Senior Project Manager – IT Integration

Job Title : Senior Project Manager – IT Integration
Duration: 6-12 months contract.
Location: Dallas, TX – 3 days/week onsite, 2 days Remote.

2 interviews (two virtual OR 1 virtual/1onsite) TBD

Senior Project Manager – IT Integration

Position Summary- We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex IT integration initiatives within a Microsoft Azure environment. This individual will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering projects that integrate applications, data, infrastructure, and business processes across the organization.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background managing enterprise IT projects, experience with cloud-based integrations, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional teams, technical resources, vendors, and business stakeholders. This role requires strong leadership, communication, risk management, and organizational skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT integration projects from initiation through implementation and closeout.
• Develop project charters, schedules, budgets, resource plans, communication plans, and risk registers.
• Coordinate integration efforts across applications, data platforms, infrastructure, security, networking, and business teams.
• Manage projects involving Microsoft Azure services, cloud migrations, APIs, middleware, data integration, and application connectivity.
• Partner with solution architects, engineers, developers, business analysts, cybersecurity teams, and vendors to define and deliver project objectives.
• Establish project governance, milestones, dependencies, reporting standards, and decision-making processes.
• Monitor project progress, budget, scope, quality, and resource utilization.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering committee updates, status reviews, and executive communications.
• Manage requirements, change requests, scope adjustments, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate testing, data validation, deployment planning, cutover activities, and post-implementation support.
• Ensure projects follow established IT, security, architecture, change management, and compliance standards.
• Drive issue resolution and elevate concerns appropriately to ensure timely delivery.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and provide regular status reporting to leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of experience managing complex IT projects, including integration or technology modernization initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects involving multiple applications, systems, or business units.
• Experience working in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycles, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing project budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of application integration, APIs, data flows, cloud services, and enterprise technology environments.
• Excellent written, verbal, organizational, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or other Agile certification.
• Experience with Azure integration technologies such as Azure Integration Services, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, API Management, Service Bus, Data Factory, or Event Grid.
• Experience with enterprise application, ERP, CRM, data warehouse, or infrastructure integration projects.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and automated testing.
• Experience coordinating cloud migration, modernization, or hybrid-cloud initiatives.
• Experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, or Smartsheet.
• Familiarity with ITIL, change management, security, and compliance practices.

Core Competencies

• Strategic planning and execution
• Project governance and delivery
• Stakeholder and executive management
• Risk and issue management
• Vendor and resource coordination
• Technical understanding of cloud and integration environments
• Conflict resolution and decision-making
• Clear and concise communication
• Organization and attention to detail
• Ability to lead through influence

Success Measures

• Projects are delivered on time, within budget, and according to approved scope.
• Integration solutions meet business, technical, security, and quality requirements.
• Risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions are proactively managed.
• Stakeholders receive clear and timely communication.
• Implementations are completed with minimal disruption to business operations.
• Project documentation, governance, and lessons learned are maintained effectively.