IT Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

 

Pivot Point Solutions

Pivot Point Solutions is a California-based consulting firm that delivers experienced field professionals to construction and utility organizations across the state. We partner with contractors, program owners, and utility clients to provide skilled inspection, construction management, and field support personnel who keep infrastructure projects safe, compliant, and on schedule.

Our team understands the demands of active construction environments, from underground gas and electric infrastructure to large-scale utility programs. By pairing deep industry knowledge with a responsive, hands-on approach, we help clients maintain quality, meet regulatory requirements, and keep field operations running smoothly on some of California's most critical infrastructure projects.

Job Overview

Title: Senior IT Project Manager
Sector: Information Technology / Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
Seniority: Senior Level
Location: Oakland, CA
Job Type: Hybrid – Primarily Remote, Approximately 2 Day per Week Onsite
Contract Length: 9 Months
Compensation: $62.00 - $84.00/hour

Role Overview

Pivot Point Solutions is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise technology initiatives centered on the deployment, modernization and adoption of the Tanium endpoint management and security platform. This position will oversee complex implementation activities involving endpoint visibility, configuration management, automated patching, asset discovery, compliance monitoring and migration from legacy endpoint tools.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience managing large-scale infrastructure or cybersecurity technology deployments and can coordinate delivery across cybersecurity, IT operations, infrastructure, architecture, application teams, vendors and executive leadership. This role requires strong project governance, financial management, technical coordination and stakeholder communication skills to ensure successful implementation and transition into ongoing operations.

Your Day-to-Day Activities

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution and delivery of enterprise Tanium implementation and modernization initiatives.

• Develop integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, resource forecasts and dependency tracking.

• Coordinate multiple concurrent deployment workstreams across cybersecurity, infrastructure, IT operations, architecture and application teams.

• Manage the implementation, configuration and rollout of Tanium capabilities supporting endpoint management, configuration drift, patching, asset discovery and compliance monitoring.

• Coordinate migration activities from existing endpoint management and security platforms into Tanium.

• Oversee endpoint onboarding, deployment readiness, testing, validation and production rollout activities.

• Partner with technical teams to establish deployment standards, operational procedures and implementation requirements.

• Define project scope, deliverables, success metrics and acceptance criteria.

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, labor plans, vendor expenditures and financial reporting.

• Coordinate funding approvals, governance reviews and project financial controls.

• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions to address schedule, scope, budget or resource concerns.

• Manage Tanium vendors, implementation partners, consultants and professional services engagements.

• Oversee Statements of Work (SOWs), contract deliverables, vendor commitments and service performance.

• Facilitate steering committee meetings, project reviews, stakeholder discussions and executive status updates.

• Maintain project risk registers, issue logs, dependency trackers, decision logs and escalation processes.

• Coordinate cybersecurity, audit and compliance requirements throughout project delivery.

• Support implementation activities aligned with SOX, NERC-CIP and other applicable regulatory or enterprise security standards.

• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, deployment metrics, financial reports and project communications.

• Track endpoint adoption, rollout progress, operational readiness and project acceptance.

• Coordinate change management, training, documentation and transition activities with ongoing support teams.

• Ensure project deliverables are successfully transferred into steady-state operations.

• Identify opportunities to improve endpoint security, operational efficiency, platform adoption and enterprise risk management.

The Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business or a related field.

• 8+ years of IT Project or Program Management experience.

• 5+ years managing large-scale infrastructure, cybersecurity or enterprise software implementation projects.

• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise endpoint management, endpoint security or comparable cybersecurity platform deployments.

• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, endpoint operations, cybersecurity technologies and deployment processes.

• Experience managing technical implementation projects from planning and design through testing, production rollout and operational transition.

• Experience managing project budgets exceeding $500,000.

• Strong financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning and vendor expenditure tracking.

• Experience managing multiple technical workstreams and cross-functional delivery teams.

• Experience coordinating vendors, implementation partners, professional services teams and contract deliverables.

• Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies.

• Experience establishing project governance, reporting, risk management and escalation processes.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Jira or comparable project management tools.

• Experience preparing executive dashboards, status reports, presentations and project performance metrics.

• Strong understanding of project risk, issue, dependency and change management.

• Ability to communicate technical project information to business stakeholders and executive leadership.

• Strong leadership, organizational, negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• Experience working within complex enterprise technology environments.

• Must currently reside locally and be available for onsite meetings approximately one day per week, with additional visits as business needs require.

You'll Stand Out If You Have

• Direct experience implementing, migrating or managing enterprise Tanium deployments.

• Familiarity with Tanium capabilities for endpoint management, configuration drift, patching, asset discovery and compliance monitoring.

• Experience replacing or consolidating legacy endpoint management and cybersecurity platforms.

• Experience with Microsoft Configuration Manager (SCCM/MECM), Microsoft Intune, BigFix, CrowdStrike or comparable enterprise endpoint technologies.

• Strong understanding of vulnerability management, endpoint security, IT asset management and cybersecurity operations.

• Experience supporting regulated environments governed by SOX, NERC-CIP, PCI or similar compliance requirements.

• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master or comparable project management certification.

• Experience managing cloud infrastructure, operating system lifecycle or enterprise infrastructure modernization initiatives.

• Experience working within utilities, energy, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated industries.

• Demonstrated success managing large endpoint rollouts with measurable adoption, security and operational improvements.

About Pivot Point Solutions

Pivot Point Solutions delivers experienced field professionals to organizations throughout California's construction and utility industries. Our teams support critical infrastructure initiatives by placing inspectors, construction managers, and field personnel who understand the demands of complex, highly regulated construction environments.

We partner with our clients to provide professionals who can integrate quickly with project teams, operate independently in the field, and help ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with utility specifications, codes, and quality standards.