IT Project Manager — Public Sector Technology Modernization

Cornerstone Concilium is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to support the Project Management Office of a large public-sector technology department in San Francisco. The department delivers infrastructure and services to more than 33,000 employees, and its PMO oversees a portfolio of 100+ IT projects.

You will lead technology modernization projects from initiation through implementation and operational transition. Assignments may span infrastructure, applications, network and voice modernization, cybersecurity, cloud, and related systems.

Position Description

• Lead complex, multi-year IT modernization projects through planning, implementation, and operational transition.
• Develop project charters that define scope, deliverables, stakeholder roles (RACI -Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed), communication plans, and risk, issue, and change controls.
• Build integrated project schedules with dependencies, critical path, task owners, milestones, and baselines.
• Develop bottom-up budgets, secure client-department funding through interdepartmental agreements, and prepare procurement requests and RFPs.
• Keep projects within 10% of approved baseline schedule and budget, documenting variances and change requests.
• Oversee system integration, testing, UAT, deployment, and production readiness, including occasional after-hours cutovers.
• Serve as primary liaison between IT leadership, business departments, and vendors; manage vendor performance and contract deliverables.
• Report status, risks, and metrics to executives and governance bodies through dashboards and progress summaries.
• Lead change management, including communication, training, and user adoption.

Required qualifications

• Education and experience, one of:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field and 2+ years implementing and managing integrated information systems projects; or
  • 6+ years implementing and managing integrated information systems projects.
• Recent lead PM experience: within the last 5 years, served as lead IT Project Manager on at least one integrated IT systems or infrastructure project, with direct ownership of scope, integrated schedule, budget, and risk/issue management.
• Authorized to work in the United States for the full engagement.
• Located in, and working remotely only from, one of the 50 U.S. states.
• Available to start within 30 days of client notice to proceed.
• Able to work Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, plus occasional approved after-hours cutovers.
• Available to personally attend a client interview.
• Willing to work only on client-issued equipment and to follow the client's security and AI-use policies.

Preferred qualifications

• Able to commit to working on-site in San Francisco (SoMa / Civic Center area) every Monday and Tuesday. San Francisco residency is not required.
• Two strong IT project examples from the last 5 years where you personally owned delivery, with measurable outcomes and schedule/budget results.
• Public-sector or government IT experience, including governance, procurement, and interdepartmental funding.
• Experience in infrastructure, network and voice modernization, cybersecurity, cloud, or enterprise applications.
• Certifications such as PMP, CAPM, Agile/Scrum, or ITIL (helpful, not required).
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate technical topics for executive audiences.

Salary range: $190,424 to $205,036 YR