Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dayforce is a global human capital management company seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to join their Shared Services Technology team. This role is responsible for leading business-critical technology projects, managing project scope, resources, and stakeholder communications, while ensuring successful project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead large, business-critical technology projects from initiation through completion
- Own project scope, plans, schedules, milestones, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, communications, financial tracking, and project outcomes
- Serve as the primary project leader, aligning cross-functional teams around objectives, deliverables, ownership, and success measures
- Drive project governance, including project charters, kickoff meetings, status reporting, time reporting, financial tracking, and stakeholder communications
- Communicate project progress, risks, issues, blockers, decisions, and required actions clearly to business, IT, executive stakeholders, and project sponsors
- Manage changing priorities, resource constraints, stakeholder requests, and ambiguity through structured planning and transparent communication
- Escalate risks, issues, and key decisions with recommended options and clear next steps
- Apply PMBOK principles, governance standards, and established project management methodologies
- Partner with the IT Service Effectiveness team to support organizational readiness, change management, solution delivery, and go-live activities
- Facilitate migration and cutover planning, including sequencing, ownership, dependencies, validation, and rollback planning
- Lead productive meetings, document outcomes, and ensure follow-up actions are completed
- Identify dependencies, risks, blockers, and opportunities across related programs to improve delivery efficiency
- Proactively resolve issues, remove obstacles, and ensure successful project delivery
- Coach, mentor, and influence project team members, contractors, and stakeholders to drive accountability and successful execution
- Identify opportunities to improve project delivery practices, processes, tools, and governance
Skills
- 8+ years of project management experience
- 5+ years of experience managing vendor-driven projects
- 5+ years of experience applying Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum
- Experience building and managing relationships across large enterprise organizations while influencing stakeholders at all levels
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
- Strong executive communication, presentation, and public speaking skills
- Ability to clearly communicate project status, risks, issues, decisions, and roadblocks
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in fast-paced, evolving environments
- Proactive mindset with strong ownership, sound judgment, and a process-driven approach
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Working knowledge of IT infrastructure, application integration, systems automation, and IT operations
- Candidates must be eligible to meet applicable government security requirements
- For U.S. candidates, this includes U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, Green Card status, or naturalized citizenship, and the ability to obtain U.S. security clearance
- For Canadian candidates, the ability to obtain (or currently hold) Canadian Protected B security clearance and a minimum of five years of residency in Canada are required
- Bachelor's degree required; degree in Project Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred
- PMP certification
- Experience using Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Jira, and Confluence
- Experience supporting IT infrastructure, application integration, systems automation, or IT operations initiatives
- Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools, custom GPTs, or AI agents to improve project management processes
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vison, and life insurance
- 401k plan (plus match)
- Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Unlimited Time Away From Work (in lieu of accrued vacation time)
- 10 paid US holidays
- Up to 80 hours of paid sick time
- 17 weeks of paid parental leave, subject to the terms of the applicable policy or program
- Volunteer days
- Dayforce Cares charity
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