Sr. IT Project Manager

FOCUSPOINT

  • Nashville, TN
  • 2 days ago
  • $47–$57

Highlights

Compensation: Commensurate with experience Senior IT Project Manager (Nashville or Dallas) FocusPoint is supporting a confidential enterprise client seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross functional technology initiatives. This role sits within a high visibility IT portfolio and requires a seasoned project leader who can drive delivery, manage financials, coordinate vendors, and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

Numbers & Facts

LocationNashville, TN
Salary$47–$57

Description

Position: Senior IT Project Manager (Nashville or Dallas)
Location: Nashville or Dallas
Employment Type: Contract
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Senior IT Project Manager (Nashville or Dallas)

FocusPoint is supporting a confidential enterprise client seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, cross functional technology initiatives. This role sits within a high visibility IT portfolio and requires a seasoned project leader who can drive delivery, manage financials, coordinate vendors, and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.

If you excel in enterprise IT project delivery, financial stewardship, stakeholder alignment and you thrive in environments where accuracy, ownership, and judgment matter then this is a strong fit.

Role Overview

The Senior IT Project Manager will independently lead large strategic projects, multi project programs, or multiple concurrent initiatives. The work spans planning, execution, implementation, and closure, with significant visibility across the IT organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead complex IT projects and/or multi workstream programs from initiation through closure.

  • Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource strategies.

  • Establish clear scope, objectives, governance, and success criteria.

  • Drive execution across technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.

  • Monitor delivery performance across scope, schedule, budget, resources, and quality.

  • Identify risks early and implement corrective actions before they impact outcomes.

  • Manage vendor deliverables, schedules, dependencies, and financial commitments.

  • Own project financials: budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis, and reporting.

  • Prepare concise, executive ready status updates, dashboards, and financial summaries.

  • Maintain high standards of data quality for portfolio reporting.

Required Qualifications
  • 10+ years of progressive IT project management experience leading complex, cross functional technology initiatives.

  • Experience working within an enterprise IT PMO or portfolio environment.

  • Strong analytical skills with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

  • Excellent communication skills across technical, business, vendor, and executive audiences.

  • Proven leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and decision making capabilities.

  • Experience managing third party vendors, contractors, and professional services.

  • Demonstrated success managing schedules, scope, resources, risks, issues, and change.

  • Strong project financial management experience (budgeting, forecasting, tracking, variance analysis).

  • Familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, Microsoft Project, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications
  • PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or related certifications.

  • Experience delivering projects across enterprise IT domains (infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, applications, data, integration, digital transformation).

Location Requirements

Candidates must be willing to relocate to a commutable distarnace to Nashville, TN or Dallas, TX. Hybrid engagement may be possible depending on project needs.

Why Work with FocusPoint
As a trusted staffing partner to industry-leading companies, FocusPoint provides access to roles that align with your professional goals, and we advocate for your success throughout the recruitment process. Our team understands appropriate skillsets and takes a consultative approach ensuring that each match is grounded in both experience and fit.

How to Apply
To ensure confidentiality and alignment with our client s hiring process, all applications must be submitted through FocusPoint. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly. Interested candidates should reach out to FocusPoint s recruitment team with any questions.

About FocusPoint:
FocusPoint specializes in connecting top-tier professionals with exceptional opportunities in accounting, technology, healthcare, and leadership. We prioritize building meaningful connections, ensuring candidates find roles that align with their skills, goals, and passions.

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