Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager III
Location: St. Louis, MO (On-site)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
About the Opportunity:
ZipStaff is seeking an experienced Senior IT/Digital Project Manager to lead technology projects and initiatives across a variety of areas for a leading energy and utility organization.
The ideal candidate is a well-rounded Project Manager who can manage multiple concurrent projects, work effectively with business and technical teams, and adapt their approach across predictive/waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery models. This is an on-site role in St. Louis, MO.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead IT/Digital projects from planning through closure.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, forecasts, RAID items, and status reporting.
- Coordinate activities and dependencies across business, technical, and vendor teams.
- Manage concurrent projects that may span applications, data, integrations, infrastructure, vendor solutions, and other technology initiatives.
- Facilitate project meetings, decisions, governance, and change control.
- Manage project financials, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, and variances.
- Communicate project status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
- Drive accountability for project commitments and escalate issues when appropriate.
- Ensure projects follow applicable project governance and control processes.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of Project Management experience in medium to large organizations.
- Demonstrated experience managing technology projects using predictive/waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and cross-team dependencies.
- Strong project planning, scheduling, financial management, risk, issue, and change management skills.
- Experience working with business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
- Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Jira.
- Ability to understand technical concepts without needing to be the technical subject matter expert.
- Ability to work on-site in St. Louis, MO.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PMP preferred but not required.
- Degree preferred but not required.
- Experience leading technology initiatives across applications, data, integrations, and infrastructure in a regulated utility or energy environment.
- Strong track record of managing concurrent projects and driving accountability across cross-functional teams.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance.
- Dental Insurance.
- Vision Insurance.
- 401(k) + 401(k) matching.
- Paid time off.
- Referral Program.
About ZipStaff:
ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long-term success for candidates and clients.
To apply, submit your resume highlighting your IT Project Management experience managing multiple concurrent technology projects, proficiency with waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches, and stakeholder/vendor coordination skills. Pure research or junior experience will not be considered.