IT Project Manager

IT Project ManagerLocation: Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 Duration: 18 Months Monday - Thursday onsite; Friday remote (subject to change).Job Description:Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle ensuring project is delivered timely and on-budget.Works with engineering teams, including Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, and leadership to establish processes across all program areas that will ensure success on strategically prioritized projects and improve efficiency.Defines, optimizes, and manages Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams.Maintain monthly forecast submissions, including adjustments to resource allocations, vendor payment schedules, and forecasts for partner teamsConduct regular program status meetings with all partners, ensuring needs and requirements are metBuild program reports and dashboards for program management, sponsors, and partnersMonitors & adjusts program plan to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring program is progressing to meet business goalsAct as a primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors, and other key functional delivery teamsLead project delivery by coordinating cross functional dependencies, resolving blockers, and managing RAID to ensure milestones stay on trackEscalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigationEnsure proper project closure including lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reportingOwn Jira and Confluence administration, governance, and executive reporting, ensuring consistent Agile processes, traceability, and delivery visibilityDrive roadmap planning, dependency mapping, and infrastructure migration coordination using Advanced Roadmaps and aligned tracking artifactsSupport cross functional teams through training, coaching, and program level coordination across Scrum teams and vendorsSupport Jira Cloud migration readiness, including cleanup, process alignment, and adoption supportRequired Qualifications & Skills:Minimum of 5 years of technical project/program management experience working with technical teams developing enterprise class solutionsUnderstanding of Cloud, APIs, services, database technologies, technologist roles and responsibilities, capabilities & platform dependencies, software development lifecycle, engineering and/or product developmentInfluence and negotiation, communication, professional maturity & organizational savvy, relationship building, dependency mappingHands-on experience with practices such as Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall as well as extensive experience with pragmatic blending of styles to facilitate collaboration and deliveryDeep understanding of Agile technical practices, DevOps and testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD)Significant experience in coaching and mentoring teams on project management practices including Agile, Lean, Kanban, WaterfallExperience and knowledge of AI emerging technologies, nomenclature and strategiesExcellent ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of a projectExperience managing large project budgetsExperience with tools such as: Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet, MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira, Tableau, Claude, and Power BIPreferred QualificationsProject Management Professional (PMP) CertificationExperience in supporting large-scale, global software development programsEducation: Bachelor's Degree or relevant years of experience (Minimum of 5 years of technical project/program management experience working with technical teams developing enterprise class solutions)