IT Project Manager

Bright Horizons Children’s Centers, LLC

IT Project Manager

Newton, MA

Responsibilities:

• Provide direction, coordinate, execute, and oversee completion of specific IT projects ensuring consistency with strategy and goals.

• Plan, initiate, and manage IT projects, including leading and guiding the work of technical employees, working cross-functionally with project team members, and managing day-to-day operational aspects of technical projects.

• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables, and ultimately create project work plans.

• Plan and schedule IT project timelines and meetings. 

• Monitor IT project statuses and review technical project components and identify, adjust, and communicate downstream impacts of project changes, minimizing business exposure and risks.

• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities to cross-functional project team members.

• Function as a global liaison for the IT function, keeping abreast of initiatives to avoid overlapping efforts. 

• Apply IT project methodologies and enforce project standards. Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately. 

• Prepare engagement reviews and implement quality assurance procedures.  Applying knowledge of project management software and technical competency, work with software programs to guide team members. 

• Ensure feedback from key business owners is incorporated into technical functional specifications, process flow diagrams, and project plans.

• Facilitate understanding of technical requirements on IT projects and resolve and escalate technical issues in a timely fashion.

• Effectively communicate relevant project information to senior leadership, and technical and software changes to the team, through regular status meetings. 

• Manage all phases of the project life cycle, including running project prioritization meetings, leading post-installation project post-mortem meetings, maintaining meeting deadlines, and delivering projects on budget.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, or a related field and five years of experience identifying project risks, developing mitigation strategies, and implementing contingency plans.

• Experience must include three years managing all phases of the project life cycle including defining project scope, building project plans, objectives, and deliverables.

• Experience must include two years each of the following: project management methodologies Agile, SCRUM, and Waterfall to prioritize and roll out features; and project management and collaboration tools Confluence, JIRA, MS Project, or Azure DevOps.

• Experience must include one year of supporting identity and access management projects. Experience may be gained concurrently.

Compensation:

The annual salary for this position is between $143,000 - $148,000. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.

Life at Bright Horizons:

At Bright Horizons, you’re more than your job title — you’re the difference. Whether you’re nurturing a child’s first steps or supporting the systems behind the scenes, your work creates real impact. We’re a community that celebrates individuality, invests in your growth, and supports your whole self. Because when you thrive, so do the children, families, and clients we serve. Join us and help build a brighter future — for yourself and for others.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your Rights, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or [email protected]. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.