IT Operations Project Manager

IT Operations Project Manager

Location: San Antonio, Texas (Hybrid)

Schedule: 2-3 days onsite, 2-3 days remote. Hours are M-F 8-5

Length: 12+ Month W2 Contract

Job Summary

• The IT Operations Project Manager will support ongoing technology lifecycle and operational initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for providing practical project oversight with a strong emphasis on financial management, budget tracking, forecasting, resource capacity, and operational coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support multiple IT lifecycle and operational workstreams.

• Track detailed project and operational financials, including budget vs. actuals, forecasted spend, accruals, and financial adjustments.

• Maintain accurate financial reporting and identify potential budget variances.

• Support resource capacity planning and tracking across assigned initiatives.

• Partner closely with IT infrastructure and operations teams to understand work, dependencies, priorities, and financial impacts.

• Provide the appropriate level of project oversight based on the complexity of each initiative rather than applying unnecessary project-management processes.

• Coordinate ongoing lifecycle activities where scope, volume, and costs may already be established.

• Support vendor management activities, including invoice review and alignment of invoices to appropriate cost objects.

• Maintain visibility into schedules, budgets, risks, issues, and operational commitments.

• Provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.

• Work independently with operational teams that have limited time for extensive project-management administration.

• Communicate effectively with both technical teams and business leadership, translating project-management concepts into straightforward, actionable information.

• Utilize Excel and other reporting tools to maintain accurate financial and operational tracking.

• Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant professional experience.

• Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating projects within an IT operations or IT infrastructure environment.

• Strong understanding of infrastructure operations such as networking, fiber, desktop/end-user services, or similar technology operations.

• Strong financial management experience, including:

• Budget tracking

• Forecasting

• Accruals

• Budget-to-actual analysis

• Spend tracking

• Financial reporting

• Strong Microsoft Excel skills.

• Experience supporting multiple concurrent initiatives or operational workstreams.

• Ability to work effectively with technical teams without creating unnecessary administrative or process overhead.

• Ability to quickly understand established operational work and determine the appropriate level of project management oversight.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate directly and clearly without relying heavily on PM terminology.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting IT infrastructure lifecycle programs or recurring operational initiatives.

• Experience with resource capacity planning.

• Vendor management experience.

• Experience reviewing invoices and allocating or reconciling costs against cost objects.

• Experience working within a utility or similarly complex enterprise IT environment.

• Experience managing multiple technology workstreams simultaneously.

• Experience working with established IT operations teams supporting ongoing "run-the-business" activities.

• We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.