Top Project Manager Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Lead cross-functional initiatives that enable AI models, coding assistants, and agentic workflows across the software development life cycle. Manage model onboarding, evaluation, approvals, governance, security reviews, adoption metrics, and vendor relationships. Coordinate Engineering, Security, Data Science, Legal, and IT stakeholders while driving communication, risk resolution, change management, training, and process improvements.

Manages projects for 401(k) MEP and benefits billing, including audits, nondiscrimination testing, onboarding, reconciliation, automation, documentation, compliance, and customer communications. Partners with retirement, billing, finance, product, engineering, audit, fiduciary, government, and employer stakeholders. Analyzes operational and financial benefits data, identifies risks and process inefficiencies, and implements strategies to improve compliance, accuracy, and efficiency.

Own complex, multi-month deployments across health systems from planning through go-live. Manage timelines, dependencies, risks, stakeholder alignment, integrations, and change management while advising nursing, operations, finance, IT, and executive leaders. Develop repeatable deployment playbooks, improve launch processes, and partner with GTM, Customer Success, Product, Design, and Engineering to drive adoption, expansion, and customer outcomes.

Lead enterprise implementations of TigerConnect healthcare software from initiation through closure. Responsibilities include software configuration, stakeholder and resource management, risk and budget oversight, organizational change management, user training, executive reporting, customer onboarding, quality assurance, and process improvement. Collaborate with product, engineering, solution design, and clinical teams while ensuring projects meet scope, schedule, budget, customer value, and ROI objectives.

Leads medium- to large-scale technology projects and programs from planning through delivery, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, quality, profitability, and client relationships. Serves as a trusted technology consulting partner, coordinates cross-functional and third-party teams, supports presales, ensures Statement of Work commitments, and applies formal and Agile methodologies. Coaches project managers, improves PMO processes, and uses Jira, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Project to drive successful outcomes.

Lead concurrent, complex public-sector customer deployments of Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange from kickoff through closure. Responsibilities include project planning, execution, governance, risk and issue management, milestone tracking, stakeholder communication, documentation, escalation resolution, and formal sign-off. The role coordinates cross-functional technical teams and customer stakeholders across Zero Trust, security tool migration, architecture assessment, and optimization programs.

Own engineering delivery operations across three-week cycles, including planning, ticket hygiene, blocker removal, release coordination, reporting, and cross-functional program management. Coordinate work across Product, Engineering, ML, and Customer Success, maintain delivery records, improve workflows, and ensure releases are prepared and communicated effectively. This hands-on role requires strong technical fluency, written communication, responsiveness, and accountability for shipping work.

Coordinate technology projects from planning through implementation by maintaining schedules, tracking milestones, documenting requirements and decisions, managing risks and issues, coordinating testing and launch readiness, and communicating updates to technical and business stakeholders. The role also supports process improvement, vendor collaboration, training logistics, and post-launch follow-up while developing project management capabilities.

Supports Kiva’s global volunteer editing and translation program through volunteer engagement, recruitment, recognition, communications, event planning, survey analysis, QA testing, documentation, tool research, and process improvement. The intern monitors volunteer forums, develops motivational content, assists with recruitment screening, supports communication systems, and contributes to cross-functional projects while working remotely with international volunteers.

Leads complex, enterprise-wide technology programs and projects from initiation through implementation. Coordinates cross-functional teams and stakeholders, manages roadmaps, delivery plans, risks, dependencies, resources, budgets, and timelines, and facilitates Agile ceremonies. Oversees project metrics, status reporting, release and implementation management, process improvement, and stakeholder communication across concurrent initiatives.

Leads new product introduction projects from initiation through manufacturing launch in a mass-production environment. Manages stage-gate processes, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and cross-functional communication. Coordinates manufacturing teams, reports progress to senior leadership, escalates issues, and drives continuous improvement in NPI processes. Requires technical knowledge of manufacturing, product development, supply chain operations, ERP systems, and project management tools. This is a remote role with required project-related travel.

Manage overall delivery of a large, complex task order under the Program Manager’s guidance. Ensure technical solutions and schedules are implemented on time, oversee task order execution, and serve as a primary client point of contact. The role requires project management and leadership experience in IT or consulting, a recognized project management certification, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, U.S. citizenship, and an IT-II/Tier 3 designation.

Leads complex, multi-workstream client projects and portfolios, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, governance, and engagement economics. The role develops delivery methodologies, dashboards, toolkits, and executive reporting; optimizes PSA/PPM tools; oversees capacity planning and portfolio prioritization; and aligns SDLC, change management, access controls, and governance frameworks. Candidates must have substantial project management experience, professional services experience, financial and resource management expertise, and willingness to travel approximately 15%.

