Job Description
Job Title: Mid level Project Manager – IT & Strategic Initiatives
Location: Newark, NJ
Role Overview:
Provide coordination and delivery support for Capital and Police capital projects, with strong focus on IT scope definition, technical documentation, and strategic initiatives (e.g., major event readiness like FIFA World Cup 2026). Support planning, scheduling, follow-up, cross-functional coordination, and alignment of IT requirements for project delivery and operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Capital & Police Projects: Assist with planning, scheduling, milestone tracking; manage actions, risks, issues, dependencies; prepare/maintain documentation, reports, dashboards; coordinate with internal teams, Police stakeholders, vendors, consultants.
- Strategic IT Initiatives: Support organization-wide IT/innovation programs; align capital schedules with IT milestones; coordinate dependencies across infrastructure, communications, applications, data, cybersecurity, OT.
- IT Scope & Documentation: Develop/maintain IT scope docs (solution descriptions, inventories, dependency maps); document functional/non-functional requirements (performance, security, data, reporting); create artefacts (traceability matrices, interface inventories, integration diagrams); support change control.
- Requirements Alignment: Elicit, document, validate business/IT requirements; translate needs into structured docs; coordinate reviews/approvals with IT teams and vendors.
- Data Governance & Integration: Support data flows, standards, ownership, integration, reporting; ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, privacy frameworks; coordinate testing, readiness, handover.
- General Support: Provide coordination backup; ensure communication, version control, audit-ready records; handle related duties.
Required Qualifications & Experience (5+ years each):
- Supporting IT-enabled projects, capital programs, or large public-sector initiatives.
- Coordinating between business units, IT teams, and vendors to align requirements/scope.
- Strong analytical, organizational, follow-up skills in complex, multi-stakeholder settings.
- Understanding/documenting complex tech environments (infrastructure, networks, cloud; communication systems like radio/voice; public-facing tech like signage, ticketing, access control).
- Reviewing/interpreting architectures, diagrams, data flows, specs for planning/dependency management.
- Producing/maintaining structured IT/project documentation (requirements, mappings, integrations).
Preferred Qualifications (5+ years where applicable):
- Experience in Police, public safety, transportation, or government organizations.
- Familiarity with enterprise IT, system integration, data governance.
- Supporting digital transformation, innovation, or major event programs.
- Knowledge of PM methodologies (PMBOK, Agile, hybrid).
Reporting & Relationships
- Reports to: Head of Innovation
- Works closely with: Capital Department teams, Police stakeholders, IT teams, consultants, external partners.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
SpikeIT Global Solutions, Inc. is a global firm providing highest quality of services in field of Information Technology, serving various clients in Finance, Telecom, Insurance, Pharma, Healthcare and Media sectors.
The main motto of SpikeIT business services is ‘Client First’. We stand till the last minute without compromising on the quality and delivering the right solutions to the client requirements. We strongly believe in human relationships, business ethics & values to strive to success.
We specialize in providing technology-enabled solutions to the complex industry problems with higher quality and using the latest technologies & standards. Our dedicated, motivated staff always makes a difference in executing any project to a successful state with in the timelines. Also, we got a unique solution models by blending the best practices in providing services in Application development, Infrastructure Management, IT Consulting, Staffing and Training areas.
SpikeIT Global Solutions, Inc. is a global Information Technology firm with unique market approach in delivering custom tailored business solutions with focus on reducing cost and at the same time not compromising on the efficiency. We are driven by the customer’s vision with keeping values on top. Having a strong presence in Onsite, Offshore and 'Near Shore' allows us to offer custom solutions based on either ‘Onsite only’, ‘Onsite-Offshore’ or ‘Onsite-Near Shore-Offshore’ or any custom model to meet the customer requirement.
SpikeIT is dedicated in bringing the Spike in Client’s satisfaction by increasing the project savings and offering right solutions not only by addressing the immediate challenges but offering future forecasted enhanced solution. Please check Services tab for the full list of services offered by SpikeIT and check ‘Why SpikeIT’ section for more details on our unique business model/approach.
