IT Project Mgmt Sr. Advisor (PMI800)

Overview

The IT Senior Project Manager leads complex, cross-functional IT initiatives that support strategic business objectives and operational improvements. This role partners with IT leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to drive project delivery, improve governance, establish scalable PMO practices, and provide executive visibility into project portfolios. The position requires strong leadership, organizational change management, and the ability to translate business needs into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced IT Senior Project Manager to lead strategic enterprise initiatives and drive operational excellence across the IT organization. This role combines project delivery, portfolio oversight, stakeholder engagement, and PMO process development to support business priorities and improve execution across multiple teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent IT initiatives from intake through delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic priorities
• Partner with executives, business leaders, technical teams, and vendors to define project goals, success criteria, and implementation plans
• Develop and maintain project plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resource forecasts
• Facilitate project governance processes including status reporting, risk management, issue resolution, and executive communications
• Build relationships across business and IT teams to gather requirements, identify impacts, and drive stakeholder alignment
• Establish and improve project management standards, intake processes, prioritization models, reporting frameworks, and portfolio visibility
• Coordinate cross-functional teams involved in enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, IT operations, cybersecurity, and business transformation initiatives
• Monitor project health through KPIs, delivery metrics, and milestone tracking while proactively addressing risks and blockers
• Support organizational change initiatives through communication planning, stakeholder engagement, and adoption strategies
• Create executive-level presentations, dashboards, and portfolio reports that communicate progress, outcomes, and business value
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, project reviews, and lessons-learned activities to drive continuous improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of experience managing enterprise IT projects, programs, or portfolios
• Strong experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving infrastructure, cloud, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, collaboration platforms, or digital transformation
• PMP, PgMP, Agile/Scrum certifications preferred
• Demonstrated experience implementing or improving project management and PMO practices
• Strong understanding of project governance, portfolio management, resource planning, risk management, and organizational change management
• Experience working with enterprise systems including ITSM platforms, Microsoft 365, collaboration tools, cloud technologies, and SaaS solutions
• Proficiency with project and portfolio management tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to simplify complex issues for executive audiences
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority and drive alignment across multiple business functions
• Self-motivated professional capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment

Company Overview

Quest Software builds the foundation for enterprise AI with solutions in data governance, cybersecurity, and platform modernization. More than 45,000 companies - including 90% of the Fortune 500 - trust Quest to solve their most critical IT challenges. From securing identities and modernizing platforms to preparing data for AI, we help enterprises unlock their full potential.

Why Quest

At Quest, your work makes an impact. You'll help organizations get AI-ready while building your career with a global team of innovators. We offer:

• Competitive pay, annual bonuses, and top-performer recognition.
• Comprehensive health, family, and retirement benefits.
• Flexible work options, generous PTO, and wellness programs.
• Professional growth through learning platforms, mentorship, and leadership programs.
• Inclusive teams that reflect the world we serve, supported by Employee Resource Groups and our Equality & Inclusion Council.

Quest is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Quest is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Quest are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Quest will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Quest encourages applicants of all ages.

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