(IT PSP) IT Project Manager III

Pay Rate: $70.00 - $90.00/Hour
Duration: 8 Months
Location: Oakland, CA
Work Mode: Hybrid (Local candidates only, will be remote and onsite as needed. Can set expectation of one day onsite per week)

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Tanium projects and workstreams.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource forecasts.
• Manage multiple concurrent initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Establish project governance, controls, reporting mechanisms, and escalation paths.
• Facilitate steering committee, status, and stakeholder meetings.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, labor plans, vendor expenditures, and financial reporting.
• Coordinate deployment, configuration, and optimization of Tanium platform modules.
• Support migration from legacy tools and processes to Tanium capabilities.
• Serve as the primary engagement lead for Tanium vendors, consultants, and professional services partners.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity, audit, SOX, NERC, and organizational requirements.
• Develop executive dashboards, KPIs, metrics, and status reports.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of IT project or program management experience.
• Minimum 5 years managing large-scale infrastructure, cybersecurity, or enterprise software implementations.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise endpoint management or security platform deployments.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery models.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Planisware, Jira, or similar project management tools.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience implementing or managing Tanium platform deployments.
• Experience with cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, endpoint security, or IT asset management.
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks such as SOX, NERC-CIP, PCI, or similar compliance requirements.
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.
• Experience leading cloud, infrastructure modernization, and operating system lifecycle programs.
• Utility industry or critical infrastructure experience preferred.