IT Project Manager

Aquent, a leading talent partner, is thrilled to collaborate with a premier technology team dedicated to crafting world-class immersive digital experiences. This innovative group powers global parks and resorts, cruise lines, and vacation clubs, delivering seamless digital and physical guest experiences across attractions, entertainment, food & beverage, resorts, transportation, merchandise, and guest experience applications. Join us and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of digital experiences for millions of guests worldwide.

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving complex technical initiatives from concept to completion? We are seeking an exceptional individual to step into a Senior Technical Project Manager role, where you will be instrumental in identifying, planning, and coordinating a portfolio of interconnected projects. Your expertise will directly influence the successful delivery of strategic business objectives, ensuring projects are not only on time and within budget but also exceed quality expectations. This is your chance to provide thought leadership, foster collaboration across diverse teams, and make a tangible impact on cutting-edge digital transformations.

What You'll Do

• Drive the execution and delivery of technical projects through the full lifecycle, ensuring timely and on-budget completion.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, including Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, and leadership, to establish and optimize processes that ensure success on strategically prioritized projects and improve overall efficiency.
• Define, optimize, and manage Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams.
• Manage hardware and software procurement for assigned projects.
• Develop a comprehensive program plan comprising parallel projects and multiple project managers, collectively producing work with significant business impact.
• Monitor and adjust program plans to respond effectively to unplanned changes, ensuring the program consistently progresses towards meeting business goals.
• Create robust governance practices and provide senior-level leadership oversight and control for the program.
• Implement fiscal practices and controls, including authorizing, recording, and reporting on program expenditures and ROI.
• Develop the necessary infrastructure to support program objectives.

Must-Have Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of technical project/program management experience, specifically working with technical teams developing enterprise-class solutions.
• Strong understanding of Cloud technologies, APIs, services, database technologies, technologist roles and responsibilities, capabilities, and platform dependencies.
• In-depth knowledge of the software development lifecycle, engineering, and/or product development.
• Proven ability in influence, negotiation, and professional communication, coupled with strong organizational savvy and relationship-building skills.
• Expertise in dependency mapping.
• Hands-on experience with practices such as Agile, Lean, Kanban, and Waterfall, with extensive experience in pragmatically blending styles to facilitate collaboration and delivery.
• Deep understanding of Agile technical practices, DevOps, and testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD).
• Significant experience in coaching and mentoring teams on project management practices.
• Excellent ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of a project.
• Experience managing large project budgets.
• Proficiency with tools such as Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet, Clarity, Jira, Tableau, and PowerBI.
• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience in supporting large-scale, global software development programs.
• Agile Certifications such as CSM, ACP, CPO, SAFe, or LeSS.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.