IT Project Manager III
Location: Birmingham, AL
Client: Alabama Power
Contract Duration: 3 Years
Experience: 5–10 Years
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager III to lead cross-functional technology projects and ensure IT initiatives remain aligned with business needs. This role will support the full project lifecycle from concept through implementation, including project planning, scope definition, sprint coordination, dependency management, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.
The ideal candidate will have 5–10 years of IT project management experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to prioritize, track, and deliver results in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional delivery of technology projects and deliverables.
- Facilitate project scope, goals, milestones, deliverables, detailed tasks, and resource requirements.
- Manage projects from concept creation through implementation.
- Lead sprint planning, stand-up meetings, and project lifecycle activities.
- Collaborate with technical and product teams to break complex technology projects into prioritized and properly scoped plans.
- Use strong facilitation, planning, negotiation, and dependency management techniques.
- Track project status, progress, risks, dependencies, milestones, and action items.
- Create clear visibility into project progress for team members, stakeholders, and leadership.
- Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and project risks.
- Define and drive mitigation plans to keep projects on track.
- Support project documentation, communication, and delivery reporting.
- Ensure IT practices and project outcomes remain aligned with business needs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field preferred.
- 5–10 years of relevant IT project management experience.
- Strong analytical and project management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize, track, and deliver results.
- Experience managing cross-functional technology projects.
- Ability to define scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements.
- Experience facilitating sprint planning, stand-ups, and project meetings.
- Strong dependency management, risk management, and issue resolution skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with business stakeholders, technical teams, product teams, vendors, and leadership.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a utility, energy, enterprise IT, or infrastructure environment.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery methods.
- Experience with release coordination, operational readiness, and change management.
- PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or related project management certification is a plus.
- Experience using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
Key Skills
IT Project Management, Project Planning, Agile, Scrum, Sprint Planning, Stand-Up Meetings, Scope Management, Stakeholder Communication, Risk Mitigation, Dependency Management, Cross-Functional Delivery, Technical Project Coordination, Status Reporting, Resource Planning, Issue Tracking, Business Alignment.