IT Project Manager - Infrastructure and Security

Job#: 3041586

Job Description:

Senior IT Project Manager

Pay Rate: $75/hour, W2

Contract Duration: 6 to 12 months

Location: Hybrid, must be based in Northern California (1-2 days per week in Pleasanton, CA)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead technology initiatives within a healthcare research department. This role sits at the intersection of project management, IT infrastructure, and information security, driving the planning and execution of systems that support clinical trials, research data management, and scientific computing environments. The ideal candidate combines strong project leadership skills with a working knowledge of IT infrastructure and security practices relevant to regulated healthcare and research settings.

Project Leadership

• Lead end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects supporting research operations, including clinical data systems, research databases, laboratory information systems, and scientific computing platforms
• Develop and maintain project charters, scope documents, timelines, budgets, resource plans, and risk registers
• Project manage IT work across cross-functional teams of IT staff, researchers, biostatisticians, data scientists, vendors, and external partners
• Apply structured project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid) appropriate to project complexity and regulatory requirements
• Report project status, risks, and milestones to stakeholders and leadership

IT Infrastructure and Security Oversight

• Partner with infrastructure and security teams to ensure projects align with enterprise architecture standards, network design, cloud/on-prem hosting requirements, and data storage practices
• Evaluate infrastructure needs for new research systems, including servers, storage, networking, identity/access management, and high-performance/scientific computing
• Ensure projects comply with healthcare data security and privacy requirements (HIPAA, HITECH) and research-specific regulations (21 CFR Part 11, GxP, IRB requirements as applicable)
• Coordinate security risk assessments, vulnerability reviews, and access control implementation with information security teams
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, and data integrity planning for research systems

Stakeholder and Vendor Management

• Serve as the primary IT point of contact for research investigators, department leadership, and external collaborators on technology initiatives
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, SLAs, and procurement processes for research IT systems and services
• Translate scientific and clinical research requirements into actionable technical project plans

Financial Responsibility

• Track finances to project work
• Provide forecasting for equipment and labor

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