IT Project Manager - NDS (AI)

Location: Hybrid in Lincoln, NE, Madison, WI, or Centennial, CO. Associates must live within 30 miles of an office and work onsite three days per week. External candidates residing in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, or Washington are not eligible. United States citizenship and United States Government security clearance are required; foreign nationals cannot be hired for this position.

Annual salary: $105,000–$125,000, depending on experience and qualifications.

Company

hirify.global is a diversified company providing student loan servicing, professional services, consumer lending, payment processing, renewable energy solutions, and K-12 and higher education services.

What you will do

• Lead cross-functional technical project teams through the full SDLC, including application design, development, testing, deployment, and post-implementation transition.
• Manage custom software development, system integration, cloud and infrastructure migrations, network and security modernization, and AI-driven initiatives.
• Define and control project scope, schedules, budgets, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, issues, and delivery metrics.
• Facilitate problem resolution, structured troubleshooting, decision-making, escalation management, and readiness for testing, deployment, training, and support.
• Bridge software, cloud, architecture, QA, business analysis, and business stakeholder groups to maintain alignment and delivery clarity.
• Champion responsible AI-tool adoption, validate outputs, coach team members, and lead projects where AI capabilities are built, integrated, or operationalized.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information science or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical project teams including software developers, cloud engineers, architects, QA engineers, and business analysts, preferably in a matrixed organization.
• Hands-on experience managing full-cycle application development and a strong background in software development and technology.
• Professional experience using approved AI tools to improve project delivery speed, quality, or consistency, including writing structured prompts, selecting appropriate tools, validating outputs, and coaching team members.
• Ability to manage projects from inception through post-implementation, including lessons learned and transition to support.
• Ability to resolve complex business and technical problems and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues.
• Strong analytical, communication, technical teamwork, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Expert-level experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, and Excel for project tracking, documentation, reporting, and resource management.
• Comfort working with ambiguity in emerging AI and cloud technology spaces.

Nice to have

• PMP or PMI-ACP certification.
• Coursework or certifications in AWS, Azure, GCP, or AI/ML fundamentals.
• Experience leading projects where AI or machine learning capabilities were built, integrated, or deployed.
• Experience with other database utilities and Microsoft technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with remote work available part of the week for associates living within 30 miles of an office, alongside required in-office collaboration three days per week.
• Medical, dental, vision, HSA and FSA coverage, life and AD&D insurance, disability coverage, and an employee assistance program.
• Generous earned time off, 401(k) and student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and employee stock purchase program.
• Performance-based incentive pay and a wellness program.
• Welcoming, respectful, equal-opportunity workplace that is drug-free and tobacco-free.