Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

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KēSTA I.T is actively seeking a Project Manager for an immediate contract engagement with our client.

Job Description :

We Are Seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide strategic oversight, leadership, accountability, and project management for complex, high-visibility programs and initiatives. This role is responsible for guiding large-scale projects that involve diverse stakeholder groups, vendor participation, multiple interconnected schedules, system integrations, significant organizational risk, and executive-level visibility. The ideal candidate is highly self-directed and capable of establishing structure in ambiguous environments, developing effective governance and intake processes, and driving projects from initiation through successful closeout.

The Project Manager will serve as a central point of coordination among business stakeholders, product owners, technical leadership, vendors, and executive sponsors. This position will oversee long-term planning, resource coordination, project health reporting, risk and issue escalation, release planning, and quality control while ensuring project objectives, scope, timelines, and organizational priorities remain aligned.

Responsibilities:

· Lead the planning, execution, oversight, and closeout of large, complex, and strategically important projects and programs.

· Provide executive-level project communication, including project health reporting, stakeholder alignment, risk discussions, and sponsor meetings.

· Serve as a primary coordination point between product owners, technical leadership, development teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and project sponsors.

· Establish and maintain clear project scope, priorities, release objectives, schedules, dependencies, and delivery expectations.

· Develop comprehensive project plans, staffing strategies, resource forecasts, status reports, and delivery schedules.

· Manage project activities throughout the full lifecycle, from initiation and planning through implementation, transition, and closeout.

· Coordinate multiple teams, workstreams, vendors, and interdependent schedules to maintain alignment and delivery momentum.

· Develop and maintain long-term release and delivery plans based on organizational priorities and strategic direction.

· Monitor project budget, schedule, quality, scope, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating significant concerns when appropriate.

· Establish effective intake processes, governance structures, prioritization models, and operating procedures for programs or operational functions.

· Independently assess organizational needs and develop sustainable processes that support prioritization, decision-making, accountability, and execution.

· Facilitate working sessions, resolve competing priorities, build consensus, and negotiate practical outcomes among diverse stakeholders.

· Identify, analyze, and resolve complex issues, conflicts, risks, and competing requirements that could affect project delivery.

· Maintain strong stakeholder relationships through proactive communication, issue resolution, and consistent follow-through.

· Apply project management principles, methodologies, and established delivery practices throughout project execution.

· Ensure project activities remain aligned with organizational standards, governance requirements, and approved objectives.

· Provide project quality control and oversight to ensure deliverables meet established scope, requirements, and stakeholder expectations.

· Support continuous improvement of project management, governance, intake, and operational processes.

· Perform additional project management and operational responsibilities as needed to support organizational objectives.

Required Skills

· 5+ years of experience working effectively within matrixed organizations and cross-functional team environments.

· 5+ years of experience applying project management principles, methodologies, frameworks, and industry best practices.

· 5+ years of experience working with system development methodologies for the creation of new systems and enhancement of existing information systems.

· 5+ years of experience working within Agile release governance structures and coordinating delivery across multiple teams or workstreams.

· 5+ years of experience resolving complex, high-priority conflicts, risks, competing requirements, and stakeholder priorities.

· 5+ years of experience communicating business and stakeholder needs clearly to technical, business, and executive audiences.

· 5+ years of experience facilitating cross-functional collaboration, building consensus, conducting working sessions, and negotiating outcomes.

· 5+ years of experience managing stakeholder relationships, addressing concerns, maintaining productive partnerships, and resolving issues.

· Demonstrated ability to independently establish work intake processes, governance frameworks, prioritization models, and operational procedures.

· Strong experience coordinating project scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, quality, and deliverables.

· Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous or evolving environments with limited direction.

· Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and executive-level communication skills.

· Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

· Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accountability for project outcomes.

Preferred Skills

· Previous experience supporting projects or programs within a government or public-sector environment.

· Experience serving in multiple project-related roles, such as Project Manager, Program Manager, Project Coordinator, or similar leadership/support positions.

· Professional project management certification such as PMP, CAPM, PfMP, or another recognized project management credential.

· Experience developing or managing formal project governance, intake, prioritization, and release management processes.

· Experience working with large, complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, vendors, integrated systems, and significant organizational dependencies.

Available Benefits:

· Medical Benefits (Platinum level plans available)

· Work from home / Hybrid / Onsite options

· PTO

· Holiday Pay

· VTO

· 401K

· Charitable Match

· Training reimbursement

 

About KēSTA I.T.:

 

Our name says it all; KēSTA I.T. (Keys-to-I.T.) AND our people are our keys to our success!

 

KēSTA I.T. is a premier Utah-based technical staffing and consulting services firm. We specialize in temporary and permanent placement of Software, Hardware, Network, Cloud, CRM/ERP, Data, End-User support, Web and Executive / leadership-based positions on a full time and consulting basis.

If you're interested in a role where top performance is rewarded, personal time is valued, and excellence is demanded at every level we want to talk to you today! 

 

Where do you want to go? We've got the keys! ~ KēSTA I.T.