IT Project Manager - Remote

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Laredo, Texas and two nearshore delivery centers. We run one of the larger SaaS platforms for commercial insurance carriers, processing millions of policy transactions a year.

POSITION SUMMARY

The IT Project Manager - Remote runs technical projects from kickoff to go-live: plans, risks, budgets and the meetings that hold it together.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Track risks, issues, dependencies and decisions in an RAID log.
• Build project plans, schedules and work breakdown structures in Smartsheet, MS Project or Jira.
• Facilitate requirements sessions with business stakeholders.
• Control scope changes through a formal change request process.
• Coordinate work across engineering, infrastructure, security and business teams.
• Write status reports that say plainly whether the project is on track.
• Organize user acceptance testing and sign-off.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years managing technical projects in IT, software or infrastructure.
• Solid technical grounding in areas like cloud, networking, ERP or software delivery.
• Ability to manage several projects at once.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication.
• Strong budget and vendor management skills.
• Experience with both Agile and waterfall delivery.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, business or a related field.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Industry background in healthcare, finance or manufacturing.
• PMP, PMI-ACP or PRINCE2 certification.
• Earlier career as an engineer or sysadmin.

WHAT YOU GET

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with company match.
• 11 paid holidays.

We review applications on a rolling basis.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Laredo Systems.