IT Project Manager III

IT Project Manager III

Houston, TX (100% on-site)

Duration: initial 8-month contract

Pay: $119-124/hr




The Project Manager will initially lead two key initiatives: implementing Opkey, an automated testing platform for Oracle applications (HCMS, Finance, EAM, iSupplier, iProcurement, OLM, and Inventory), and mentoring a junior Project Coordinator on PMO processes and project execution. Additional IT projects may be assigned based on business needs.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full project lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, testing, implementation, and project close.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, business stakeholders, Oracle application teams, and third-party vendors to ensure successful project delivery.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, action items, issues, key decisions, and status reports.
• Monitor project budgets, accruals, purchase orders, risks, and resource allocation.
• Lead enterprise software implementation projects while ensuring alignment between business and technical teams.
• Mentor a junior Project Coordinator and support PMO standards and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, CIS, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6–8+ years of experience managing complex IT projects.
• Experience leading enterprise software implementation projects and managing third-party vendors.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps (TFS), Visio, and Microsoft Office.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience implementing Oracle enterprise applications.
• Experience with enterprise test automation tools such as Opkey.
• Experience managing large-scale testing or UAT initiatives.
• Previous experience mentoring junior project management staff.

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