IT Project Manager

Location: Remote, United States of America. Extensive international travel is required, including continuous travel assignments of up to 5–6 months. Work may take place aboard operational vessels, new-build ships, shipyards, and deployment sites across Europe and other global regions. Flexible schedules, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, may be required.

Salary: $60–$63 per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a global services firm with more than 9,000 associates and over 40 years of experience delivering talent and technology solutions across public and commercial sectors.

What you will do

• Manage multiple moderately complex IT projects from initiation through deployment, including 20–40 concurrent application deployment projects.
• Support technology deployments for new-build cruise ships, dry dock initiatives, shipboard systems, and venues.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, resource allocations, risk logs, status reports, deployment plans, and operational handoff materials.
• Coordinate Product, Infrastructure, Development, Supply Chain, Logistics, Purchasing, Operations, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Track progress, risks, dependencies, budgets, procurement, inventory, testing, implementation, and deployment readiness.
• Lead status meetings, hands-on execution, process improvement, operational readiness, and deployment activities across domestic and international project sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing multiple IT projects simultaneously within established budgets and timelines, including application development, software deployment, or enterprise application implementation projects.
• Strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices, with experience creating project plans, resource schedules, risk assessments, and status reports.
• Strong leadership, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and vendor relationships and facilitate testing, deployment, implementation, and operational readiness activities.
• Proficiency with project management tools and reporting systems.
• High-energy, self-motivated, proactive approach and ability to work in fast-paced environments, adapt to changing priorities, and independently execute deliverables.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally for extended periods, including continuous assignments lasting up to 5–6 months, and possession of valid travel documents.
• Ability to work aboard vessels, new-build ships, and shipyards, including frequent walking, climbing stairs, standing, and working where utilities may be limited during deployment.

Nice to have

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent.
• Cruise line industry experience and experience supporting ship new-build programs or dry dock initiatives.
• Experience managing infrastructure, software deployment, enterprise technology, logistics, hardware deployment, inventory management, or large-scale implementation projects.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience with operational technology, hospitality, travel, maritime, cruise, or related industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with extensive international project travel.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement account access.
• Paid sick leave and/or other paid time off where provided by applicable law.
• Work in collaborative, cross-functional project teams supporting public and commercial sector clients.