Senior IT Warehouse Project Manager

Job Title: Senior IT Warehouse Project Manager

Job Location: Gloucester, MA

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $65.00hr - $70.00hr

Job Overview:

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead the technology deployment for a new greenfield warehouse. This role will be responsible for coordinating all IT-related workstreams from facility construction through go-live, including SAP EWM, IT infrastructure, warehouse automation, system integrations, and stakeholder management across both IT and non-IT organizations. The ideal candidate has successfully delivered large warehouse, distribution center, manufacturing, or logistics facility projects involving enterprise applications, infrastructure, automation systems, and third-party system integrators.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of all IT workstreams for the new warehouse facility.
• Manage project scope, schedule, risks, dependencies, and governance.
• Coordinate SAP EWM implementation and integration with warehouse automation systems.
• Lead infrastructure deployment activities including network and wireless infrastructure, MDF/IDF room setup, structured cabling and fiber installation, server, rack, and endpoint deployment, as well as warehouse RF coverage and device readiness.
• Coordinate deployment and integration of VLMs (Vertical Lift Modules), conveyors and sortation systems, Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), RFID solutions, and WES/WCS platforms.
• Manage external system integrators, automation vendors, construction partners, and technology suppliers.
• Work closely with Facilities, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, SAP, Infrastructure, Security, and Automation teams.
• Drive testing, commissioning, cutover, go-live readiness, hypercare, and operational handoff activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 10+ years of IT project or program management experience.
• Proven experience delivering warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, or distribution center projects.
• Experience with at least one greenfield facility deployment from design through go-live.
• Strong understanding of SAP EWM and enterprise system integrations.
• Experience managing infrastructure deployments including networking, cabling, wireless, servers, and end-user technologies.
• Familiarity with warehouse automation technologies such as ASRS, AMRs, conveyors, RFID, WES, and WCS.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams across IT, Operations, Engineering, Facilities, and third-party vendors.
• Experience managing system integrators, budgets, schedules, and executive communications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification.
• Experience with warehouse automation vendors such as Geek+, Dematic, Kardex, or Toyota.
• Experience integrating warehouse automation with SAP EWM.

What Success Looks Like:

• Effective coordination across IT, Operations, Facilities, Construction, and external vendors.
• Stable go-live with minimal operational disruption and successful transition to support teams.

Note:

• This is not a traditional SAP Project Manager role. The organization is seeking a broad-based IT Program Manager with hands-on experience delivering complex logistics, warehouse, infrastructure, and automation initiatives in a greenfield environment.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities