Senior IT Project Manager

Since 1989, SBA Communications has been a pillar of the wireless industry. Today, as a publicly traded global leader and S&P 500 company, our network of over 46,000 communication sites spans 10+ countries, forming the critical infrastructure that connects millions.

About the role

The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading assigned Information Technology projects from planning through execution, implementation, and post-go-live support within established project management standards, policies, timelines, and budgets. This role manages cross-functional technology initiatives across business functions, systems, vendors, and stakeholder groups. The incumbent must demonstrate strong project ownership, sound judgment, stakeholder management, and accountability in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead active and assigned IT projects across business functions, systems, vendors, and stakeholder groups.
• Define project goals, scope, milestones, timelines, budget estimates, deliverables, success criteria, and resource needs in partnership with business and IT leaders.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, risk registers, issue logs, decision logs, action item trackers, and project documentation.
• Coordinate and facilitate project meetings with business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and third-party partners; issue agendas, capture decisions, and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
• Manage project scope, dependencies, risks, issues, change requests, and budget impacts; escalate concerns that may affect schedules, costs, deliverables, or business outcomes.
• Partner with business analysts, development teams, infrastructure teams, quality assurance resources, vendors, and business users to support requirements, design, testing, training, implementation, and stabilization activities.
• Prepare and deliver clear project status updates, dashboards, reports, and presentations for project teams, management, executive leadership, stakeholders, and vendors.
• Create and review project charters, business cases, ROI analyses, process maps, workflow diagrams, use cases, implementation plans, communication plans, training plans, and other project-related materials.
• Ensure projects comply with IT governance standards, organizational policies, procedures, security requirements, and project management practices.
• Use project management and portfolio tools to monitor project performance, schedule adherence, resource utilization, milestone completion, and overall delivery status.
• Provide guidance to project team members and less experienced project managers or coordinators by sharing project management practices, templates, tools, and lessons learned.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, reporting, documentation, governance, stakeholder communication, and team effectiveness.
• Complete other projects and duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, or a related field preferred; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• 5+ years of project management, IT project management, technology implementation, business analysis, or related experience.
• Experience leading technology projects, system implementations, application enhancements, infrastructure initiatives, process improvements, or enterprise business systems projects.
• Working to advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and practices, including scope management, schedule management, budget tracking, risk management, issue resolution, change control, and status reporting.
• Experience working with cross-functional business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, development resources, quality assurance teams, and technical support teams.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, hybrid project delivery methods, ITIL practices, software development life cycle concepts, and project governance practices preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, timelines, risks, issues, meetings, and stakeholder expectations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare clear project documentation, executive updates, meeting notes, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, attention to detail, accountability, and customer service orientation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams; experience with project management, collaboration, or portfolio management tools preferred.
• Project management certification or coursework, such as PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, PMI-ACP, or related training, preferred.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish or English/Portuguese preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stoop, bend, kneel, or crouch.
• Ability to stand, walk, and sit.
• Ability to reach with hands and arms.
• Visual ability correctable to 20/20.
• Sitting up to 90% of the day.
• Ability to respond verbally in an understandable, professional manner in person and over the telephone.
• Manual dexterity to input data into the computer and operate standard office equipment.
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds.

Work Environment

• Office or cubicle workspace.
• Moderate noise level.

Benefits

• Financial Wellbeing: Global Ownership Program (Annual RSU awards for eligible employees), a 401K with a generous company match, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering company stock at a discount.
• Mental Wellbeing: Access to a dedicated Health Concierge service.
• Personal Growth & Balance: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) package, paid holidays, and paid volunteer hours. Tuition reimbursement, support for professional certifications, and a wellness reimbursement program.