Senior IT Project Manager – Contractor

Protera

Senior Project Manager leading impactful infrastructure and cloud migration projects on a contract basis. Coordinating teams and managing stakeholder communications to ensure successful delivery.

Posted 6/26/2026contractRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCitrixCloudLinuxPMPUnixVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead clients' infrastructure & cloud migration engagements, including cloud migration strategy, application cloud suitability/readiness assessment, migration planning, sourcing options, business case and execution coordination
Lead design, implementation and migration to new IT infrastructure and cloud (IaaS/PaaS) environments
Manage a portfolio of large, long-term, and complex projects that may span multiple lines of business
Develop individual project plans complete with budgetary information and resource planning
Works with functional Managers for project timeline and resource management
Customer relationship management; Interfaces directly with customer's IT and executive management;
Change and risk management Status reporting on project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership,
Host a project meeting for each project under your direction
Refine project budget as needed to ensure timeliness and fiscal responsibility
Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as needed

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer- or business-related discipline required
5+ years of experience in project management
2+ Years of Program and Project Planning including experience with Cloud Transformation Projects and Programs
Good experience and understanding of project controls, processes, governance and management
Understanding and knowledge across wider Cloud adoption and technology enablement (Microsoft, AWS, Public Cloud etc..)
Knowledge of transition management, user adoption and customer success is of interest for certain engagements
Professional in approach with maturity and excellent customer facing skills
Ability to complete projects on time and within the stated budget
Excellent communication, organization, time-management and leadership skills
Expertise with project management, collaboration, and time management tools
Experience with process improvement PMP or PRINCE2 Certification
Knowledge on SAP or Unix, Linux, VMware, Citrix, Azure technologies will be added advantage
Experience into O365 is must

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Enterprise
SaaS Protera is a globally certified SAP, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud migration and enterprise managed service provider. The company excels in modernizing, optimizing, and securing enterprise workloads in the cloud, offering a suite of services that include cloud modernization, managed cloud security, disaster recovery, data intelligence, and SAP migration. Protera has been a pioneer in enterprise cloud services since 1998, known for its deep technical expertise in SAP systems and ability to drive down costs while enhancing performance and security for its clients. Senior IT Project Manager – Contractor 🔥 1 hour ago 🇺🇸 United States – Remote ⏳ Contract/Temporary 🟠 Senior 💻 IT Support 🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Lead clients' infrastructure & cloud migration engagements, including cloud migration strategy, application cloud suitability/readiness assessment, migration planning, sourcing options, business case and execution coordination
Lead design, implementation and migration to new IT infrastructure and cloud (IaaS/PaaS) environments
Manage a portfolio of large, long-term, and complex projects that may span multiple lines of business
Develop individual project plans complete with budgetary information and resource planning
Works with functional Managers for project timeline and resource management
Customer relationship management; Interfaces directly with customer's IT and executive management;
Change and risk management Status reporting on project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership,
Host a project meeting for each project under your direction
Refine project budget as needed to ensure timeliness and fiscal responsibility
Coordinate with vendors and suppliers as needed 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in computer- or business-related discipline required
5+ years of experience in project management
2+ Years of Program and Project Planning including experience with Cloud Transformation Projects and Programs
Good experience and understanding of project controls, processes, governance and management
Understanding and knowledge across wider Cloud adoption and technology enablement (Microsoft, AWS, Public Cloud etc..)
Knowledge of transition management, user adoption and customer success is of interest for certain engagements
Professional in approach with maturity and excellent customer facing skills
Ability to complete projects on time and within the stated budget
Excellent communication, organization, time-management and leadership skills
Expertise with project management, collaboration, and time management tools
Experience with process improvement PMP or PRINCE2 Certification
Knowledge on SAP or Unix, Linux, VMware, Citrix, Azure technologies will be added advantage
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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud migration strategyapplication cloud suitability assessmentmigration planningIaaSPaaSproject controlsprocess improvementSAPUnixLinux

Soft Skills

customer relationship managementchange managementrisk managementcommunicationorganizationtime managementleadershipmaturitycustomer facing skillsproject coordination

Certifications

PMPPRINCE2