Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager (Business Systems Modernization)
Role Overview
We are seeking a strategic and experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives that modernize core business systems and enable scalable enterprise capabilities. In this role, you will plan, monitor, and drive the execution of high-impact IT programs-spanning ERP, CRM, enterprise integrations, data workflows, and platform modernization-from discovery and requirements through deployment, stabilization, and operational handoff.
This is a high-visibility leadership role serving as the focal point of communication across IT, business stakeholders, third-party vendors, and executive sponsors. You will align teams around scope, timelines, dependencies, and risk management while ensuring value delivery remains strictly tied to company standards and modernization goals. If you have a proven track record of successfully delivering enterprise-wide transformations, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Program Execution & Delivery Lifecycle
• End-to-End Ownership: Own the successful delivery of business value for assigned Business Systems and Enterprise Systems initiatives, ensuring adherence to quality standards and roadmap priorities.
• Full Lifecycle Leadership: Lead project teams through discovery, requirements gathering, solution planning, implementation, testing, deployment, stabilization, and operational handoff.
• Dependency & Scope Management: Translate business objectives into structured project plans, breaking down requirements, establishing milestones, managing critical paths, and coordinating complex cross-functional dependencies.
Stakeholder Alignment & Vendor Management
• Executive Communication: Serve as the primary communication hub for modernization programs, producing executive status decks, managing RAID logs, tracking decision/action logs, and presenting regular updates to leadership.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner closely with business owners, IT leadership, architecture, security, and operations to sequence work, confirm accountability, and ensure commitments are met.
• Vendor & Partner Oversight: Work directly with software vendors and third-party implementation partners to manage deliverables, technical environments, resource schedules, and issue resolution.
Governance & Process Improvement
• Methodology Application: Utilize a flexible blend of Waterfall, Agile, hybrid, and stage-gate delivery methodologies tailored to the needs of the initiative.
• Continuous Improvement: Continually evaluate project management processes, tools, templates, and governance practices to drive efficiency, transparency, and consistency across delivery teams.
Qualifications & Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
• Education: High school diploma or GED (Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field preferred).
• Experience Baseline: 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in IT project management, leading strategic, high-value technology programs of varying size and complexity.
• Platform Experience: Significant, hands-on experience delivering ERP and/or CRM implementations, upgrades, migrations, integrations, or large-scale business process modernization initiatives.
• Technical & Methodological Expertise:
oExpert command of project management techniques (Work Breakdown Structures, Gantt planning, Critical Path, risk management, and dependency tracking).
oComprehensive understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), release readiness, and support transition frameworks.
oProficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio, and project tracking tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Core Competencies: Exceptional executive-level communication, stakeholder management, and conflict-resolution skills.
Preferred Attributes
• Professional certifications such as PMP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or SAFe Agilist.
• Direct experience managing enterprise integrations, data migrations, reporting architectures, workflow automation, or identity and access management (IAM) initiatives.
• Proven ability to mentor other project managers and share best practices across the organization.
For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AllSTEM Connections is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
Additional Skills
(none specified)
AllSTEM Representative Contact Info
Account Executive:
Nichols
Branch Phone:
(909) 244-1777
Location:
Ontario, CA