Sr Infrastructure Project Manager

Job#: 3024380

Job Description:

Role: Sr Infrastructure Technical Project/Product Manager

Location: Hybrid - 4 days/week onsite in SE MI

Duration: Multi-Year Contract

Job Description:

The Central Delivery Office is seeking a Sr. IT Infrastructure Technical Product/Project Manager to support our Platform Transformation and lead delivery of EPEO OKRs. This role is responsible for owning value streams and complex cross-functional projects, ensuring end-to-end delivery of high-value infrastructure initiatives.

You will play a central role in project lifecycle management, portfolio operations, value delivery, and customer-focused roadmap planning. Ideal candidates are ambitious, proactive, and driven to lead in a dynamic environment where initiative and excellence are highly valued.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end project lifecycle management, including:
  • Detailed timing plans
  • Execution management
  • Progress tracking
  • Issue and risk resolution
  • Cross-functional dependency coordination
  • Stakeholder management
  • Status reporting
• Partner with Platform teams to prioritize features for PI Planning.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with stakeholders during feature definition and delivery.
• Identify and drive resolution of cross-team impediments.
• Participate in Demand Planning and Customer Research to shape future work.
• Interface with external teams to gather requirements and collaborate with technical leads.
• Own the customer value components of the roadmap and ensure alignment with portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning sessions and provide clear progress updates.
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream and downstream dependencies.
• Promote continuous improvement using feedback loops and performance metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.).
• Support the Service-to-Platform Transformation, including leadership training and product-oriented coaching.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field - or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience spanning technologies, platforms, or processes (e.g., Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer).
• 5+ years of experience managing large-scale, complex IT projects, including software development and infrastructure implementations.
• Proficiency with Jira and Microsoft 365.

Preferred

• Master's degree in a related field.
• PMP and/or SAFe certifications.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical and stakeholder audiences.
• Experience working with global technology teams.
• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner for Infrastructure Technology Products such as:
  • Network
  • Platform Engineering
  • Google Cloud
  • Monitoring
  • Containers as a Service
  • Security tools (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR, etc.)
• Broad execution management and leadership capabilities.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Agile delivery, software development, and IT infrastructure.

Skills Required

• Technical Communication
• Product Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Strategic Communication
• Complex Deployment Planning
• Project Management
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Program & Project Leadership
• Jira
• Agile Software Development

EEO Employer

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.