Title: IT Project Manager IV
Duration: 6 months
Location: Oakland, CA, USA 94612 Hybrid, at least one day at home per week; could be more depending on business needs.
Additional Manager Preference:
- Manager would also like someone experienced in Consumer Privacy and Cookie compliance projects.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the concurrent management of one or more complex projects.
- These projects are one-time, multitask jobs that have clearly defined start and end dates, a specific scope of work, a budget, required resources, and a specified performance objective to be achieved.
- Specific responsibilities include consistently demonstrating advanced knowledge and technical competence. Actions and recommendations impact achievement of department goals.
- May act as a team lead and/or coach to developing employees. Responsible for leading one or more projects typically between $100,000 and $10,000,000.
- Gathering, defining, and documenting project requirements.
- Clearly defining and communicating roles, responsibilities, and expectations for all members of the project team.
- Obtaining and defining staffing requirements and forming project teams.
- Independently planning all associated work to meet project goals.
- Providing direction and leadership to project management analysts and schedulers.
- Developing metrics, procedures, objectives and methods to assess project progress while utilizing established standards and quality objectives.
- Conducting project kick-off meetings, communicating individual project roles and expectations.
- Ensuring all project team members have the tools and training necessary to perform effectively.
- Recording, tracking and communicating issues, risks, changes, and status reports within a standard tool.
- Accurately and consistently forecasting project resource, material and contract costs within a standard tool(s).
- Driving all project related tasks to completion.
- Developing and Maintaining up-to-date detailed project schedules and work plans.
- Monitoring critical project milestones, and identifying ways to resolve schedule issues.
- Coordinating any required contract work within defined policy.
- Conducting and site visits as necessary.
- Assessing project performance and implementing changes as necessary to ensure the projects remains within specified cost, schedule, scope and quality objectives.
- Communicating status of all projects to stakeholders and management.
- Developing and maintaining a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors and key clients.
- Resolving problems of project specific scope within procedural guidelines.
- Exercising independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance with moderate scope and complexity.
- Preparing all project documentation for closure, storage, and possible auditing activities, ensuring technical accuracy.
- Functioning in a process oriented environment.
Education Minimum:
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Business, Engineering or equivalent experience
Education Desired:
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Business, or equivalent
Experience Minimum:
- 8+ years experience managing one or more complex IT product/software development cycles/projects
- Experience with IT professional service agreements and materials logistics
Experience Desired:
- Experience working in a PMO environment as Project Lead or Project Manager for highly complex projects
License/Certification Minimum:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.
License/Certification Desired:
- Certification from an accredited program (e.g. Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate Program, etc.) or equivalent
- Often serves as a technical coach, trainer, or mentor for others. Recognized as "go to" expert among peers. Acts as lead on IT cross-functional projects/initiatives
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Minimum:
- Advanced and expert understanding of project management principles and methodologies
- Understanding of business, and IT strategies and objectives
- Workforce planning and resource management skills
- Ability to function and manage in a matrixed environment
- Understanding of IT roles and responsibilities
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and collaboration skills
- Skill inventory and database experience
- Financial Acumen, team player, makes agreements
- Proficiency in negotiation and risk management
Desired:
- Skilled in using the following programs - HP Project and Portfolio Management Center (PPMC), IT Methodology, Microsoft Office Suite
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Spectraforce Technologies
$100,000 and $10,000,000.
Sep 04, 2026