IT Project Manager
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
Location: Austin TX 78726
Duration: Direct Hire
Position Summary
The IT Project Manager will play a critical role in improving execution scalability and operational maturity across the IT organization. Reporting directly to the CIO and supported by the Corporate PMO this role partners closely with business leaders IT leadership and external vendors to plan deliver and operationalize technology initiatives.
This is a hands-on problem-solving role suited for an individual with a strong fixer mindsetsomeone who can bring structure where it doesnt yet exist stabilize delivery and progressively introduce fit-for-purpose standards tools and playbooks without creating bureaucracy.
In practice this role operates as a delivery leader and internal chief of staff for the CIO balancing project execution change management vendor coordination and process improvement across IT.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & Responsibilities
Project & Delivery Management :
- Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of IT initiatives in partnership with business stakeholders ensuring clarity on scope priorities dependencies risks and outcomes.
- Facilitate pragmatic project governance appropriate to the organizations informal project management culture.
- Coordinate delivery across application data infrastructure and vendor teams where responsibilities span multiple functions.
- Track milestones risks and decisions; proactively remove blockers and escalate issues when required .
- Produce concise executive-ready status updates focused on progress risks value delivery and next actions.
- Partner with business and IT leaders to ensure solutions are implemented effectivelynot just delivered technically.
- Support solution rollout planning readiness assessment adoption activities and transition to operations.
- Ensure roles responsibilities and process changes are clearly understood and documented as part of delivery.
- Design and document scalable delivery processes templates and playbooks to improve IT execution consistency over time.
- Identify and introduce fit-for-purpose tools for planning tracking communication and delivery governancebalancing rigor with agility.
- Continuously improve delivery practices based on lessons learned delivery challenges and organizational maturity.
- Act as a coordination and control point for IT vendors and implementation partners across active initiatives.
- Ensure vendor deliverables timelines and dependencies are transparent and aligned with internal capacity.
- Support contract execution service expectations and issue resolution in collaboration with IT and procurement leadership.
- Support internal and external audits related to IT initiatives delivery controls and process documentation.
- Ensure core delivery artifacts approvals and decision logs are maintained to an audit-appropriate standard.
- Help standardize lightweight governance practices that reduce operational risk without slowing delivery.
- Serve as a trusted partner to the CIO helping translate strategy into executable initiatives.
- Engage regularly with department leaders (IT Data Finance Operations Compliance) to align priorities and sequencing.
- Support capacity planning intake clarity and prioritization across the IT portfolio.
- Bachelors degree in information systems business or equivalent experience.
- 58 years of experience in IT project program or delivery management in a complex cross-functional environment.
- Proven ability to deliver outcomes in organizations with evolving or informal project management standards.
- Experience launching or facilitating a data governance framework is a plus.
- Strong experience working directly with senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success in leading initiatives without formal authority.
- Exceptionally organized with strong follow through .
- Proactive problem solver with a figure it out and fix it mindset.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.
- Strong written and oral communication; able to translate complexity into executive level clarity.
- Influential relationship builder who earns trust quickly across functions.
About INSPYR Solutions
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