Senior IT Project Manager

Position Description

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional programs that are critical to organizational transformation, including enterprise platforms, data initiatives, and infrastructure modernization. This role requires a strategic thinker who can operate at both the executive and delivery levels—driving alignment, managing risk, and ensuring high-quality outcomes across projects and programs

The ideal candidate brings strong project and program management discipline, technical fluency, and the ability to influence stakeholders in a highly matrixed, research-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Project Leadership

• Lead multi-year, multi-phase programs across technology and business domains (e.g., ERP, ServiceNow, cloud, data platforms)
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, roadmaps, and cross-workstream dependencies
• Establish and drive program governance, cadence, and reporting across multiple project workstreams
• Define success metrics and use data-driven insights to track performance, risks, and outcomes
  
  
  

Planning & Execution

• Build comprehensive project plans from initiation through deployment and hypercare
• Apply hybrid delivery models (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum) based on program needs
• Drive disciplined execution across the full SDLC, including discovery, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Ensure alignment between business requirements, technical delivery, and strategic objectives
  
  
  

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Communicate program status, risks, and decisions clearly to executive leadership and steering committees
• Facilitate decision-making in complex or ambiguous environments
• Build strong relationships across business, technical, and research stakeholders
• Influence without authority to drive alignment and outcomes in a matrixed organization
  
  
  

Business Analysis & Solution Alignment

• Partner with stakeholders to define and refine business requirements in complex or evolving environments
• Ensure traceability from requirements through delivery and validation
• Support business case development and value realization tracking
  
  
  

Financial & Vendor Management

• Manage program budgets, forecasts, and resource plans (including internal and external labor)
• Develop and manage vendor relationships, including SOWs, deliverables, and performance tracking
• Drive accountability for financial performance, including CapEx/OpEx considerations and forecasting accuracy
  
  
  

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program-level risks and dependencies
• Lead issue resolution and escalation, particularly in high-pressure or ambiguous situations
• Drive organizational change management and user adoption for major initiatives
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Program & Delivery Expertise

• 8 years of experience managing complex IT and business transformation programs
• Proven experience delivering large-scale initiatives such as ERP implementations, ServiceNow deployments, cloud transformations (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), or DevSecOps initiatives
• Strong command of project and program management methodologies (PMBOK, Agile/Scrum, hybrid approaches)
  
  
  

Technical & SDLC Fluency

• Solid understanding of application development, system architecture, integrations, and infrastructure (cloud/on-prem/hybrid)
• Hands-on experience managing full SDLC delivery across multiple projects
  
  
  

Business & Financial Acumen

• Experience managing program budgets, forecasting, variances and estimates to completion
• Ability to develop business cases and align delivery to measurable outcomes that capture value delivery
  
  
  

Leadership & Influence

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills without direct authority
• Experience facilitating executive-level discussions and driving decisions
  
  
  

Problem Solving & Resilience

• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage crises, and drive resolution under pressure
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP Certification
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification
• ITIL Foundation certification
• Experience with ServiceNow implementation
• Experience contributing to or improving project management methodologies and governance frameworks
• Formal training and application of organizational change management models (PROSCI’s ADKAR)
  
  
  

Tools & Technologies

• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, JIRA, ServiceNow, MS Teams)
  
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related field required
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience preferred
  
  
  

Hiring Range: $95,700- $126,700

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—but not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options
• ... and much more!
  
  
  

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks .

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requisition ID: 42959