IT Project Manager

Technical Project Manager

Stack Infrastructure (Stack) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world's most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

Stack offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on Stack.

The technical project manager is responsible for leading IT and OT projects, in end-user computing, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and networking domains, through the project lifecycle and for aligning with the business strategies and objectives. This will require leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in developing project plans, overseeing execution, and completing projects on time and within budget. The project manager will also present weekly updates to IT leadership, ensuring the attainment of our objectives. This role will report to the director of IT PMO.

Core Responsibilities

• Build and develop the project teams for optimal performance by providing clear purpose, direction, and motivation.
• Lead IT and OT projects through the entire project lifecycle, from initiation to closure, and ensure the projects are performing to expectations.
• Collaborate with cross-function teams to comprehensively identify requirements, scope, financial budget, and monthly forecast.
• Develop project plans and establish baselines. Identify the critical path, risks, and corresponding mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and track project status, milestones, tasks, and financial budget against the established baselines, addressing action items and ensuring adherence to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Track monthly schedule and budget metrics. Notify IT leadership of any issues that prevent us from completing projects on time and within budget.
• Identify dependencies and assist the team in removing any roadblocks.
• Perform monthly resource planning. Promptly report any workload and resource issues.
• Follow the change management process for any alterations to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Conduct contract management and verify scope, requirements, and durations are explicitly outlined in the contracts.
• Update project schedules in Smartsheet weekly.
• Update project slides in the weekly status presentation and report project milestone status, budget, issues, and risks weekly to IT leadership. Escalate issues as necessary. Follow the status report processes to support effective and transparent governance.
• Manage vendor relationships and contracts, consistently reviewing and monitoring vendor performance.

Details

• Location: Denver, CO or San Francisco, CA.
• Travel up to 10%.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.
• Must pass comprehensive background screening.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of technical project management experience.
• Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies and industry best practices.
• Proficient in Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines.
• Good stakeholder management and vendor management skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess and mitigate project risks in a timely and effective manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate project issues to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification is preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in IT or OT are a plus.
• Experience working at a data center company is a plus.

Compensation Range:

This might be right for you if:

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

Why Stack?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We're growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

Stack is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Stack Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Stack Infrastructure, Inc.