Senior Project Manager- Modern Platforms

About the role

Presidio is looking for customer-facing Senior Project Managers experienced with managing AWS, GCP, and Azure Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps client projects. Senior Project Managers lead all aspects of IT projects, including scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs, and change control. They work directly with project teams, clients, and partners to ensure successful delivery within scope, on time, and within budget, acting as trusted advisors with a consultative mindset and customer-first approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage expectations and requirements of multiple project stakeholders (internal, partner, and customer sponsors).
• Plan and implement IT solution development projects.
• Collaborate and align with delivery and sales team leadership to drive consistent business value and support Presidio’s overall business goals.
• Build and maintain project schedules using relevant tools.
• Lead resolution of issues/escalations related to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Oversee activities of various stakeholders (Scrum meetings, project meetings, technical deep dive sessions).
• Ensure deadlines and cost targets are met; escalate to leadership when necessary.
• Maintain detailed, comprehensive project documentation and reports using project management tools.
• Serve as a liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.
• Lead cross-functional, virtual, and offshore teams.
• Develop comprehensive project plans to track tasks, schedule, risks, and issues for the project and client teams.
• Ensure projects align with Presidio’s overall strategic objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding them through business challenges and shaping project delivery to drive measurable value.
• Foster a consultative partnership with customers by understanding their business objectives and proactively identifying opportunities.
• Champion a customer-first approach across all project phases to ensure client satisfaction and long-term relationship success.

Business Scope

The Senior Project Manager will be a key member of the Project Management Office for Presidio’s Cloud Services practice, managing critical, complex, and enterprise-level projects for clients in Healthcare, Financial Services, Retail, Technology, and Energy industries. This role delivers professional service projects in Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps, requiring deep understanding of the Application Stack, Agile processes, technical project delivery, and Cloud technologies (Amazon Web Services & Azure). The role serves as a liaison between technical teams, client stakeholders, business development, and solutions architecture.

Technical Scope

The Senior Project Manager supports technical teams working with cutting-edge Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps technologies, including automation, assessments, cloud builds, application migrations, and workshops. The role requires an understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Azure cloud technologies and how application stacks operate in the cloud. The Senior Project Manager must effectively communicate timelines, key performance indicators, Agile Scrum standups, sprints, and delivery timelines from the Presidio development team to client stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and/or military experience.
• 7+ years of experience in IT project management and general IT consulting.
• Demonstrable skills across project management methodologies (PMI-defined, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall).
• Ability to manage Agile/Scrum/Kanban/Waterfall processes to deliver new applications and app modernization projects.
• Proficient in Confluence, Jira, and Microsoft Project for project goal and timeline tracking.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, Trello, Teamwork, Zoho, and similar project management tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or similar professional certification.
• CSM or similar professional certification.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner or similar certification.
• Azure Fundamentals or similar certification.
• Experience leading projects leveraging AWS and/or Azure technologies.
• Strong time management, analytical, communication, thought leadership, team building, and motivational skills.
• Excellent client-facing communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to change, and stay up-to-date on emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated consultative mindset, connecting technology solutions to business outcomes.
• Customer-first orientation, prioritizing client success and building empathy-driven relationships.
• Passion, creativity, energy, and enthusiasm for collaboration and company growth.
• Desire to learn new technologies, methodologies, and understand customer business needs.
• Adaptability to Presidio’s vision, goals, and dynamic culture.

About Presidio

Presidio is a trusted ally for organizations across industries, with a decades-long history of building traditional IT foundations and deep expertise in AI, automation, security, networking, digital transformation, and cloud computing. Presidio fills gaps, removes hurdles, optimizes costs, and reduces risk by developing custom applications, providing managed services, enabling actionable data insights, and building forward-thinking solutions that drive strategic outcomes for clients globally.