Top Remote Project Manager Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Leads production ramp-up projects across multiple manufacturing sites, managing project plans, capital expenditures, equipment delivery and integration, timelines, risks, records, and cross-functional coordination. Facilitates status meetings, reports performance to senior leadership, and supports continuous improvement and best-practice adoption. The role partners with engineering, procurement, operations, and site leadership to expand manufacturing capacity for optical communication systems.

Lead electrical and controls projects from planning through closeout, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, safety, client relationships, subcontractors, change orders, profitability, forecasting, and technical deliverables. Serve as the primary liaison between clients, field teams, and internal departments while resolving issues and ensuring high-quality project execution.

Own end-to-end go-to-market launches for AI products by building launch plans, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, tracking readiness, managing communication cadences, and reporting risks and status to senior leadership. The role also coordinates usability testing, customer feedback, go/no-go reviews, and post-launch retrospectives while ensuring marketing, sales, support, training, solution architecture, and documentation teams are aligned.

Manages implementation projects for health plans and strategic employer clients, including PBM transitions, new service launches, and vendor changes. Responsibilities include client relationship management, requirements gathering, impact analysis, project planning, status reporting, issue escalation, go-live support, travel, and post-implementation reviews. The role requires coordination with internal subject matter experts and external clients, including potential government program stakeholders.

Leads technical execution of a federal IAM modernization project, overseeing migration from legacy AIMS and PAS systems to a cloud-based solution. Manages Agile delivery, schedules, deliverables, backlogs, user stories, sprint scope, release management, environment support, stakeholder coordination, and operational planning while ensuring quality and Definition of Done compliance.

Leads and coaches Scrum teams supporting Google Cloud application development for a government customer. Facilitates Scrum ceremonies, removes impediments, supports Product Owners, tracks delivery metrics, manages stakeholders, resolves conflicts, and promotes Agile adoption and continuous improvement. The role also coordinates with the PMO, oversees technical project teams, supports Agile scaling, and drives organizational change.

Leads complex end-to-end eDiscovery engagements across the EDRM lifecycle, managing client and legal team relationships, project plans, budgets, timelines, resources, Relativity workflows, quality control, productions, and defensible data handling. Oversees technologists, coordinates forensic collections, mitigates risks, ensures compliance with legal and client requirements, and improves operational processes. Uses ServiceNow to track requests, incidents, documentation, and escalations.

Owns project management and operational execution for the Palestine sub-team. Coordinates concurrent workstreams, tracks deadlines and KPIs, leads project cadence, maintains dashboards, surfaces risks, develops SOPs, improves workflows, and supports secure events and cross-organizational collaboration. The role requires strong accountability, contingency planning, communication, and systems-building in a high-constraint environment without direct reports.

Coordinates healthcare hospital-opening and enterprise projects from initiation through operational launch. Develops schedules, budgets, readiness plans, and status reports; manages cross-functional stakeholders, resources, risks, contracts, supplies, construction punch lists, and regulatory readiness. Partners with leadership, health-system stakeholders, and internal departments to ensure projects meet scope, timeline, and budget objectives. Requires approximately 25% travel, including on-site support during hospital move-in, turnover, audits, and opening activities.

Supports business, system, and data analysis while managing IT projects from concept through implementation. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, solution design, data review, system change assessment, issue resolution, documentation, testing and validation coordination, risk and schedule management, and stakeholder communication. The role requires balancing technical analysis with project execution across cross-functional teams in a clinical research technology environment.

Manage multiple security installation projects from initiation through closeout, coordinating internal teams, customers, subcontractors, budgets, schedules, change orders, invoices, and escalations. Create and maintain work orders and project data in Dynamics 365, monitor KPIs, validate timelines, assess risks, and provide mitigation plans. Lead installations involving fire, burglar, access control, and CCTV systems while ensuring inspections, monitoring connectivity, system functionality, and customer expectations are completed.

Leads 4–5 concurrent enterprise projects from planning through closure, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, vendors, and quality. Applies Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies; facilitates Jira-based Agile ceremonies; reports progress and metrics to senior leadership; coordinates cross-functional stakeholders; and mentors project managers and delivery teams. The role also supports portfolio reporting, process improvement, operational integration, and continuous improvement.

