The Mutual Group
Lead IT Project Manager - On-site or Hybrid Opportunity
The Mutual Group, Iowa, Louisiana, United States, 70647
Lead IT Project Manager - On-site or Hybrid Opportunity
Join our team as the Lead IT Project Manager to deliver large, complex, multi-year technology projects for modern platforms, cloud data solutions, and digital/web initiatives.
Job Description Provide end‑to‑end oversight of project scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, risk and stakeholder communication, while ensuring timely adoption and benefits realization.
Responsibilities
Own complex project delivery: define scope, milestones, critical path, dependencies, and benefits; run governance (stand‑ups, RAID, change control, steering).
Lead execution across analysis, build, test, cut‑over and stabilization using Agile, hybrid or waterfall.
Coordinate adjacent workstreams, manage cross‑project dependencies and aligned release plans.
Deliver modern solutions: cloud migrations, SaaS implementations, API/iPaaS integrations, digital/web upgrades and cloud data platforms.
Control project fundamentals: schedule, scope, budget/forecast, vendor/SOW management, quality gates and measurable outcomes.
Proactively manage risk and issue, quantify exposure, drive mitigations, and address data privacy, residency and security risks.
Communicate at executive level: concise status, dashboards and readout for IT leadership and business sponsors.
Ensure operational readiness & adoption: training, support models, SLO/SLI definition, cut‑over plans and post‑go‑live hyper‑care.
Improve delivery practices: promote test automation, DevOps/CI/CD, DataOps/ML‑Ops and insights driven by metrics.
Ensure architecture & security alignment with Governance, Catalogs and access controls.
Enable multi‑member/tenant scale through standard APIs, common data models and reusable platform components.
Qualifications
10+ years delivering technology projects; proven track record with large, complex cross‑functional initiatives.
Hands‑on experience with cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS, digital/web and cloud data ecosystems (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Synapse, DBT, Kafka, Airflow, Azure Data Factory).
Mastery of schedule, scope, budget, quality, risk, dependency and change management.
Fluent in Agile/Scrum/Kanban and hybrid/waterfall; experience with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet or MS Project and portfolio dashboards.
Executive presence and clear communication; ability to drive decisions with senior technical and business leaders.
Vendor/SOW management; familiarity with DevOps/CI/CD, DataOps, security/privacy and regulated environments.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field (or equivalent); PMP, PMI‑ACP, SAFe or PgMP are a plus.
Compensation
$140,000 – $170,000 commensurate with experience, plus bonus eligibility.
Benefits
Competitive base salary and incentive plans.
401(k) retirement plan with up to 6% company match.
Basic life and AD&D, long‑term disability, short‑term disability insurance.
Medical, dental and vision plans.
Wellness incentives.
Generous paid time off (personal, holidays, volunteer).
Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options.
Educational assistance.
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Job Description Provide end‑to‑end oversight of project scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, risk and stakeholder communication, while ensuring timely adoption and benefits realization.
Responsibilities
Own complex project delivery: define scope, milestones, critical path, dependencies, and benefits; run governance (stand‑ups, RAID, change control, steering).
Lead execution across analysis, build, test, cut‑over and stabilization using Agile, hybrid or waterfall.
Coordinate adjacent workstreams, manage cross‑project dependencies and aligned release plans.
Deliver modern solutions: cloud migrations, SaaS implementations, API/iPaaS integrations, digital/web upgrades and cloud data platforms.
Control project fundamentals: schedule, scope, budget/forecast, vendor/SOW management, quality gates and measurable outcomes.
Proactively manage risk and issue, quantify exposure, drive mitigations, and address data privacy, residency and security risks.
Communicate at executive level: concise status, dashboards and readout for IT leadership and business sponsors.
Ensure operational readiness & adoption: training, support models, SLO/SLI definition, cut‑over plans and post‑go‑live hyper‑care.
Improve delivery practices: promote test automation, DevOps/CI/CD, DataOps/ML‑Ops and insights driven by metrics.
Ensure architecture & security alignment with Governance, Catalogs and access controls.
Enable multi‑member/tenant scale through standard APIs, common data models and reusable platform components.
Qualifications
10+ years delivering technology projects; proven track record with large, complex cross‑functional initiatives.
Hands‑on experience with cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS, digital/web and cloud data ecosystems (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Synapse, DBT, Kafka, Airflow, Azure Data Factory).
Mastery of schedule, scope, budget, quality, risk, dependency and change management.
Fluent in Agile/Scrum/Kanban and hybrid/waterfall; experience with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet or MS Project and portfolio dashboards.
Executive presence and clear communication; ability to drive decisions with senior technical and business leaders.
Vendor/SOW management; familiarity with DevOps/CI/CD, DataOps, security/privacy and regulated environments.
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field (or equivalent); PMP, PMI‑ACP, SAFe or PgMP are a plus.
Compensation
$140,000 – $170,000 commensurate with experience, plus bonus eligibility.
Benefits
Competitive base salary and incentive plans.
401(k) retirement plan with up to 6% company match.
Basic life and AD&D, long‑term disability, short‑term disability insurance.
Medical, dental and vision plans.
Wellness incentives.
Generous paid time off (personal, holidays, volunteer).
Flexible work schedules and hybrid/remote options.
Educational assistance.
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