Project Manager

IT Project Manager / Enterprise Project Manager

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid) 2-3 days

Onsite Interview in DC

STAFFXPERT LLC is a trusted staffing and workforce solutions partner connecting top talent with leading organizations across technology, engineering, healthcare, finance, and professional services. We are committed to delivering exceptional talent solutions while helping professionals advance their careers through meaningful opportunities.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead complex enterprise IT initiatives from project inception through successful completion. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing large-scale IT implementations, system integrations, cloud and infrastructure projects, and digital transformation initiatives. This role requires exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement, risk management, budgeting, and project delivery expertise in both Agile and traditional project environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise IT projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, deployment, and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, success metrics, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource allocations, budgets, and forecasts.
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and change control processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Monitor project performance against scope, schedule, budget, quality, and business objectives.
• Create and deliver executive-level project status reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Drive project governance, decision-making processes, and stakeholder communications.
• Oversee vendor engagements, contract deliverables, service-level commitments, and project outcomes.
• Support requirements gathering, solution implementation, testing, user acceptance activities, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Establish measurable KPIs and success metrics to track business outcomes and benefits realization.
• Develop recovery and mitigation strategies when project timelines, budgets, or deliverables are at risk.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions, and project closeout activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience managing complex enterprise IT projects.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale IT implementation, integration, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, application modernization, data migration, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in project lifecycle management, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning.
• Experience managing project vendors, contracts, statements of work (SOWs), and third-party deliverables.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and project portfolio management (PPM) tools.
• Experience utilizing Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical teams.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting public-sector, government, utility, or highly regulated organizations.
• Experience with enterprise asset management, customer service, billing, permitting, data analytics, or operational technology platforms.
• Background managing infrastructure, network, cybersecurity, mobile application, or field operations projects.
• Knowledge of organizational change management and business process transformation initiatives.