IT Project Manager

Kforce has a client that is seeking an IT Project Manager in Joplin, MO. This role is responsible for managing IT projects and may also entail management of programs or suites of similar projects.

Essential Functions:

• Plan and manage assigned IT projects from initiation through closeout, applying approved PMO standards, tools, and governance
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, cybersecurity, data, architecture, and vendors to define project scope, objectives, budgets, schedules, and deliverables aligned with business needs
• Identify, document, and actively manage project stakeholders, ensuring expectations, roles, and responsibilities are clearly understood
• Engage the Project Champion throughout the project lifecycle by securing project charter approval, providing regular status updates, and jointly preparing executive communications to enable effective leadership, advocacy, and decision-making
• Ensure project requirements are clearly defined, documented, reviewed, approved, and controlled, maintaining traceability between business requirements, technical solutions, and delivered functionality
• Maintain detailed project plans that accurately reflect current status, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths, enabling effective control and timely, actionable performance reporting
• Develop and maintain required project artifacts such as business requirements documents, functional specifications, architecture diagrams, and integration documentation necessary to define and deliver IT solutions
• Proactively manage changes to project scope, cost, schedule, and benefits through approved change control processes, minimizing risk and unintended business impact