Job Title: Senior Technical Project Manager
Primary Location: Hybrid (2 days On-site in Evanston)
Position Type: 6-month Contract W2

Overview
TalentFish is casting a line for a Senior Technical Project Manager. This is a 6-month contract W2 role that is two days hybrid in the Evanston area. The reason this position exists is to lead complex IT projects across Infrastructure, Operations, and Digital Platforms for the organization, ensuring alignment between technical teams and business stakeholders and delivering high-impact enterprise initiatives.

What You Bring to the Role (Ideal Experience)

• 6+ years of IT project management experience, including at least 3+ years driving enterprise-scale initiatives in infrastructure, operations, or digital platforms.
• Hands-on technical experience in infrastructure, operations, or platforms prior to moving into project management.
• Deep familiarity with hybrid IT environments (Azure, AWS, GCP, physical datacenters).
• Proven background managing budgets, forecasting, resource planning, and vendor relationships.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to engage in technical discussions and define technical approaches in collaboration with architects and engineers.
• Experience with risk management, issue escalation, tracking dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Preferred: project management certifications (PMP, Agile, etc.).

Preferred: experience with security, compliance, or regulatory IT initiatives.

What You'll Do (Skills Used in this Position)

• Lead projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget targets are met.

​Projects may include:

• Digital Platforms: ERP enhancements, application integrations and adoption, web hosting software development lifecycle (SDLC), and cross-platform data flows.
• IT Infrastructure: Migrations between clouds and datacenters, Azure/AWS hybrid integrations, network modernization, and M365 enhancement initiatives.
• IT Operations: IT process improvement, ServiceNow enhancements (ITSM/CMDB/automation), and operational tool rollouts.

• Define technical approaches and solutions in collaboration with engineers, architects, and business owners.
• Serve as liaison between IT and business stakeholders, aligning project outcomes with organizational goals.
• Oversee project budgets, forecasts, and resource planning, coordinating with vendor management.
• Manage third-party vendors, ensuring deliverables, contracts, and performance obligations are met.
• Identify, document, and mitigate risks, issues, and dependencies across projects.
• Provide executive-level updates (status, health, risks, milestones) clearly and concisely.
• Promote best practices in governance, reporting, and project delivery.

Compensation Information
The expected salary range for this position is $53 - $80 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

All offers are contingent upon the completion of a background check, which may include but is not limited to: reference checks, education verification, employment verification, drug testing, criminal records checks, and any required certifications or compliance requirements based on the end client's background check policies and applicable laws.

TalentFish is an employee-owned company pioneering a new realm in talent acquisition. We are redefining IT staffing by evolving AI, video screening, and our unique platform. TalentFish focuses on providing the best employee, consultant, and client experience possible.
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