IT Project Manager

Builds and executes project plans for small- to medium-sized projects which include schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization. • Using deductive problem solving required to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required.

Job Title: IT Project Manager
Location: San Diego, CA
Duration: 12 months

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Must Have

• Application and infrastructure dependency mapping
• Data analysis and reporting
• IT resilience risk assessment and remediation tracking
• IT Service Resilience (ITSR), Business Continuity (BC), and Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, SharePoint)
• RTO/RPO concepts
• Technology program/project management

Nice To Have

• AI/GenAI governance and operational resilience considerations
• Identity and Access Management (IAM), Infrastructure and Data Center recovery concepts
• ISO 22301, ISO 27001, NIST, COBIT, or ITIL frameworks
• M&A / Acquisition integration experience
• Operational Resilience frameworks
• Power BI reporting and dashboard development

JOB DESCRIPTION
Top 5 Skills: 

1. IT Service Resilience (ITSR) Program Management
2. Operational Resilience Planning and Execution
3. Project & Portfolio Management
4. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
5. Risk Assessment, Mitigation, and Governance

 
Technologies:

•  Microsoft 365 (Teams, SharePoint, OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Project management tools
• ServiceNow
• Jira

 
Job Description:
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
•    Gathers stakeholder needs and goals with guidance, and executes communication plan for project team and stakeholders. 
•    Forms project team, and manages and prioritizes the work of the project team by establishing schedules and task assignments, and tracking tasks of team members. 
•    Creates project goals and prioritizes deliverables with guidance from project stakeholders. 
•    Manages multiple projects of small to medium size or complexity and applies up-to-date project management knowledge to meet deadlines. 
•    Builds and executes project plans for small- to medium-sized projects which include schedule and resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, method and frequency of communication, scope, and prioritization. 
•    Identifies project issues and risks, and creates a risk mitigation plan for small- to medium-sized projects. 
•    Manages project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) for projects of small to medium size or complexity. 
•    Promotes project vision and objectives within project team, and ensures project objectives are met. 
•    Supports the compliance of project plans by following best practices and procedures. 
•   Promotes collaboration with various project stakeholders.
 
 
In addition to the standard Project Manager responsibilities above, this resource will:

• Support the execution of IT Service Resilience and Operational Resilience activities across mergers, acquisitions, and strategic business initiatives.
• Coordinate resilience assessments, recovery planning, and remediation tracking activities with business and technology stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, risk reviews, tabletop exercises, and stakeholder communications.
• Track project milestones, action items, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Develop executive-ready status reports, dashboards, presentations, and program documentation.
• Support continuity planning, disaster recovery activities, operational resilience exercises, and related governance processes.
• Coordinate with internal teams, external vendors, and acquired entities to ensure successful onboarding and integration into Qualcomm resilience practices.
• Assist with audit, compliance, and regulatory-related resilience initiatives.
• Maintain project schedules, RAID logs, meeting notes, issue tracking, and action item follow-up.

 
Level of Responsibility:  
•    Working under close supervision. 
•    Taking responsibility for own work and making decisions with limited impact; impact of decisions is readily apparent; errors made typically only impact timeline (i.e., require additional time to correct). 
•    Using verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information about day-to-day activities to others who are fully knowledgeable in the subject area. 
•    Completing tasks that require multiple steps that must be performed in a specific order, using directions or manuals that accurately document the steps necessary to perform the tasks. 
•    Using deductive problem solving required to solve moderately complex problems; most problems have defined processes of diagnosis/detection; some limited data analysis may be required. 
•    Exercising some creativity may be required to troubleshoot technical problems or deal with novel circumstances.