Leads end-to-end technology delivery for fraud-related client projects and initiatives. Coordinates internal teams, service providers, vendors, stakeholders, and engineering groups; manages risks, issues, metrics, integrations, and system enhancements. Guides technical trade-off decisions while balancing business objectives, platform strategy, customer experience, and maintainability. Analyzes complex application-support problems, recommends solutions, and provides technical oversight across the fraud book of work.

Manages Enterprise Health software deployments from pre-sale through go-live. Responsibilities include stakeholder alignment, project governance, scheduling, scope and change control, documentation, progress tracking, budget and timeline management, issue resolution, project closure, and process improvement. The role requires coordinating internal and external stakeholders, translating customer requirements into project specifications, supporting pre-sales activities, and traveling up to 20%.

Leads end-to-end procurement initiatives, translating business goals into project plans and technology roadmaps. Responsibilities include cross-functional collaboration, requirements gathering, procurement process redesign, master data governance, compliance oversight, KPI tracking, tool implementation, change management, and analytics-driven sourcing improvements. The role partners with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Finance, and IT in a regulated medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Provides portfolio-level oversight of project controls services, establishing delivery strategies, governance frameworks, and controls standards. Advises clients, leads and mentors project controls managers and senior staff, influences staffing and delivery models, and advances internal tools and processes. The role requires advanced project controls expertise, strong client consulting and communication skills, and substantial experience in construction, life sciences, data centers, industrial, or related technical industries.

Lead Yahoo’s HR project portfolio across M&A, Total Rewards, and enterprise transformations. Manage people-side M&A from due diligence through post-close integration, maintain portfolio governance, prepare executive communications, facilitate leadership decisions, and drive change management and adoption. Use AI tools to improve project workflows, reporting, synthesis, and artifact creation while maintaining confidentiality and compliance.

Leads complex, cross-regional IT programs from business case through deployment and stabilization, with emphasis on SAP implementations and transformations. Establishes governance, plans, budgets, risk controls, dependencies, and executive reporting. Coordinates business, technical, data, testing, integration, and deployment teams while managing consulting partners, systems integrators, and vendors. Also supports recovery planning, portfolio prioritization, PMO standards, and coaching of project managers.

Leads technical, operational, construction, and warehouse/eCommerce projects across distribution and fulfillment centers. Develops facility layouts, workflows, capacity plans, implementation strategies, financial models, ROI analyses, and operational improvements. Coordinates cross-functional teams, supports site implementations, optimizes storage and material handling, identifies automation opportunities, and ensures safety and GMP compliance across a nationwide network.

Lead the IT workstream for complex business separations, divestitures, and Transition Services Agreements. Manage integrated plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, vendors, and technology impacts across applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, networks, and end-user technology. Coordinate internal teams and service providers, align technology requirements with business needs, and deliver executive reporting and recommendations throughout transition, stabilization, and exit activities.

Leads PEMCO’s enterprise Project Management Office within Digital, AI & Technology. Responsibilities include managing the project portfolio, intake and prioritization, governance, reporting, capacity planning, delivery standards, risk escalation, and executive communications. The role leads and coaches Project and Program Managers, coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, supports quarterly planning, oversees vendor and budget coordination, develops portfolio metrics, and drives continuous PMO process improvement.

Serve as the primary compliance relationship lead across clients, EPCs, subcontractors, and suppliers to ensure Davis‑Bacon and apprenticeship compliance, collect and review certified payrolls, onboard stakeholders into Concord Caisson, monitor project compliance performance, train contractors, and drive corrective actions to mitigate risks.

Lead strategic customer implementations and internal initiatives from project initiation through support handoff. Manage project plans, schedules, scope, resources, risks, changes, stakeholder communications, quality reviews, and acceptance processes. Serve as the primary customer contact while coordinating engineering, support, product, and professional services teams. Provide functional and technical analysis related to SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Suite, and enterprise software integrations.

Leads end-to-end technology delivery for fraud-related client projects and initiatives. Coordinates internal teams, vendors, product owners, analysts, and engineering groups; manages requirements, risks, issues, integrations, system enhancements, and support impacts. Evaluates complex business processes and application logic, recommends solutions, establishes success metrics, and guides stakeholders through technical and business trade-offs.

Leads end-to-end technology delivery for fraud-related projects and initiatives. Coordinates internal teams, vendors, and service providers; manages risks, issues, requirements, system impacts, and application enhancements. Partners with product owners, business analysts, systems analysts, engineering teams, and management to align integrations, support requirements, business objectives, customer experience, and technical strategy. Analyzes complex application problems and recommends practical solutions.