Project Manager

We are hiring a Senior Technical Project Manager for a high-visibility infrastructure initiative. This is a 12-month contract position based in Memphis, Tennessee, with remote work options available.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex enterprise technology initiatives with full accountability for project outcomes
• Manage project plans, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, and governance across all project lifecycle phases
• Lead cross-functional technical teams without direct authority, driving accountability and performance
• Communicate at the executive level, presenting status, recommendations, and strategic decisions to senior leadership
• Drive difficult scope decisions, challenge assumptions, and own project delivery and outcomes
• Develop and maintain executive-level reporting and governance structures

Qualifications

• Required

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

• 10+ years managing enterprise-wide IT projects as the accountable Project Manager

• Active PMP certification

• Proven experience leading cross-functional technical teams without direct authority

• Strong executive-level communication and presentation skills

• Experience managing project plans, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, governance, and executive reporting

• Stable assignment history with the ability to commit to the full engagement

• Ability to work within the continental United States

• Preferred

• Enterprise infrastructure and Technology Services project experience

• Portfolio-level governance, prioritization, and intake

• Telecom or VoIP background

• Microsoft Intune and endpoint management

• Azure and cloud services

• Networking, wireless, virtualization, and data center initiatives

• Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, and hybrid project environments

• Healthcare or academic research environments

• ServiceNow PPM, Azure DevOps, or JIRA