[Remote] IT Program / Senior Project Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Integres, LLC provides information technology-based solutions to its customers. The company is seeking an experienced IT Program / Senior Project Manager to lead a complex, high-visibility MNIT/DOC technology initiative from planning and initiation through implementation and closeout. The role manages cross-functional teams, project plans, risks, deliverables, stakeholder communications, governance, and deployment activities.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall program and senior-level project management for a complex MNIT/DOC technology initiative
- Lead project planning, initiation, execution, monitoring, control, and closure activities
- Establish and maintain project scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and resource plans
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans and ensure activities remain aligned with established timelines
- Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams consisting of technical, business, operational, vendor, and other project stakeholders
- Serve as a primary point of contact for project-related coordination, communication, status, and escalation
- Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, stakeholder discussions, and executive-level reviews as required
- Track project progress against approved baselines and communicate status, accomplishments, issues, risks, and upcoming activities
- Identify, document, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies
- Develop mitigation and contingency strategies and escalate significant risks or issues appropriately
- Manage project deliverables and ensure they are completed, reviewed, approved, and delivered on schedule
- Coordinate requirements, decisions, action items, and dependencies across business and technical teams
- Monitor project resources and support appropriate allocation of people, time, and other project resources
- Manage project changes through appropriate change-control processes, including scope, schedule, resource, and priority changes
- Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, meeting materials, risk/issue logs, decision logs, action items, and other required artifacts
- Provide regular and accurate project status reporting to MNIT/DOC leadership and other stakeholders
- Identify project-level conflicts and facilitate resolution among stakeholders and delivery teams
- Ensure project activities follow applicable MNIT/DOC policies, procedures, standards, and governance requirements
- Support coordination with vendors, contractors, and other external partners when applicable
- Monitor project quality and ensure deliverables meet established requirements and acceptance criteria
- Coordinate testing, implementation, transition, and deployment activities as required by the project
- Support organizational change, communications, training, and transition activities where applicable
- Maintain clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences
- Provide senior-level guidance and recommendations to project stakeholders and leadership
- Ensure timely escalation of issues that could affect project scope, schedule, budget, quality, or successful delivery
- Perform other project and program management activities necessary to support successful completion of the initiative
Skills
- 5+ years of professional experience in IT project/program management, with demonstrated responsibility for managing complex technology initiatives
- Strong experience leading projects involving multiple teams, stakeholders, systems, and dependencies
- Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, risks, issues, resources, dependencies, and deliverables
- Experience developing and maintaining detailed project plans and project management documentation
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business users, vendors, and leadership
- Experience facilitating meetings, driving action items, resolving issues, and maintaining project momentum
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and multiple workstreams in a complex environment
- Experience producing executive-level and project-level status reports
- Strong understanding of standard IT project management methodologies, governance, and change-control practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with state government, public-sector, or other government IT organizations
- Previous experience supporting MNIT, Minnesota state agencies, or the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC)
- Experience managing large or complex enterprise technology programs
- Experience working in environments with formal project governance, oversight, and reporting requirements
- Experience coordinating third-party vendors, contractors, and implementation partners
- PMP certification or equivalent formal project-management credential
- Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies
- Familiarity with state government IT standards, processes, and governance frameworks
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement in Minnesota
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Short-term disability protection
- Long-term disability protection
- Basic life insurance
- AD&D insurance
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Accrued paid time off (PTO)
- Employee recognition and rewards
- Employee referral bonuses
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