Your role and responsibilities
As a Project Manager for Cloud Solutions, you will oversee the successful delivery of cloud-based solutions to clients, managing project scope, cost, schedule, and deliverables to ensure alignment with service orders or contracts. You will employ project management techniques such as the Garage Method for Cloud, Design Thinking, and Agile Delivery Model to drive solution delivery.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Lead Delivery Team: Manage and guide the delivery team to ensure successful project execution, interfacing with client project managers and stakeholders to ensure seamless collaboration and effective communication.
• Manage Project Scope: Oversee project scope, cost, schedule, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with service orders or contracts and making adjustments as needed to meet client requirements.
• Employ Project Management Techniques: Apply project management techniques such as the Garage Method for Cloud, Design Thinking, and Agile Delivery Model to drive solution delivery and ensure best practices.
• Ensure Technical Alignment: Collaborate with technical teams to ensure alignment with cloud technologies, including cloud migration, continuous modernization, and coexistence architecture.
• Interface with Clients: Serve as a primary point of contact for client project managers and stakeholders, providing regular updates and ensuring client satisfaction with project delivery.
This position can be performed from anywhere in the USA.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• Cloud Migration Experience: Experience with cloud migration, continuous modernization, coexistence architecture, refactoring, containerization, APIs, Microservices, and Kubernetes, with a strong understanding of application components, including System of Engagement (SOE), System of Insight (SOI), System of Integration (SOI), and System of Records (SOR).
• Cloud Platform Delivery: Hands-on experience in project delivery on at least one major cloud platform, such as IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, or Google Cloud Platform, with a deep understanding of cloud technologies and project management best practices.
• Project Management Techniques: Experience with project management techniques such as the Garage Method for Cloud, Design Thinking, and Agile Delivery Model, with the ability to apply these techniques to drive solution delivery and ensure best practices.
• Technical Leadership: Experience leading delivery teams and interfacing with client project managers and stakeholders to ensure seamless collaboration and effective communication.
• Cloud Technology Understanding: Experience with cloud technologies, including a strong understanding of cloud architecture, migration, and modernization, with the ability to collaborate with technical teams to ensure alignment with cloud technologies.
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Cloud Architecture Knowledge: Experience with cloud architecture, including design principles, security, and scalability, with the ability to apply this knowledge to drive solution delivery and ensure best practices.
• Multi-Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience with multiple cloud platforms, including IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, or Google Cloud Platform, with a deep understanding of cloud technologies and project management best practices.
• Advanced Project Management: Experience with advanced project management techniques, including hybrid Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with the ability to apply these techniques to drive solution delivery and ensure best practices.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
