Senior IT Project Manager

The Senior IT Project Manager at Michael Baker International is a pivotal role, responsible for coordinating the planning and execution of large-scale IT Projects and projects. You will run a portfolio of IT projects and lead all aspects of project management, to ensure seamless delivery and outstanding outcomes. 

With a diversified background in technical infrastructure, project management competence, and stellar vendor leadership skills, you will coordinate with a proactive approach to IT operations. Your mission is to ensure the successful delivery of major projects and adhere to operational service management processes to achieve quality, efficiency, productivity, and agility goals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management & Execution

• Lead Project/project delivery, including interdependencies, scope, schedule, budget quality, risk, communications, procurement, and resources.
• Collaborate with business units to assess and recommend solutions that meet business needs.
• Deliver outcomes tied to business value, optimizing end-to-end processes and user experience.
• Develop and implement IT Project plans that align with strategic business objectives.
• Coordinate multiple projects within the Project, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery that meets quality standards.
• Allocate human and financial resources across the Project, including staffing, contracts, and budget management.
• Update collaborators, customers, partners, and team members on Project status, risks, and issues, including senior management and project sponsors.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks impacting the Project's success.
• Track Project progress using critical metrics, identify areas for improvement, and report on performance.
• Coordinate activities across teams and departments to ensure flawless execution.
• Manage relationships with third-party vendors and consultants to ensure they deliver on commitments.
• Resolve sophisticated problems that arise during the Project's lifecycle.
• Handle the transition to new IT systems and processes.

Skills And Qualifications

• Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, monitoring, and control.
• Proven leadership ability to empower and guide teams toward Project goals.
• Proficient at presenting information effectively, both in written and verbal formats, to engage with collaborators.
• In-depth understanding of IT systems, technologies, and processes.
• Problem-solving skills to solve complex issues, identify patterns, and make informed decisions based on data.
• Knowledge of budgeting, cost control, and financial management.
• Understanding of risk management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Organizational Change Management principles and processes.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Champion teamwork and unity, encouraging the sharing of differing points of view and promoting collaboration and supportiveness.
• Lead staff to meet organizational efficiency, quality, and goal accomplishment expectations.
• Make financially responsible, accountable, justifiable, and defensible business decisions per organizational policies.
• Establish and maintain control and feedback systems to supervise operational areas of responsibility.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of overall experience, with the majority spent running projects or Projects.
• 3+ years of experience spent in Mergers & Acquisition.

Desired Experience

• Experience in the Architecture, Engineering, or Construction industry.
• 3+ years of experience in Mergers & Acquisitions.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT or Project Management related field, or similar, or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification is helpful.

Compensation

The approximate compensation range for this position is $119,000 to $166,000.  This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting.  Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

Michael Baker International, a leading provider of engineering and consulting services, including design, planning, architectural, environmental, construction and program management, has been solving some of the world’s most complex infrastructure challenges for more than 85 years with a legacy of expertise, experience, innovation and integrity.

Based in Pittsburgh and with nearly 100 offices nationwide, we partner with clients on everything from roads, bridges, tunnels, mass transit, and airports, to water treatment plants, arctic oil pipelines, environmental restoration and specialized overseas construction. We serve as a trusted adviser to the communities we serve, making them safer, more accessible, more sustainable and more prosperous.

We provide visionary leadership in facilitating transformational change for our clients. Our work delivers differentiating innovations and dedicated experts who challenge the status quo and share a world of diverse experience and an impassioned entrepreneurial spirit. We deliver quality of life.

We Make a Difference.

Michael Baker International is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Michael Baker International provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. Michael Baker International maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status.

EEO is the Law. Applicants to and employees of Michael Baker International are protected under Federal law from discrimination.
*It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. *There is no current application deadline. Michael Baker will continue to accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or no longer needed.