IT Program Manager I

Job#: 3021303

Job Description:

Job Title: IT Program Manager

Location: Charlotte NC

Duration: 12 months

Payrate: $ -

We seek candidates experienced in delivering and supporting technology solutions within large, stable, and highly regulated enterprise environments. Successful backgrounds often include work with enterprise-scale applications, structured SDLC and change-management practices, production or L3 support models, ITIL or similar service frameworks, and strong alignment to audit, risk, and control standards. Experience operating in compliance-driven organizations—such as banking, insurance, healthcare, utilities, or government contractors—where security, documentation, and governance are core to delivery will strongly correlate with success in this role.

Description:

Responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivery of defined deliverables which usually requires engagement from multiple teams such as a project or smaller program. Communicates the work objectives, coordinates delivery, manages risks, ensures compliance to standards, and provides end-to-end visibility into the health of the deliverables. Ensures execution and delivery meets the client’s expectations in terms of the functionality, quality, timeline and cost. Coordinates and facilitates routines to support delivery – kick-offs, status reviews, stakeholder meetings, change controls, tollgates, etc. Plans and coordinates delivery and dependencies with across multiple teams. Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the defined deliverables. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration across organizations to support the deliverable completion and timeline. Gathers/facilitates status updates for the deliverables to stakeholders and leadership pertaining to delivery, risks/issues, and schedule. Ensures that execution is aligned with deliverable requirements by working with the sponsor/stakeholders. Ensures deliverables comply with Enterprise Change Management standards. Supports resource planning for delivery/execution. Individual Contributor.

Primary Skill: Agile tools (Jira)

Required Qualifications

· Agile / Scrum Master experience

· 5+ years of End-2-End Project/Release Management experience

· Strong Project Management Skills, ability to lead a team and drive to results

· Must have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision

· Must possess analytical and problem solving skills

· Excellent oral and written communication skills

· Excellent time management and prioritization skills

· Strong project financial management skills

· Guides projects through all phases, ensuring required standards and processes are followed, required documents are completed, and required tracking systems are kept updated

· Develops and manages to project plan

· Identifies, assigns, tracks, escalates, and resolves issues

· Schedules and facilitates regular meetings to review progress and status, and ad hoc topical meetings; formulates agendas and documents minutes, action items

· Ability to provide project status/metrics on deliverables or escalate issues to sr. leaders and executives

· Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) proficient

Top 3 Skills

1. 5+ years of End-2-End Project Management experience

2. Strong Project Management Skills, ability to lead a team and drive to results with Strong project financial management skills

3. Must have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Preferred skills/experience

1. Develops and manages to project plan

2. Identifies, assigns, tracks, escalates, and resolves issues

3. Schedules and facilitates regular meetings to review progress and status, and ad hoc topical meetings; formulates agendas and documents minutes, action items

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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 here 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.