Job Information
Apex Systems, Inc. Project Manager – Network Redesign (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Modernization - 3025887 in Columbus, Ohio
Job#: 3025887
Job Description:
Title: Project Manager -- Network Redesign (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Modernization)
Location: Onsite, Columbus, OH
Contract: 6 month to potential full time
Pay: $50-52 based on experience
Schedule: M-F, 8am -- 5pm
Position Overview
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the initiation, planning, execution, and closure of the Network Redesign project, a critical initiative within the medical center's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Modernization (CIM) program. This role partners closely with stakeholders and Cisco Systems and oversees multiple network and security-focused workstreams to deliver simple, supportable, secure, and scalable target-state infrastructure.
As a member of the IT Portfolio Management Office (PMO), the Project Manager ensures consistent, high-quality delivery of complex enterprise technology projects while balancing scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, and stakeholder expectations.
Key Responsibilities
Project Lifecycle Management
- Lead projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control, and closure
- Develop and maintain project charters, schedules, and execution plans
- Coordinate solution design, build, installation, go-live, training, and transition to operations
- Manage cross-functional internal teams, consultants, and vendor resources
- Establish and manage project baselines for scope, schedule, and cost
- Track milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables
- Ensure project quality through deliverable reviews and adherence to requirements
Manage multiple concurrent initiatives within the CIM program
Scope Development
- Collaborate with business, clinical, and IT stakeholders to define project scope and objectives
- Conduct independent research and fact-finding to assess effort, cost, and timelines
- Evaluate hardware, software, and licensing requirements
- Support development of project budgets and discuss ROI and expected benefits
Ensure formal acceptance of project scope and objectives
Requirements Elicitation & Validation
- Partner with user communities to validate solution alignment with business needs
- Elicit and document requirements using:
- Interviews and workshops
- Site visits and surveys
- Business process and workflow analysis
- Use cases and functional analysis
- Analyze and reconcile requirements from multiple sources
- Distinguish between stated requests and underlying business needs
- Produce and manage project artifacts such as:
- Business Requirements Documents (BRDs)
- Functional requirements
- Use cases and design artifacts
Challenge assumptions and guide stakeholders toward feasible, effective solutions
Communication & Stakeholder Management
- Develop and execute project communication plans
- Prepare and deliver project updates and presentations to diverse audiences
- Serve as the primary liaison between sponsors, IT teams, business partners, and vendors
- Coordinate communications with internal communications or marketing teams as needed
Ensure transparency and alignment across all stakeholder groups
Budget Planning & Financial Management
Provide budget estimates for hardware, software, and professional services
Support RFP development, vendor evaluations, and cost comparisons
Track project expenditures and ensure prope