Sr. IT Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Job Title: Sr. IT Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Job Location: Washington, DC

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $78.33hr - $83.33hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 8+ years of experience in technical project management, infrastructure project delivery, IT operations governance, systems engineering coordination, or enterprise technology program management.
• Strong experience managing cross-functional technical forums, operational review cadences, action-item tracking, issue/risk management, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience working with mainframe, DB2, enterprise database, infrastructure, production support, incident/problem management, or mission-critical operations environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical issues into clear business impacts, decisions needed, and actionable next steps for leadership audiences.
• Strong organizational discipline with proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise meeting recaps, status reports, decision logs, and escalation summaries.
• Experience using collaboration and tracking tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, SharePoint, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, or equivalent enterprise tools.
• Bachelor s Degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline.
• In lieu of a Bachelor s degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
• 5 years experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Own the planning, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up for the Mainframe Workload and Stability Forum.
• Establish agendas, capture decisions, maintain action trackers, confirm owners and due dates, and ensure recurring cadence with clear operating discipline.
• Coordinate across mainframe systems, DB2, operations, infrastructure, application, performance, and vendor teams to track workload constraints, recurring incidents, capacity issues, performance trends, remediation plans, and operational dependencies.
• Maintain a centralized risk and issue log for workload and stability concerns.
• Drive timely follow-up on open items, escalate blockers, validate closure evidence, and ensure risks are communicated clearly to leadership before they become delivery or production impacts.
• Prepare concise executive summaries, forum readouts, status updates, dashboards, and decision logs that communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and required leadership actions in a clear and outcome-focused manner.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen forum discipline, improve intake and prioritization, standardize reporting, clarify accountability, and increase transparency across mainframe stability and workload management activities.

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting mainframe modernization, mainframe workload management, DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW, capacity planning, performance tuning, or production stability initiatives.
• Experience coordinating with managed service providers, infrastructure vendors, engineering teams, application teams, and operations teams in a highly regulated enterprise environment.
• Understanding of ITIL practices, including incident, problem, change, release, and service management processes.
• Experience building executive dashboards, operational scorecards, RAID logs, action trackers, and recurring governance packages.
• PMP, Scrum Master, ITIL, or related project/program management certification preferred.
• Healthcare payer, federal program, financial services, or other regulated industry experience preferred.
• Ability to successfully lead in a matrixed environment.
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI.

Skills:

• Technical Project Management.
• Infrastructure Project Delivery.
• IT Operations Governance.
• Mainframe Systems.
• DB2.
• Risk and Issue Management.
• Executive Reporting.
• ServiceNow.
• Jira.
• SharePoint.
• ITIL.
• Capacity Planning.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor s Degree in a technical or healthcare-related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading cross-functional technical projects.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities