Project Manager - IT - Mastery

Location: Springfield, MA

Onsite Flexibility: Onsite

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $60.00–$68.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

You will partner closely with business leaders, operational teams, product teams, technology partners, and stakeholders across the organization to identify opportunities for improvement, implement solutions, and drive adoption of new ways of working. This role helps ensure that strategic and operational initiatives are delivered consistently, efficiently, and with clear accountability.

• Drive improvements across IT in test environments, test data, and testing processes to support faster speed to market and higher quality code delivery
• Lead and coordinate process improvement initiatives from planning through implementation and stabilization.
• Develop and maintain project plans, action trackers, timelines, milestones, and implementation roadmaps.
• Facilitate working sessions, stakeholder meetings, and status reviews to drive alignment, decisions, and progress.
• Monitor and track tasks, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and commitments across multiple teams.
• Hold stakeholders accountable for assigned actions and ensure timely completion of agreed-upon deliverables.
• Identify execution risks, bottlenecks, and delays, and proactively drive resolution to keep initiatives on track.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and governance processes to support successful delivery.
• Create and maintain project dashboards, status reporting, metrics, and executive communications.
• Partner with business and operational leaders to document current-state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and implement future-state solutions.
• Drive process standardization, operational efficiency, continuous improvement, and adoption of best practices.
• Support organizational change management, stakeholder communications, training, and readiness activities.
• Measure and report on process improvement outcomes, implementation progress, and realized business benefits.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Proven ability to manage project plans, action registers, timelines, and deliverables.
• Strong facilitation, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience creating executive-level reporting and status communications.

• PMP, CAPM, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Agile, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading operational excellence, process improvement, or business transformation initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to drive accountability and results in a matrixed environment without direct authority.
• Experience utilizing project management and reporting tools to track execution and performance.
• Financial Services, Insurance, Operations, or Technology industry experience.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 5 years of project management, process improvement, operations, business transformation, or related experience.

• Fingerprinting required.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

This client is a mutual life insurance and financial services company with more than 175 years of operating history, headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts and operating across all 50 states. Structured as a policyholder-owned mutual company, this organization manages $312 billion in client assets and recorded statutory operating earnings in 2025, reflecting deep financial strength and long-term institutional stability. In 2026, the organization earned the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, and has been recognized as Forbes' Best Life Insurance Company and named to Ward's 50 top life and health companies. Professionals across insurance, financial planning, actuarial science, compliance, technology, operations, and wealth management will find a culture oriented around long-term value and genuine purpose rather than short-term shareholder returns.

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-15204