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Senior IT Project Manager
Leidos —South Plainfield, NJ
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SHI International Corporation —Somerset, NJ
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Linesight —Plainfield, NJ
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Abbott Laboratories —Princeton, NJ
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Bristol-Myers Squibb —Summit, NJ
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InfoQuest Consulting Group Inc. —East Hanover, NJ
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Zoll Medical Corporation —Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Opella Healthcare Group —Morristown, NJ
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Cosette Pharmaceuticals Inc. —Bridgewater, NJ
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Merck —Rahway, NJ
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Lyzr AI —Jersey City, NJ
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Tardus Inc —New York, NY
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BAE Systems Inc. —Wayne, NJ
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Rutgers University —Piscataway, NJ
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Novo Nordisk —Plainsboro, NJ
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Veeco —Somerset, NJ
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- 11+ years
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Senior IT Project Manager

Leidos -
South Plainfield, NJ

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Job Details

Full-time
$92,300 - $166,850 a year

Qualifications

Project reporting
Project change management
Enterprise software
Vendor coordination
IT budget management
Quality management
Change management
Schedule management
Bachelor's degree
Issue tracking
Vendor relationship management
Third-party risk management
Managing projects
Budgeting
Cross-functional collaboration
Cross-functional team management
Project planning phase
Project risk management
Project stakeholder communication
Cross-functional communication

Full Job Description

Description

Leidos is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager who is interested in supporting large information technology projects for our Utility Technologies Solutions team. In this role, you will be driving the execution and delivery of IT projects for our electric utility client. Additionally, you will ensure the successful delivery of projects while adhering Leidos' Mission, Vision, and Values.

The Project Manager will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of technology initiatives while ensuring adherence to established PMO governance and delivery standards. This role partners closely with IT teams, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and external vendors to drive successful project outcomes, maintain alignment across workstreams, and support the delivery of strategic technology objectives.

Location: This position is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Qualified candidates must reside within a commutable distance and be able to work onsite at client offices three days per week.

Responsibilities:

Manage the full lifecycle of technology projects, ensuring successful delivery within established timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
Oversee project governance activities, including planning, tracking milestones, managing deliverables, resolving issues, and controlling scope changes.
Partner with business units, IT teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to coordinate project execution and maintain alignment.
Apply PMO/EPMO standards, methodologies, reporting practices, and governance requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Create and maintain project documentation, including schedules, risk and issue logs, status updates, action items, and executive-level communications.
Lead project meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing readiness activities, and deployment planning sessions.
Monitor and mitigate project risks, dependencies, and issues associated with system integrations, third-party vendors, compliance requirements, and technical limitations.
Coordinate environment readiness, data preparation efforts, and interdependencies with concurrent initiatives.
Facilitate communication between technical teams, business stakeholders, leadership, and external partners.
Support implementation readiness by ensuring training, documentation, support models, and stabilization activities are in place for go-live.

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration or another related field required with 8+ years of project management experience.
PMP certification required.
Strong understanding of project management fundamentals including scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance, quality management, and PMO reporting.
Experience supporting enterprise system implementations, platform modernization, integrations, or large-scale technology transformation initiatives.
Strong communication skills (written and verbal) across technical, operational, and executive stakeholder groups.
Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination capabilities.
Experience managing vendors, system integrators, and third-party delivery teams.
Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management skills.
Technical project coordination experience supporting enterprise or operational technology platforms.
Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, highly regulated, and complex environment.
Strong skills using Microsoft product suite and PPM/project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous IT project management experience working within utilities or other highly regulated industries preferred.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

June 2, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected].

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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