Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Panasonic is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead enterprise technology initiatives in a remote environment. The role manages infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, network, data center, and business technology transformation projects from initiation through deployment and operational transition, while coordinating technical teams, vendors, stakeholders, governance, risks, budgets, and change adoption.
Responsibilities
- Foster strong partnerships with customers, stakeholders, and sponsors
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource forecasts, and status reporting
- Lead project execution through all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure
- Partner with technical leads, architects, cybersecurity professionals, and service owners to establish delivery plans, manage dependencies, coordinate technical reviews, and ensure required architecture, security, and operational approvals are completed
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
- Facilitate project governance, steering committee meetings, and executive status reviews
- Ensure that all organizational governance, compliance, security, and change control needs are met
- Provide weekly reports to organizational and Sponsor management highlighting issues and escalations needed
- Support testing, cutover planning, deployment readiness, and stabilization activities
- Build strong relationships with business leaders, IT teams, consultants, and vendors
- Provide clear, concise communication to project teams and executive stakeholders
- Facilitate decision-making and drive issue resolution
- Manage stakeholder expectations and project communications
- Identify project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
- Develop mitigation and contingency plans
- Track project financials, forecasts, budgets, and resource allocations
- Monitor project performance using established PMO methodologies and governance standards
- Partner with business stakeholders to support organizational change management activities
- Coordinate training, communications, and transition planning
- Assist with business readiness efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes and systems
- Maintain project schedules, financials, and governance artifacts with high accuracy
- Proactively identify and mitigate project risks
- Provide clear executive-level reporting and communication
- Enable successful business adoption of implemented solutions
- Contribute to PMO governance, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
- 8+ years of progressive IT experience, with exposure to enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud services, network, data center, endpoint, or related technology environments
- Minimum of 5 years of project management experience delivering enterprise infrastructure, IT Security, cloud, network, data center, or end-user technology initiatives
- Experience in a broad scope of IT technologies including cloud-based solutions such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches
- Strong project management discipline and leadership
- Ability to influence and persuade business management in the areas of developing sound and practical IT solutions
- Executive presence and the ability to influence across all organizational levels
- Proven success delivering large-scale business and technology transformation initiatives
- Ability to work independently in a highly collaborative remote environment
- All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S
- Experience supporting infrastructure separation, integration, consolidation, or migration activities associated with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, organizational restructuring, or site transitions
- Previous PMO, portfolio management, or governance experience
- PMP will be considered a primary preferred project management certification with Agile/Scrum as secondary certification
- Experience with ServiceNow SPM, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar project management tools
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
- Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet insurance.
- 401(k) plan with company matching contributions and immediate vesting.
- Vacation, holidays, personal days, sick leave, volunteer, and parental & caregiver leave.
- Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses after six months of service.
- Lifestyle Spending Account, EAP, virtual health management, chronic condition, neurodiversity, tobacco cessation, substance abuse support, and life stage and fertility resources. Available to eligible employees starting the first day of the month following your start date. Eligibility for each benefit may vary based on employment status, location, and length of service.
- High5 employee recognition and awards platform, quarterly and annual employee recognition.
- Opportunity for an annual performance-based bonus.
- Remote work environment.
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