
Senior Transportation Infrastructure IT Modernization Project Manager
ELYON International
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • Washington • United States
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Salary
💰 $75 - $85 per hour
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Leading the TRM project’s overall scheduling, solution delivery execution and cross-team coordination
- Coordinating with the IT Manager on the TRM project’s governance, decision-making structure, budget, vendor management and cross-program communication
- Managing vendor deliverable quality for system development, data migration, system integrations, training, go-live, and hypercare activities
- Overseeing development of the integrated schedule and ensuring alignment between business operations, terminal readiness, CRM workflow needs, and vendor capability releases
- Ensuring compliance with interagency gated review processes and budget oversight requirements for TRM technology investment submissions
- Supporting RFI/RFP development for multi-vendor procurement aligned with the future state roadmap
- Coordinating requirements elaboration, backlog prioritization, acceptance criteria definition, and test readiness efforts in partnership with the project scrum master, subject matter experts, product owners, and technical leads
- Supporting organizational change management and operational readiness planning across terminals and customer service teams
Requirements
- 7 years of experience managing IT projects
- 6 years with an associate degree, 5 years with a bachelor’s degree or 4 years with a master’s degree
- Degree must be in Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field
- Extensive experience managing large-scale IT modernization projects as a senior PM (preferably $10M+ multi-vendor programs)
- Expertise in Agile project management and coordinating cross-functional sprint execution of complex enterprise systems
- Proven ability to manage integrated schedules, project budgets, risks, interdependence, and escalations
- Strong vendor and contract management experience, including oversight of major systems integrators and SaaS/CRM vendors
- Demonstrated ability to work across IT, business operations, finance, procurement, and executive stakeholders
- Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive reporting skills
- Certification in Project Management (Project Management Institute preferred)
- Certification or training in Agile (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe)
- Experience working with statewide oversight bodies such as WaTech and OFM, including gated reviews and technology budget submissions
- Experience with enterprise CRM systems and customer-facing ticketing/reservation systems
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps for backlog management, acceptance criteria, reporting, and traceability
- Experience with RFP and procurement development for complex technology replacement efforts
- Proven abilities in the following: Excellent knowledge of standardized project management principles based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Providing relevant ideas and perspectives on process or practice improvements
- Tracking project performance
- Creating and maintaining detailed documentation, project plans and schedules
- Performing quality control on a project throughout development
- Utilization of industry software and tools
Benefits
- Paid sick leave
- Medical/Dental (optional)
- 401 (k) Retirement Plan (optional)
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- Employer Paid Short Term Disability
- Optional Life Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Agile project managementvendor managementproject schedulingbudget managementdata migrationsystem integrationrequirements elaborationbacklog prioritizationquality controlproject performance tracking
Soft Skills
communicationfacilitationnegotiationexecutive reportingcross-team coordinationorganizational change managementstakeholder managementproblem-solvingleadershipcollaboration
Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Scrum Master (CSM)PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)SAFe certification