IT Project Manager

Job Description

Affinity is seeking an experienced InfraSec Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-scale technology projects within a strategic Project Management Office.

This role is ideal for a mature, technically adept leader with a strong background in infrastructure and security-focused project delivery. You will play a critical role in a ensuring that several concurrent projects are successfully delivered across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale, high-impact enterprise technology projects, with a strong focus on infrastructure, security, and platform integration
• Drive environment build-outs, technical integrations, and migration activities to support the transition from a legacy core system to a modern platform ecosystem
• Define and refine project scope, success metrics, deliverables, and business outcomes aligned to strategic goals and regulatory requirements
• Develop and manage integrated delivery plans including resource allocation, financials, schedules, risk frameworks, and quality controls
• Provide strategic leadership across complex technical domains including integration patterns, networking, authentication, IAM, cloud infrastructure, and data migration
• Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, ensuring alignment, sponsorship, and informed decision-making across the program lifecycle
• Establish and enforce strong governance practices, including risk/issue management, change control, and compliance oversight
• Lead cross-functional teams spanning engineering, infrastructure, security, vendors, and business stakeholders
• Manage third-party vendors and platform partners, ensuring adherence to contractual deliverables, timelines, and service expectations
• Deliver executive-level reporting on project health, risks, dependencies, and overall program status
• Drive organizational change management strategies to enable successful adoption of new platforms, tools, and workflows
• Partner with business and technical leaders to assess change impacts and deliver communications, training, and readiness plans
• Ensure technology integration strategies align with enterprise architecture and security principles
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to capture lessons learned and continuously improve delivery practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline; advanced degree is an asset
• 10+ years of progressive project management experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale technology initiatives
• Proven experience leading large-scale platform transformations, system migrations, or core technology modernization programs
• Strong technical project management background with demonstrated experience in infrastructure and security (infrasec) domains
• Hands-on experience managing integration-heavy programs involving APIs, middleware, and enterprise data flows
• Strong knowledge in key technical domains including networking, authentication, identity & access management (IAM), cloud infrastructure, and data migration
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies in complex, regulated environments
• PMP certification preferred; additional certifications such as SAFe, PRINCE2, or PMI-ACP are considered strong assets
• Experience with organizational change management frameworks (e.g., Prosci) highly preferred
• Expert knowledge of project governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance practices
• Strong proficiency with Jira and Confluence
• Experience operating within IT service management frameworks (e.g., ITIL) including change and incident management
• Background in financial services or similarly regulated industries strongly preferred
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior and executive leadership
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities with a results-driven mindset

Top Skills Necessary

• 8+ years of enterprise project management experience delivering large-scale, technically complex transformation projects (e.g., platform migration, core system replacement).
• 5+ years of technical PM expertise in infrastructure and security domains, including IAM, cloud environments, authentication, or network integrations.
• Executive stakeholder engagement and change leadership, including OCM strategy execution across enterprise-wide technology change

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About Affinity

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Job Number: 14124