Lead end-to-end CLM and AI implementations from discovery through go-live and adoption. Manage scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, testing, integrations, contract migration, AI governance, and executive reporting. Coordinate legal, procurement, sales, IT, security, vendors, system integrators, and global delivery teams. Drive change management, training, adoption tracking, and benefits realization for contract lifecycle and AI use cases.

Leads cross-functional projects from planning through closeout, managing timelines, budgets, scope, risks, stakeholders, vendors, communications, compliance, and change initiatives. Develops project plans and status reports, facilitates meetings, coordinates teams, mitigates issues, and supports operational improvements. Requires a bachelor’s degree, at least three years of project management experience, and PMP certification. Healthcare, HIPAA, system implementation, and regulated-environment experience are preferred.

Leads full-lifecycle execution of complex EPC power generation and energy infrastructure projects. Owns safety, cost, schedule, quality, contractual performance, client relationships, team leadership, procurement, engineering coordination, construction, commissioning, change control, and project closeout. Manages multidisciplinary teams and interfaces with owners, subcontractors, vendors, regulators, and executive leadership.

Manage cross-functional new hardware product introductions from development through production deployment. Own launch plans, readiness tracking, risks, dependencies, approvals, BOM updates, engineering change coordination, lifecycle transitions, and post-launch hardware quality issues. Coordinate Product, Engineering, Operations, Support, Marketing, vendors, and suppliers while reporting launch readiness, schedule adherence, RMA trends, warranty usage, and cost drivers. Drive process improvements and ensure timely operational handoffs in a remote environment.

Manages end-to-end implementation projects for client accounts, coordinating internal and external teams, stakeholders, schedules, budgets, billing, communications, quality assurance, and issue resolution. Partners with Sales and Consulting on complex multi-solution engagements, maintains project plans and financial tracking, supports client-specific content and systems, and ensures successful delivery and customer satisfaction.

Manage Scrum and Agile delivery for a CMS program management office. Facilitate sprint execution, planning, retrospectives, stakeholder communication, conflict resolution, backlog tracking, capacity and performance metrics, and continuous improvement. Coach teams on SAFe principles, improve delivery predictability, and maintain documentation including release plans, team agreements, and user stories.

Manages business improvement initiatives across Telix, coordinating workstreams, timelines, risks, dependencies, stakeholders, and governance. Conducts analysis and research, prepares dashboards and decision-support materials, facilitates cross-functional meetings, documents process changes, and supports operational improvements. The role requires independent execution, structured problem-solving, and collaboration in a fast-paced, matrixed pharmaceutical environment.

Leads client-facing technology and infrastructure projects from handoff through closeout. Responsibilities include planning, scheduling, milestone and dependency management, stakeholder coordination, status reporting, risk and scope management, resource tracking, client communication, approvals, documentation, and project delivery improvements. The role manages multiple concurrent engagements across technical teams while maintaining alignment with scope, budgeted hours, timelines, and client expectations.

Own the Consumer Payments organization’s planning and execution operating system. Lead quarterly OKRs, weekly operating cadences, executive reporting, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, experimentation governance, and cross-squad programs. Establish ClickUp as the source of truth, improve planning processes, coordinate change management, and deliver AI-powered operational automations. Partner with product, engineering, design, compliance, and executive leaders across US and LatAm teams.

Manage end-to-end hospital deployments of Kontakt.io solutions, coordinating site readiness, installation crews, hospital IT, vendors, commissioning, testing, documentation, budgets, risks, change orders, and handoffs. The role requires frequent travel to hospital sites, contractor management, multi-site scheduling, device inventory and RMA oversight, and stabilization support after implementation.

Leads material movement automation projects across the supply chain network, managing cross-functional teams, schedules, budgets, risks, stakeholders, business cases, capital funding, operational readiness, startup, and ramp-up. The role requires supply chain and operations expertise, Lean and continuous improvement application, and management of complex projects from scope development through closeout. Travel exceeds 50% of the time.

Manage multiple concurrent penetration testing engagements from scoping through closeout. Responsibilities include developing project plans, coordinating clients and testers, preparing rules of engagement, managing schedules, tracking scope, budgets, risks, findings, reports, and deliverables, and maintaining project data in Jira. The role serves as the primary client contact and requires rapid prioritization across engagements, strong communication, organizational skills, and familiarity with information security and penetration testing.