IT Project Manager

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager IT to lead complex delivery initiatives within for one of our technology teams in Southern California. This Long-term Contract position requires a hands-on leader who can coordinate technical and business workstreams, guide vendor performance, and maintain strong delivery governance. The ideal candidate will bring a balanced background in project execution, stakeholder communication, financial oversight, and platform operations in a fast-paced onsite environment. This will be onsite 4 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project execution by managing schedules, scope, milestones, and coordination across internal teams and external partners.

• Oversee daily delivery activities spanning reporting, quality assurance, platform-related work, and issue resolution to keep initiatives on track.

• Manage vendor commitments by monitoring service levels, reviewing progress, and escalating risks or delays before they affect timelines.

• Coordinate closely with business, IT, application, QA, and vendor teams to align dependencies and support smooth delivery.

• Maintain project governance artifacts, including risks, actions, issues, and dependencies, and drive timely follow-through on open items.

• Administer and prioritize the project backlog in partnership with the Product Owner, ensuring work is sequenced effectively based on business needs.

• Provide oversight of system integrations, data movement, and technical dependencies to support build, test, and release planning.

• Direct production support operations by supervising ticket activity, enforcing SLA performance, and promoting root-cause resolution for recurring issues.

• Own project financial management, including budget tracking, forecasting, invoice validation, accruals, and coordination with finance and procurement.

• Prepare status reporting and executive updates, facilitate stakeholder meetings, and support testing, deployment readiness, and go-live planning.

• Proven experience leading large-scale IT projects or programs in a senior project management capacity.

• Strong ability to manage cross-functional teams, third-party vendors, and multiple parallel workstreams.

• Demonstrated knowledge of project financial controls, including forecasts, accruals, invoice review, and budget variance analysis.

• Experience translating technical dependencies, integration risks, and operational issues into clear actions for stakeholders and leadership.

• Skilled in status reporting, documentation, executive communication, and delivery governance.

• Familiarity with testing coordination, deployment planning, and production support within enterprise platforms.