Mounds View , Minnesota
|Remote
|Contract
Mounds View, Minnesota
|Remote
|Contract
Join a dynamic IT PMO team as a Senior IT Project Manager supporting remote delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives. This role offers the opportunity to lead enterprise-level projects from planning through hyper-care while partnering with stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party implementors to deliver measurable business impact.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end project delivery across planning, execution, testing, cutover, and post-go-live support.
- Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource forecasts.
- Guide multiple workstreams and external partners to keep milestones, deliverables, and dependencies on track.
- Coordinate across cross-functional teams to identify risks, remove blockers, and drive timely resolution of issues.
- Monitor program health and escalate concerns as needed to support efficient delivery.
- Prepare and present clear project status updates, risks, and issue summaries for executive stakeholders.
- Support governance, quality reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement practices.
- Help ensure project work aligns with applicable standards, policies, and organizational requirements.
- Own schedule and budget commitments and support delivery within agreed constraints.
- Promote a collaborative, accountable, and improvement-focused team environment.
Skills
- 4-year degree is required.
- Strong background in project and portfolio management methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex projects in a matrixed environment.
- Ability to manage change, risk, governance, and stakeholder expectations effectively.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate technical concepts into clear business language.
- Strong decision-making skills with the ability to balance competing priorities.
- Comfort working independently with limited direction.
- Proven experience communicating with executive-level stakeholders.
- Experience driving enterprise delivery in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Skills
- PMP certification.
- Experience with PPM tools and reporting or dashboard platforms.
- Background in healthcare or life sciences environments.
- Experience with data, ERP, or master data-related projects.
- Experience creating PowerPoint presentations for executive updates or stakeholder communication.
- Strong background in business-facing delivery and translating business needs into execution plans.
- Experience with large enterprise systems and long-duration projects.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence across diverse teams.
Horizontal is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences are valued. We encourage candidates from all communities to apply and support a culture of equity, respect, and belonging.
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