Infrastructure Project Manager

Infrastructure Project Manager
Department: Information Technology 
Hybrid – Princeton, NJ – Onsite participation required 1 to 2 days a week
6-month contract

About Our Client
This organization is a leading solutions provider with decades of experience delivering innovative technology and business solutions to clients across multiple industries. They operate nationally and serve a wide range of customers, with a strong focus on delivering mission-driven results. The company prides itself on its core values of integrity, innovation, and customer success, and is recognized for fostering collaboration and long-term partnerships while driving impactful results for its clients.

Job Description
The Infrastructure Project Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing complex, large-scale projects to meet organizational goals. This role is focused on driving the execution and delivery of IT projects for an electric utility client while adhering to the company’s mission, vision, and values.
The selected individual will manage all aspects of project performance, including planning, budget, risk assessment, and communications. They will be accountable for leading cross-functional teams—including internal personnel, contractors, and vendors—to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with the highest quality. This is an opportunity for a highly motivated professional to apply their project management expertise in a dynamic environment and make a direct impact on critical infrastructure initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.
• Manage technical scope, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions of the project.
• Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects.
• Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers, and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project.
• Manage project teams that typically include multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources.
• Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures.
• Coordinate with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables.
• Ensure that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.
• Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables.
• Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals.
• Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates.
• Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree with 5+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Previous Infrastructure project management required, particularly with SD WAN, Network segmentation, SASE, etc.
• Experience with a product selection process required (RFI, RFP, etc.).
• In-depth Project Management experience handling Project Financials, Schedules, Scope, and Testing with strong communication / presentation skills.
• Solid understanding and previous experience of Project Management and Project Management Office processes and procedures required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet or similar project management tool.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks.
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed.
• Excellent customer-facing skills.
• Excellent decision-making and organizational skills are required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other security guidelines where appropriate.

• Previous IT project management experience for a utility preferred.
• PMP or equivalent is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree (required).
• Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Pay rate up to $56/hr W2

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