Project Manager (P-165)

About SMASH

SMASH focuses on building durable relationships with the people it works with. The team takes time to understand what candidates want next in their careers and aims to place them in roles that fit both their technical strengths and overall working style. The company’s strength lies in quickly matching the right talent with the right U.S. clients.

Role overview

This position is for a project leader who can successfully manage complex enterprise infrastructure engagements for external clients. The role calls for strong technical project management capability, a customer-facing mindset, and the ability to coordinate several parallel workstreams across networking, cloud, security, storage, and broader infrastructure environments.

Eligibility

This opportunity is open only to candidates who are based in the United States. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or have valid U.S. work authorization.

Key responsibilities

• Direct multiple large infrastructure initiatives from kickoff through completion.
• Prepare detailed project plans, including work breakdown structures, dependencies, milestones, and critical path analysis.
• Oversee scope, timelines, budgets, staffing, and deliverables across concurrent assignments.
• Develop strong working relationships with customers, sponsors, vendors, and internal teams.
• Set up and manage communication routines, including executive-level progress updates.
• Maintain resource planning to support efficient allocation across project portfolios.
• Track financial performance, such as revenue, margin, profitability, utilization, and budget adherence.
• Spot, evaluate, and reduce project risks, issues, and changes in scope before they affect delivery.
• Make sure work follows delivery methods and quality standards.
• Coordinate multi-location infrastructure rollouts covering networking, wireless, cloud, storage, virtualization, and collaboration tools.
• Use project management systems and best practices to improve delivery results.
• Support ongoing process improvements while keeping customer satisfaction and project outcomes strong.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience leading enterprise infrastructure projects.
• Background in customer-facing project delivery within a Professional Services or Managed Services setting.
• Hands-on experience with projects in networking, storage, virtualization, cloud, security, or unified communications.
• Experience handling multi-site rollouts such as wireless, Wi-Fi, POS, or similar infrastructure deployments.
• Strong understanding of project management methods, frameworks, and the full project lifecycle.
• Ability to create detailed WBS plans, map dependencies, and build critical path schedules.
• Solid financial management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, margin analysis, and resource planning.
• Experience managing risks, stakeholder communication, and organizational change.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills for client-facing work.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
• Comfort using enterprise-grade project management software.
• Ability to juggle several priorities independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Preferred: PMP certification.
• Preferred: experience with Clarity PPM or a similar portfolio management tool.
• Preferred: involvement in digital transformation or infrastructure modernization projects.
• Preferred: familiarity with Agile or hybrid delivery approaches.
• Preferred: technical exposure to networking, cloud, virtualization, or data center infrastructure.

Additional information

The role is based in Utah, United States, and is offered as a full-time onsite position.