IT Project Manager V

Our client is currently seeking a IT Project Manager V

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Job Title : IT Project Manager V


Location : Rosemead, CA


Worksite : Hybrid


Duration : 18+ months


Job Description:


We are seeking a senior IT Project Manager V to oversee an integrated technology portfolio spanning multiple workstreams within a joint Business and IT environment. In this role, you will own portfolio-level planning, financial management, risk and change governance, and multi-vendor oversight, providing decision-ready reporting for senior executive forums.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio & Workplan Ownership: Lead and maintain the integrated portfolio workplan, managing milestones, cross-workstream dependencies, critical paths, stage-gate readiness, and ownership.
• Financial Oversight & Reconciliation: Consolidate baseline budgets, forecasts, actuals, contingency, and variance explanations. Reconcile Customer Service business views with IT reporting.
• Governance & Change Control: Manage integrated risks, issues, actions, decisions, dependencies, and changes (RAID-C). Operate governance intake and change control for additions, descopes, pauses, and reprioritization.
• Executive Reporting: Prepare weekly and monthly portfolio rollups and present concise, decision-ready materials to senior leadership and governance committees.
• Vendor & PMO Alignment: Coordinate vendor and contract oversight across Customer Service, IT, Finance, Procurement, and delivery partners.
• Operating Model Design: Maintain the operating model, RACI matrix, governance calendar, and escalation paths in coordination with the PMO.
• PMO Sustainability: Create durable PMO packages, templates, decision histories, and handoff documentation to leave a sustainable operating framework.

Required Qualifications

• Portfolio Leadership: Proven experience managing an integrated portfolio with at least 3 distinct technology workstreams.
• Joint Business/IT PMO: Demonstrated experience operating in dual Business and IT PMO environments without needing direct product delivery authority.
• Financial Management: Direct experience in portfolio budget consolidation, forecasting, reconciliation, and value tracking.
• Executive Stakeholder Management: Strong communication skills with the ability to summarize complex technical issues into clear decisions and actionable next steps for executives.
• Governance Discipline: Strong background driving risk, dependency, and change-control discipline across multi-vendor technology transformations.
• Methodology: Comfortable working within hybrid agile and stage-gated governance models.

Preferred / Desired Skills

• Utility & Regulated Industry Experience: Prior background working within electric utilities or heavily regulated environments.
• Customer Service Tech: Hands-on experience with contact center platforms, conversational AI, billing/collections, or SAP systems.
• PMO Mobilization: Experience establishing a new PMO structure and leaving behind a durable, sustainable operating model.