Sr IT Project Manager - Site Builds

MKS Inc. is a company that specializes in IT infrastructure and project management. They are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of IT deliverables for site builds and modifications, ensuring successful project delivery and alignment with business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage IT project delivery activities for new site builds, site modifications, office expansions, relocations, and retrofit projects, ensuring alignment with construction timelines, business readiness, and go-live milestones
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, resource plans, dependency trackers, and readiness checkpoints across required IT workstreams, including network, MDF/IDF, server room, wireless, UCaaS, structured cabling, telecom, collaboration, and end-user compute requirements
• Serve as the primary IT project lead for assigned site build initiatives, coordinating cross-functional delivery with Infrastructure, Security, End User Services, Facilities, Construction, Procurement, PMO, business teams, and external vendors
• Facilitate project meetings, readiness reviews, issue resolution sessions, leadership updates, and stakeholder communications to ensure milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and decisions are clearly understood
• Support project budget development, forecasting, purchase order coordination, vendor quotes, statements of work, material readiness, delivery schedules, installation activities, and tracking of scope, schedule, and cost performance
• Maintain active management of project risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, and changes; proactively identify construction delays, supply chain constraints, technical dependencies, and resource conflicts; and drive mitigation plans through resolution
• Ensure site deployments adhere to enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, operational support expectations, project governance practices, stage gates, cutover planning, turnover documentation, and service transition requirements
• Coordinate operational readiness and go-live transition activities, including hypercare planning, support handoff, asset and documentation updates, escalation procedures, post-project reviews, and lessons learned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 5+ years of project management experience in IT infrastructure, site deployment, workplace technology, or related technology programs
• Exceptional problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work through complex, cross-functional processes, identify inefficiencies, and drive improvements while maintaining project execution
• Comfortable speaking up, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and constructively challenging established practices when necessary
• Experience managing projects involving network and wireless deployments, datacenter/server room or MDF/IDF readiness, UCaaS/voice/collaboration technologies, structured cabling, telecom coordination, or end-user technology deployment initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with complex schedules, dependencies, vendor coordination, and stakeholder groups
• Strong knowledge of project management practices including scheduling, budgeting, risk management, issue management, change control, governance, and stakeholder communication
• Experience coordinating internal technical teams and third-party vendors in deadline-driven environments
• Proficiency with project management and reporting tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, ServiceNow, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, or similar platforms
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership
• Experience supporting manufacturing, warehouse, laboratory, office, or multi-use facility environments
• Experience with global or multi-site IT deployment programs and geographically distributed project teams
• Familiarity with MDF/IDF design considerations, structured cabling standards, rack and stack planning, telecom room readiness, and physical infrastructure dependencies
• Working knowledge of enterprise networking, security dependencies, infrastructure support models, IT service transition, and operational handoff processes
• Experience in organizations with established PMO governance, project stage gates, scope and change control, and formal risk and issue management practices
• Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, CAPM, ITIL Foundation, Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery experience is beneficial