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Sr. Technical Project Manager - ACTIVE PMP REQUIRED

System OneUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 24 Aug 2026

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Location
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SAFeScrumAgileJiraPMPWaterfall

Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Technical Project Manager - ACTIVE PMP REQUIRED
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Type: Contract
Compensation: Not specified
Work Model: Remote – offsite
Hours: 40 hrs a week

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage infrastructure projects within the Technology Services portfolio from initiation through closure, owning outcomes rather than just status updates.
  • Build and maintain integrated work plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, RAID logs, and PMO governance artifacts; hold owners accountable to committed dates.
  • Own the communications plan and reporting cadence including steering materials, executive briefings, escalation paths, and stakeholder updates.
  • Provide direction and influence to cross-functional technical teams, vendors, and subject-matter experts without direct reporting authority.
  • Apply structured change management to scope, requirements, and expectations, clearly articulating trade-offs to enable executive decision-making.
  • Surface risks early, drive issues to resolution, and make the call when decisions are being avoided.

Requirements

  • Bachelor''s degree from an accredited college or university; no substitution of experience for degree.
  • Minimum ten (10) years managing enterprise-wide IT projects in a role as the accountable project manager.
  • Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification; certificate number and expiration date required at submission.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional project teams and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English, capable of leading executive meetings and producing materials independently.
  • Must reside in and work from the continental United States and be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
  • Proven leadership presence, credibility, and ownership.
  • Strong project management discipline including planning, tracking, and follow-through.
  • Experience with change management navigating resistance, scope trade-offs, and scope decisions for sound outcomes.
  • Preferred experience with portfolio governance, telecom and VoIP, endpoint management (Intune), Azure/cloud services, networking, virtualization, and related infrastructure projects.
  • Familiarity with waterfall, Agile (Scrum, SAFe), and hybrid methodologies.
  • Experience in healthcare or academic research environment is advantageous.
  • Ability to understand complex technical subject matter to challenge estimates and assumptions.
  • Experience with tooling such as ServiceNow PPM, Azure DevOps, or JIRA is a plus.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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