DescriptionProject Manager, ITThe Waldinger Corporation | Des Moines, IA | Full-time |
The Waldinger Corporation is hiring a Project Manager, IT for our Des Moines office. This high-visibility role suits someone who thrives leading cross-functional teams and turning ambitious initiatives into measurable results.
You'll own delivery of mid-sized to large initiatives - sometimes several at once - from kickoff to completion, keeping execution aligned to business outcomes and partnering closely with stakeholders across the organization.
As Waldinger expands its investment in AI-driven tools and automation, this role will also help guide how those initiatives get planned, piloted, and rolled out.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN- Delivery Ownership: Lead IT initiatives end to end ensuring alignment with business goals and success metrics.
- Planning and Execution: Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and dependencies, balancing scope, timelines, and priorities across concurrent mid-to-large initiatives
- Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify and escalate risks and issues, communicate impacts clearly, and recommend actions to keep delivery moving.
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across operations, finance, and field teams, communicating progress, risks, and decisions clearly.
- Financial and Delivery Management: Track costs, resources, and vendor spend to keep delivery aligned with scope and budget.
- Delivery Practices: Apply consistent delivery methods, lead planning sessions and retrospectives, and drive continuous improvement - including evaluating where AI-assisted tools (for reporting, scheduling, or risk analysis) can improve how the PM function operates.
WHAT YOU BRING- 5-8 years of experience delivering projects, initiatives, or programs in a technology-enabled field.
- Bachelor's degree in a technology area or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading or contributing to AI-related or automation initiatives strongly preferred (e.g., piloting AI tools, managing vendor AI integrations, or using AI-assisted tools for planning, reporting, or analysis) - candidates without direct AI project experience but with strong general delivery skills and a willingness to learn are still encouraged to apply.
- PM or Agile certifications preferred (PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP).
WHAT YOU GET- Paid holidays and paid vacation.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) with company match and profit-sharing.
- Health club reimbursement.
- Wellness plan with lifestyle spending account.
- Continuing education and advancement opportunities, plus tuition reimbursement.
- Term, AD&D, and dependent life insurance.
- Prepaid legal services.
- Growth potential with a stable, established company investing in modernizing how it delivers projects.
