Sr IT Project Manager

Our client in St. Louis, Missouri is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a long-term contract role.

Responsibilities

• Independently define and manage scope and schedule of large, complex projects, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Develop plans and resources (internal/external) for higher-risk, high-impact, or multi-disciplinary projects.
• Prioritize projects impacting multiple disciplines or groups.
• Act as a servant leader by proactively addressing team needs to enable focus on high-value work.
• Provide vendor management expertise, including reviewing RFPs, contracts, and vendor selection.
• Manage demand planning with the Demand Planning group and guide others on the process.
• Oversee project budgets for large, complex projects; review and approve invoices.
• Ensure quality of high-risk projects using Waterfall methodology (e.g., coordinating meetings, tracking budgets, following up on action items).
• Anticipate risks, perform risk analysis, and prepare mitigation plans.
• Assist in developing, implementing, and enhancing PMO processes, tools, and automation.
• Resolve logistical, cultural, or administrative barriers to maintain team velocity and engagement.
• Shield the team from external interference to maximize productivity.
• Actively manage change control issues as they arise.
• Prepare stakeholders for project delivery, ensuring transparency and clear communication of business value.
• Facilitate recurring status meetings with stakeholders, including Digital Project Managers, Supervisors, and Directors.

Requirements

• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with HR projects is a major bonus.
• Bachelor’s degree required; PMP certification not required.

Skills

• MS Project, Primavera
• Confident, self-improvement mindset, servant leadership
• Problem-solving, independent and proactive work style
• Strategic thinking, administrative proficiency, automation
• Budgeting, cost management, project accounting
• Change management strategies, vendor contract management
• Project delivery, demand planning, forecasting
• Innovative thinking, logistics, resource utilization
• Risk analysis, vendor management, scheduling
• Waterfall project management

Pay

$65–73 per hour.

Schedule

9 AM to 5 PM.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• AD&D and life insurance.
• Short-term disability coverage.
• 401K plan (eligibility-based).