Bilingual IT Infrastructure Project Manager

We are seeking a Bilingual IT Infrastructure Project Manager for a 12+ month contract position based in Kansas City, Kansas. This role offers the opportunity to lead infrastructure-related initiatives in a complex enterprise environment, working closely with customer leadership teams, cross-functional project staff, and Japan-based resources.

Responsibilities

• Overall project leadership and execution of infrastructure initiatives
• Issue and risk management, including proactive identification and mitigation
• Customer and stakeholder management across multiple teams and organizational levels
• Executive-level reporting and communication
• Escalation management and problem resolution
• Coordination between customer teams, project teams, and Japan-based resources
• Driving project outcomes and ensuring successful delivery in enterprise environments

Qualifications

• Required

• Proven IT Infrastructure Project Management experience

• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder management skills

• Experience presenting and reporting to executive management

• Ability to lead projects in complex enterprise environments

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in network infrastructure

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in security and firewall technologies

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS)

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in on-premises infrastructure

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in operating systems

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in middleware

• Broad infrastructure knowledge and experience in data center infrastructure

• Business-level English proficiency

• Preferred

• Experience working within Japanese business environments and Japanese-style project governance

• Ability to operate effectively in a consensus-driven stakeholder environment

• Experience leading infrastructure transformation or large-scale enterprise infrastructure projects