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Job Title: Project Manager Senior / IT Project Manager 4Date Posted: 11/9/2026
Location: Birmingham, AL 35203
Job Type: Contract Full-Time
Immediate W2 contract position available in Birmingham, AL.Estimated Duration: 3 years
Desired Qualifications: 10+ YearsThe IT Project Manager will work to make sure our IT practices stay aligned with business needs.
Responsibilities will include: Lead the cross-functional delivery of a range of technology deliverables using advanced negotiation facilitation planning and dependency management techniques. Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, milestones, deliverables, detailed tasks, and resource requirements from concept creation through implementation. Lead sprint planning and stand-up meetings to facilitate the entire project lifecycle from start to finish. Collaborate with technical and product teams to break complex multi-disciplinary technology projects into prioritized and properly scoped plans of action. Create clear visibility into status and progress within the team and for stakeholders. Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and risks. Define and drive mitigation plans. Bachelor's Degree and relevant IT project management experience. Strong analytical and project management skills with demonstrated ability to prioritize, track, and deliver results.
Job Summary: The Project Manager Senior is responsible for simultaneously directing the efforts of multiple cross-functional project teams to achieve clearly defined results within the triple constraints of time, budget and specifications for medium and high-complexity projects. This position is responsible for an average of 3-6 projects with an average cost of $500K-$900K each as well as low-complexity programs. The position is responsible for assembling the project team, developing the project work plan, and managing the expectations, deliverables and results of all internal and external project resources for the roles and activities defined in the plan. The Project Manager is responsible for tracking project milestones and making necessary adjustments to the project plan or resources to maintain customer commitments. The Project Manager communicates project status and risks to all project stakeholders and manages the change process for each assigned project.
Job Requirements:
  • (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills)
  • Bachelor’s degree in related field highly preferred
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience managing multiple medium/high complexity projects in a matrix resource environment, working with diverse project sponsors across multi-company and business units
  • Experience influencing and managing project teams without formal direct reporting relationships
  • Experience managing SDLC projects using an iterative methodology preferred
  • Comprehensive knowledge of PMI based project management competency areas and methodologies and experience applying these methods to manage successful projects
  • Analytical skills are required to effectively manage activities related to budgeting, forecasting, monitoring, process management, risk management, quality control and reporting
  • Strong oral and written communication skills and experience leveraging these skills to interact with all levels of management
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
  • High-level understanding of IT infrastructure and application architectures desired
  • High-level of proficiency in Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and Project
  • High-level of proficiency using Microsoft SharePointMajor Job Responsibilities:
Lead and provide work direction to a project team to determine project scope, devise and maintain a workable plan, and to develop and deploy the solution in accordance with the needs of the project. Serve as project communication clearing house for all formal project status reporting Develop and maintain all project manager deliverables throughout the project lifecycle Identify project risk, develop a project risk management plan and actively manage risk throughout the project lifecycle. Manage interaction between the customer, vendors, and the internal project team to ensure that appropriate relationships exist to produce positive project outcomes Manage the project change control process, status reporting, project estimating, monthly cost accounting and vendor invoice processing Develops and/or monitors vendor deliverables in compliance with binding statements of work Effective delegation of administrative work to Project Manager I as well as mentoring to lower level staff. Duties Discretion:15% - Employee receives clear instructions from supervisor regarding what to do and how to do it.50% - Tasks follow set guidelines or procedures.20% - Employee must consider alternative courses of action and then make a decision after considering the options.15% - Employee has the authority to make significant choices and decisions, without specific guidance or direction from the supervisor. Task Complexity:40% - Tasks are straight-forward, routine, and often repetitive.40% - Tasks are varied and fairly complex.20% - Assignments are quite varied and highly complex.\nCompany DescriptionWe provide supplemental employees to the region's most sought after power projects. We credit our success to the commitment we show to our job applicants. E Group Recruiters are here to make sure your job search experience is the best it can be. Our recruiters are experts in knowing what the client manager is looking for in a resume, what bill rate the market will bear, and how to make your application stand out among the rest. Our personal touch continues even after we've found the perfect job for you. All full-time employees are eligible to pay for full health and retirement benefits including BC/BS health and dental insurance, life and disability insurances, and 401K with an immediately vested match is available. We have a dedicated team to guide you through these benefits.
Company Description: We provide supplemental employees to the region's most sought after power projects. We credit our success to the commitment we show to our job applicants. E Group Recruiters are here to make sure your job search experience is the best it can be. Our recruiters are experts in knowing what the client manager is looking for in a resume, what bill rate the market will bear, and how to make your application stand out among the rest. Our personal touch continues even after we've found the perfect job for you. All full-time employees are eligible to pay for full health and retirement benefits including BC/BS health and dental insurance, life and disability insurances, and 401K with an immediately vested match is available. We have a dedicated team to guide you through these benefits.

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