Get the chrome extension Senior Project Manager (Remote, Contract)
Blue Acorn iCi
The Senior Project Manager independently leads complex projects and engagements across multiple workstreams, stakeholder groups, vendors, and delivery dependencies. This role integrates scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, governance, and change into a coherent delivery approach, using sound judgment to navigate ambiguity, manage tradeoffs, and maintain momentum when plans or assumptions change.
The role anticipates delivery risks, facilitates difficult tradeoff and recovery discussions, and gives senior stakeholders clear, decision-ready recommendations. It also mentors project managers and strengthens governance and delivery discipline while remaining focused on assigned projects rather than assuming ownership of a broader program or account portfolio.
Location: Remote – United States
Please note this is a contract role.
Key ResponsibilitiesComplex Project Delivery
- Independently own delivery of complex projects and engagements with minimal oversight, aligning delivery activities to intended client outcomes.
- Build and maintain integrated plans across workstreams, milestones, teams, vendors, and dependencies; coordinate cross-functional contributors through ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Apply sound judgment to scope, schedule, budget, quality, resource, commercial, and delivery-recovery tradeoffs as conditions change.
- Protect quality, acceptance criteria, operational readiness, team health, and delivery commitments throughout the project lifecycle.
- Anticipate risks and constraints, develop contingency and recovery plans, and escalate material issues with clear analysis and recommendations.
- Lead complex governance forums and stakeholder discussions; communicate delivery health, options, impacts, decisions, and required actions clearly.
- Manage project financials, forecasts, change requests, resource needs, commitments, and delivery variances with the appropriate business and delivery partners.
- Coordinate technical delivery across relevant Adobe Experience Cloud platforms and integrations, aligning workstreams, data flows, environments, and deployment dependencies.
- Work effectively with technical and business teams across platform implementations, integrations, migrations, and environment promotion from development and QA through staging and production.
- Mentor Associate Project Managers and Project Managers through coaching, plan reviews, and practical delivery guidance.
- Strengthen project standards, reusable practices, reporting, and lessons learned within the assigned delivery area
Required Skills & ExperienceProject Leadership & Delivery
- 4–8 years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent practical experience, managing projects or engagements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex projects with multiple workstreams, stakeholder groups, dependencies, vendors, or significant delivery risk.
- Strong command of integrated project planning, scope and change control, scheduling, budgeting, resource coordination, quality, governance, and delivery reporting.
- Sound judgment in resolving competing priorities and recommending scope, schedule, budget, resource, or recovery tradeoffs.
- Experience anticipating delivery risks, creating mitigation or recovery plans, and escalating material decisions with actionable recommendations.
- Ability to manage project financials, forecasts, commitments, change requests, and delivery variances in partnership with relevant teams.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, including leading complex stakeholder forums and presenting decision-ready options to senior audiences.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional client and internal teams through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and changing delivery conditions.
- Experience coaching or mentoring less experienced project delivery practitioners and reinforcing consistent project discipline.
- Working familiarity with Adobe Experience Cloud delivery contexts, such as Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP), Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO), Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Commerce, Workfront, or Marketo Engage, as relevant to the engagement.
- Understanding of technical integration dependencies, data flows, multi-environment delivery, and release or deployment coordination across development, QA, staging, and production.
- Experience with Agile, scaled Agile, or CI/CD-enabled delivery models and complex cross-team integration efforts.
Preferred Qualifications / Experience
- Experience leading Adobe platform implementations, migrations, or integrations involving multiple technical and business workstreams.
- Experience improving project governance, reporting, reusable delivery practices, or lessons-learned processes.
Role Expectations
- Operate independently on complex work with minimal oversight, using strong judgment to solve problems and improve delivery outcomes.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the success and delivery discipline of the broader project team.
- Travel up to 30% as project and client needs require.
- Maintain an 85% utilization target.
About Blue Acorn iCi
Blue Acorn iCi, a business unit of Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC, is a digital experience partner helping global brands design, build, and optimize the future of customer engagement. We blend data, design, and technology to deliver connected commerce and content solutions that drive measurable results.
Specializing in the Adobe Experience Cloud, we provide end-to-end services across commerce, content, analytics, and customer insights. Backed by Infosys, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for exceptional talent to grow with us.
Our teams work at the intersection of strategy and execution—solving complex challenges for industry leaders in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and beyond. From large-scale digital transformation programs to platform implementations and ongoing optimization, we bring deep expertise and a collaborative mindset to every engagement.
Why Join Us?
Blue Acorn iCi is a place for curious thinkers, smart builders, and digital pioneers. We’re more than a consultancy—we’re a team of innovators helping the world’s top brands shape the future of digital.
Here, you won’t just contribute to a project—you’ll drive meaningful outcomes, collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, and grow your skills in a high-impact, high-growth environment. We believe great work starts with great people, and we’re committed to creating a culture where talent thrives, ideas spark change, and results speak for themselves.
If you’re ready to push boundaries, deliver real value, and help shape the next generation of digital experiences—this is your place.
***For US based roles, candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future. Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC does not provide immigration or visa sponsorship for this position (including H4 EAD, H‑1B, OPT, CPT, TN, O‑1, E‑3, or J‑1 visas).***
Full Time, Non-Temporary Employees enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability, paid time off, 401(k), and more!
Blue Acorn iCi is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.
Please click to read EEO Law and Pay Transparency Act and IER Right to Work Document and Privacy Notice.
Blue Acorn iCi will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact us at: .
California applicants: Please click here for CCPA disclosures.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Senior Project Manager
Blue Acorn iCi
The Senior Project Manager independently leads complex projects and engagements across multiple workstreams, stakeholder groups, vendors, and delivery dependencies. This role integrates scope, schedule, budget, quality, resources, governance, and change into a coherent delivery approach, using sound judgment to navigate ambiguity, manage tradeoffs, and maintain momentum when plans or assumptions change.
The role anticipates delivery risks, facilitates difficult tradeoff and recovery discussions, and gives senior stakeholders clear, decision-ready recommendations. It also mentors project managers and strengthens governance and delivery discipline while remaining focused on assigned projects rather than assuming ownership of a broader program or account portfolio.
Location: Remote – United States
Key ResponsibilitiesComplex Project Delivery
- Independently own delivery of complex projects and engagements with minimal oversight, aligning delivery activities to intended client outcomes.
- Build and maintain integrated plans across workstreams, milestones, teams, vendors, and dependencies; coordinate cross-functional contributors through ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Apply sound judgment to scope, schedule, budget, quality, resource, commercial, and delivery-recovery tradeoffs as conditions change.
- Protect quality, acceptance criteria, operational readiness, team health, and delivery commitments throughout the project lifecycle.
- Anticipate risks and constraints, develop contingency and recovery plans, and escalate material issues with clear analysis and recommendations.
- Lead complex governance forums and stakeholder discussions; communicate delivery health, options, impacts, decisions, and required actions clearly.
- Manage project financials, forecasts, change requests, resource needs, commitments, and delivery variances with the appropriate business and delivery partners.
- Coordinate technical delivery across relevant Adobe Experience Cloud platforms and integrations, aligning workstreams, data flows, environments, and deployment dependencies.
- Work effectively with technical and business teams across platform implementations, integrations, migrations, and environment promotion from development and QA through staging and production.
- Mentor Associate Project Managers and Project Managers through coaching, plan reviews, and practical delivery guidance.
- Strengthen project standards, reusable practices, reporting, and lessons learned within the assigned delivery area
Required Skills & ExperienceProject Leadership & Delivery
- 4–8 years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent practical experience, managing projects or engagements.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex projects with multiple workstreams, stakeholder groups, dependencies, vendors, or significant delivery risk.
- Strong command of integrated project planning, scope and change control, scheduling, budgeting, resource coordination, quality, governance, and delivery reporting.
- Sound judgment in resolving competing priorities and recommending scope, schedule, budget, resource, or recovery tradeoffs.
- Experience anticipating delivery risks, creating mitigation or recovery plans, and escalating material decisions with actionable recommendations.
- Ability to manage project financials, forecasts, commitments, change requests, and delivery variances in partnership with relevant teams.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, including leading complex stakeholder forums and presenting decision-ready options to senior audiences.
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional client and internal teams through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and changing delivery conditions.
- Experience coaching or mentoring less experienced project delivery practitioners and reinforcing consistent project discipline.
- Working familiarity with Adobe Experience Cloud delivery contexts, such as Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP), Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO), Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Commerce, Workfront, or Marketo Engage, as relevant to the engagement.
- Understanding of technical integration dependencies, data flows, multi-environment delivery, and release or deployment coordination across development, QA, staging, and production.
- Experience with Agile, scaled Agile, or CI/CD-enabled delivery models and complex cross-team integration efforts.
Preferred Qualifications / Experience
- Experience leading Adobe platform implementations, migrations, or integrations involving multiple technical and business workstreams.
- Experience improving project governance, reporting, reusable delivery practices, or lessons-learned processes.
Role Expectations
- Operate independently on complex work with minimal oversight, using strong judgment to solve problems and improve delivery outcomes.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the success and delivery discipline of the broader project team.
- Travel up to 30% as project and client needs require.
- Maintain an 85% utilization target.
Compensation
About Blue Acorn iCi
Blue Acorn iCi, a business unit of Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC, is a digital experience partner helping global brands design, build, and optimize the future of customer engagement. We blend data, design, and technology to deliver connected commerce and content solutions that drive measurable results.
Specializing in the Adobe Experience Cloud, we provide end-to-end services across commerce, content, analytics, and customer insights. Backed by Infosys, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for exceptional talent to grow with us.
Our teams work at the intersection of strategy and execution—solving complex challenges for industry leaders in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and beyond. From large-scale digital transformation programs to platform implementations and ongoing optimization, we bring deep expertise and a collaborative mindset to every engagement.
Why Join Us?
Blue Acorn iCi is a place for curious thinkers, smart builders, and digital pioneers. We’re more than a consultancy—we’re a team of innovators helping the world’s top brands shape the future of digital.
Here, you won’t just contribute to a project—you’ll drive meaningful outcomes, collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, and grow your skills in a high-impact, high-growth environment. We believe great work starts with great people, and we’re committed to creating a culture where talent thrives, ideas spark change, and results speak for themselves.
If you’re ready to push boundaries, deliver real value, and help shape the next generation of digital experiences—this is your place.
***For US based roles, candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future. Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC does not provide immigration or visa sponsorship for this position (including H4 EAD, H‑1B, OPT, CPT, TN, O‑1, E‑3, or J‑1 visas).***
Full Time, Non-Temporary Employees enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability, paid time off, 401(k), and more!
Blue Acorn iCi is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.
Please click to read EEO Law and Pay Transparency Act and IER Right to Work Document and Privacy Notice.
Blue Acorn iCi will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact us at: .
California applicants: Please click here for CCPA disclosures.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Senior Professional Services Project Manager
Zscaler
Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 200+ public data centers globally and thousands of private sites at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform.
We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler.
Role
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager, Professional Services to join our team. This is a Remote (US Remote - Central Time Zone preferred) role, reporting to the Manager, Professional Services. In this role, you will lead high-impact, enterprise-level customer deployments of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform from kickoff through project closure. You will act as the primary trusted advisor and central point of contact during deployment, orchestrating technical resources and cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, secure business outcomes.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
- Take full accountability for the end-to-end delivery lifecycle of concurrent, complex customer deployments, covering planning, execution, governance, risk management, and formal project sign-off
- Lead multiple concurrent customer engagements spanning Zero Trust deployments, legacy security tool migrations, architecture assessments, and ongoing optimization programs
- Define, track, and report on deployment success criteria, metrics, milestones, and timelines to ensure projects stay on schedule, within scope, and aligned to business outcomes
- Develop and maintain rigorous project documentation, including project charters, schedules, RAID logs, resource allocations, and regular status reports
- Partner closely with internal specialists and customer stakeholders to proactively identify roadblocks, manage escalations, drive operational enablement, and champion AI-driven project management tools
Who You Are (Success Profile)
- You thrive in ambiguity. You are comfortable building the path as you walk it, navigating dynamic and evolving environments with confidence, viewing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as raw material to build something meaningful.
- You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action, operating with high dynamic range to move seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
- You are a problem-solver. You seek out challenges because you are energized by finding solutions, knowing that solving hard problems delivers the biggest impact for customers.
- You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team's collective success, embracing clear communication, constructive candor, and bidirectional feedback to build lasting trust.
- You are a learner. You bring a dedicated growth mindset, continuously developing yourself and expanding your technical and domain expertise to sharpen your delivery craft.
What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)
- Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a proven history of integrating new technologies to enhance daily workflows and augment problem-solving
- 5+ years of formal project or program management experience delivering customer-facing technical solutions within a professional services, consulting, or enterprise SaaS deployment environment
- Active or in-progress Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, or equivalent recognized project management certification
- Practical understanding of foundational networking and security concepts, including firewalls, proxies, secure web gateways (SWG), and VPN architectures
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with proven ability to command executive briefings and facilitate technical workshops
- Ability to support customer engagements across standard US business hours (Central Time Zone preferred) with willingness to travel for on-site kickoffs and design workshops as needed
What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)
- Direct experience managing large-scale deployments of Zero Trust architecture, SASE, or enterprise cloud security platforms (e.g., ZIA, ZPA, ZDX)
- Hands-on proficiency with Professional Services Automation (PSA) and work management platforms such as Salesforce, Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet
- Proven track record leading complex enterprise digital transformations, including experience integrating predictive analytics, generative AI, or workflow automation into PMO reporting
Zscaler’s salary ranges are benchmarked and are determined by role and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations and could be higher or lower based on a multitude of factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
The base salary range listed for this full-time position excludes commission/ bonus/ equity (if applicable) + benefits.
At Zscaler, we are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve and the customers we work with. We foster an inclusive environment that values all backgrounds and perspectives, emphasizing collaboration and belonging. Join us in our mission to make doing business seamless and secure.
Our Benefits program is one of the most important ways we support our employees. Zscaler proudly offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families throughout their life stages, including:
- Various health plans
- Time off plans for vacation and sick time
- Parental leave options
- Retirement options
- Education reimbursement
- In-office perks, and more!
Learn more about Zscaler's hybrid working model and benefits here.
By applying for this role, you adhere to applicable laws, regulations, and Zscaler policies, including those related to security and privacy standards and guidelines.
Zscaler is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals. We strive to create a workplace where employees are treated with respect and have the chance to succeed. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. See more information by clicking on the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal link.
Pay Transparency
Zscaler complies with all applicable federal, state, and local pay transparency rules.
Zscaler is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations or adjustments) in our recruiting processes for candidates who are differently abled, have long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Senior Project Manager
Exavalu
This is a remote position.
- Integration Delivery Management: End-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex software and system integration projects (e.g., API-led connectivity, legacy-to-cloud migrations, ERP/CRM integrations, and third-party ecosystem rollouts).
- Agile Governance & Tooling: Establish robust project tracking mechanisms. Act as the administrator/expert for Jira and Confluence, managing sprints, backlogs, velocity charts, burndown metrics, and cross-team dependencies.
- Tech-Driven Leadership: Keep pace with modern tech frameworks. Facilitate deep-dive technical discussions around microservices architecture, middleware (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Kafka), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Act as the primary bridge between engineering teams, QA, product owners, vendor partners, and C-level executives. Translate technical complexities into business-friendly progress updates.
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify integration bottlenecks, architectural dependencies, data security risks, and scope creep. Formulate decisive mitigation plans to keep delivery timelines on track.
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, inspire, and mentor distributed, cross-functional engineering teams in India and globally, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Experience: 15+ years of core project management experience within the IT, software development, or global consulting sectors, with a proven track record of delivering multi-million dollar projects.
- Integration Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of integration intricacies, including data synchronization, security protocols (OAuth, SSL), error handling, latency optimization, and middleware routing.
- Tools Proficiency: Advanced expertise in Jira, Jira Align, or MS Project for tracking complex software delivery workflows.
- Tech Savviness: Strong conceptual understanding of modern software paradigms—CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud-native application architectures.
- Communication: Flawless verbal and written English communication skills. The ability to command respect, negotiate timelines, and resolve conflicts across global teams is non-negotiable.
- Certifications (Preferred): PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are highly desirable.
Benefits
Originally posted on Himalayas
Senior Project Manager
Exavalu
This is a remote position.
- Integration Delivery Management: End-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex software and system integration projects (e.g., API-led connectivity, legacy-to-cloud migrations, ERP/CRM integrations, and third-party ecosystem rollouts).
- Agile Governance & Tooling: Establish robust project tracking mechanisms. Act as the administrator/expert for Jira and Confluence, managing sprints, backlogs, velocity charts, burndown metrics, and cross-team dependencies.
- Tech-Driven Leadership: Keep pace with modern tech frameworks. Facilitate deep-dive technical discussions around microservices architecture, middleware (MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Kafka), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Act as the primary bridge between engineering teams, QA, product owners, vendor partners, and C-level executives. Translate technical complexities into business-friendly progress updates.
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify integration bottlenecks, architectural dependencies, data security risks, and scope creep. Formulate decisive mitigation plans to keep delivery timelines on track.
- Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, inspire, and mentor distributed, cross-functional engineering teams in India and globally, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Experience: 15+ years of core project management experience within the IT, software development, or global consulting sectors, with a proven track record of delivering multi-million dollar projects.
- Integration Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of integration intricacies, including data synchronization, security protocols (OAuth, SSL), error handling, latency optimization, and middleware routing.
- Tools Proficiency: Advanced expertise in Jira, Jira Align, or MS Project for tracking complex software delivery workflows.
- Tech Savviness: Strong conceptual understanding of modern software paradigms—CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud-native application architectures.
- Communication: Flawless verbal and written English communication skills. The ability to command respect, negotiate timelines, and resolve conflicts across global teams is non-negotiable.
- Certifications (Preferred): PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certifications are highly desirable.
Benefits
Originally posted on Himalayas