Project Manager — Parsippany, NJ

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 15+ years in IT delivery with a minimum of 10+ years in a dedicated Project Manager role — must have successfully led at least two large-scale, cross-functional projects to completion across different project types such as system migrations, digital transformations, platform implementations, or new product launches

• Strong command of both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies — ability to apply the right framework to the right context, and to manage hybrid projects where different workstreams operate under different delivery models simultaneously

• Expertise in project governance — ability to set up and run a full governance structure from scratch: RAID log, steering committee, change control board, escalation matrix, and status reporting cadence tailored to the project's complexity and stakeholder expectations

• Proficiency in project planning and tracking tools — Jira, MS Project, Confluence, Smartsheet, or equivalent — and advanced reporting using Excel or Power BI to build executive-level dashboards and project health views

• Financial management skills — experience owning a project budget, tracking actuals vs. forecast on a T&M or fixed-price basis, managing scope change requests with impact assessments, and presenting financial status to senior leadership

• Proven experience managing large vendor delivery partnerships — defining SOWs, tracking against contractual deliverables, running governance reviews with vendor leadership, and holding delivery teams accountable without creating adversarial dynamics

• Ability to manage and coordinate multiple parallel workstreams — architecture, engineering, data, QA, security, infrastructure, and business readiness — ensuring dependencies are mapped, sequenced, and tracked across the full project lifecycle

• Experience with organizational change management — identifying business impact of project changes, developing stakeholder communication plans, managing resistance, and ensuring teams and end users are ready before go-live

• Strong experience with risk management — identifying project-level risks early, building credible mitigation plans, quantifying risk exposure, and escalating only what genuinely requires SLT intervention with recommended options attached

• PMP or PgMP certification is mandatory — not preferred, not in progress; candidate must hold an active, valid certification from PMI at time of joining; demonstrates proven command of project lifecycle, governance, risk, and financial controls across structured delivery frameworks

• Must demonstrate mastery of the triple constraint — cost, schedule, and scope — and be able to independently build a detailed financial plan, Gantt chart, integrated project schedule, and milestone tracker from day one; these are non-negotiable delivery tools, not optional outputs

• Budget management depth is required — candidate must be able to track weekly actuals, manage committed spend (POs, signed contracts), maintain a rolling forecast, calculate Estimate at Completion (EAC), explain variance, and present a complete financial picture to leadership with root cause and corrective action

• Full working knowledge of SOW types and contract models — Fixed Fee SOW (vendor carries risk, scope must be fully defined), Time & Materials SOW (client pays actuals, requires tight burn rate governance), and Cost Plus SOW (actuals + agreed margin); must know when each applies, how to govern it, and how to protect the program from overrun under each model

• Leadership bar — this role is expected to raise the standard for everyone around them; the right candidate will push engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to deliver at a higher level, hold people accountable without micromanaging, and create a culture where the team does not need to be chased for updates

• Fully onsite 5 days a week in Parsippany, NJ — this is a non-negotiable requirement; the program requires in-person leadership presence, real-time stakeholder engagement, and direct team visibility; remote or hybrid arrangements will not be considered for this role

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own full accountability for project delivery across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk — from project initiation through delivery, go-live, and stabilization; the project's success or failure is this role's responsibility

• Define the project roadmap and integrated delivery plan at the outset — break the project into logical phases or waves, identify the critical path, map all workstream dependencies, and establish milestones that stakeholders can hold the team to

• Establish and operate project governance from day one — steering committee cadence, RAID log, change control board, decision log, and status reporting framework; governance must be operational before delivery teams begin work, not retrofitted after problems appear

• Manage vendor and partner delivery organizations — own the SOW and contractual obligations, run regular governance reviews, enforce SLA commitments, escalate vendor performance issues through the right channels, and document all delivery decisions

• Drive cross-functional workstream alignment — chair dependency resolution sessions, maintain the integrated dependency log, assign ownership to every cross-team dependency, and track resolution to closure before it becomes a blocker

• Own project financial management — track T&M actuals and forecast weekly, manage change requests through formal scope change process with full impact assessment on budget, schedule, and risk, and present financial health to SLT with transparency

• Facilitate and own Agile project ceremonies where applicable — PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect and Adapt workshops — ensuring all teams have clear objectives, dependencies mapped, and capacity planned for each increment

• Proactively manage the RAID log — identify risks before they become issues, assign owners, review mitigation progress weekly, and escalate items that exceed the project's risk tolerance with clear options and a recommended course of action

• Lead change management activities — assess the organizational impact of the project, build a stakeholder communication plan, ensure business readiness activities (training, process change, cutover preparation) are tracked as project deliverables not afterthoughts

• Be the single accountable point of contact for project health — provide weekly written status reports and participate in steering committee meetings with an honest, metric-backed view of progress, risks, and decisions needed; never present a rosier picture than reality supports

Salary Range-$100,000-$140,000 a year

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection .

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.