pure contract) Location: Jersey City, NJLead the governed delivery of complex technology initiatives across Middleware & Client Technologies (MCT), providing end-to-end accountability for scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, controls, financials, and stakeholder alignment. The role connects technology execution with enterprise governance and ensures that commitments progress predictably from planning through production readiness and closure.Establish and maintain the project charter, integrated plan, milestone schedule, delivery roadmap, RAID log, decision log, action register, dependency map, stakeholder map, and change-control record. Apply the appropriate MCT and enterprise delivery framework, including System Delivery Process (SDP), Delivery Practices Program (DPP), and applicable infrastructure delivery practices. Coordinate requirements, architecture, engineering, testing, security, infrastructure, operational readiness, release, and post-implementation activities across contributing teams. Drive readiness reviews and go/no-go decisions using documented evidence, approvals, control completion, operational support readiness, rollback planning, and unresolved-risk visibility. Maintain disciplined PPM and Jira alignment so scope, milestones, resources, delivery status, and governance reporting remain consistent across systems of recordOwn end-to-end delivery of one large, complex technology project or a coordinated set of mid-to-large initiatives, from initiation and planning through production implementation and closure. Translate business and technology objectives into an integrated delivery plan with clear scope, milestones, critical path, success criteria, resource needs, governance checkpoints, and decision dates. Negotiate scope, schedule, sequencing, capacity, and delivery trade-offs with sponsors, technology leads, Product, EPMO, Finance, control partners, and vendors. Act as the central point of accountability for delivery health, ensuring commitments are evidence-based, transparent, and actively managed.