[Hiring] Senior IT Project Manager / Application Transition Lead @NTTデータ

Role Description

NTT Data is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager / Application Transition Lead to provide IT leadership, oversight, and coordination across a portfolio of business application transition initiatives associated with a large-scale acquisition carve-out.

The individual will serve as the primary IT point of accountability for assigned applications, ensuring each initiative has:

• Clear business and IT ownership
• Appropriate project or workplan
• Accountable delivery leadership
• Identified IT activities
• A well-defined path through implementation and operational support

This role is broader than traditional project management, requiring the ability to operate at a portfolio level while diving into application-level details when necessary.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Transition Leadership
  • Serve as the primary IT lead and point of accountability for an assigned portfolio of application transition and implementation initiatives.
  • Ensure each assigned application has clear business and IT ownership, appropriate delivery leadership, a defined project plan or workplan, clear milestones and dependencies, identified IT activities and resources, a defined implementation approach, and clear operational and support ownership.
  • Assess the delivery model and determine the appropriate level of IT involvement required for each application initiative.
  • Provide IT oversight across both IT-led and business-led initiatives.
  • Ensure applications progress through the transition lifecycle with appropriate governance, ownership, planning, and readiness.
• Project & Program Oversight
  • Partner with assigned Project Managers and Business Leads to maintain visibility into project plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, decisions, resources, and outstanding IT actions.
  • Provide oversight and readiness assurance without duplicating the day-to-day responsibilities of dedicated Project Managers.
  • Review project and application plans to identify gaps, missing activities, unclear ownership, dependencies, and potential delivery risks.
  • Drive unresolved IT actions and decisions to closure in partnership with appropriate stakeholders.
  • Ensure appropriate escalation and intervention when applications lack sufficient planning, ownership, resources, decisions, or readiness.
  • Coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives while maintaining appropriate prioritization and focus.
• Application-Level Readiness & Delivery
  • Dive into application-level details as required to identify delivery gaps, clarify requirements, confirm dependencies, establish ownership, and resolve outstanding issues.
  • Assess and confirm readiness throughout the application transition lifecycle.
  • Coordinate and drive completion of required IT activities, particularly for business-led initiatives that do not have a dedicated IT Project Manager.
  • Identify cross-application dependencies and coordinate resolution with appropriate business and technology teams.
• Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Coordination
  • Coordinate across business stakeholders, IT teams, application owners, Project Managers, vendors, and third-party consultants.
  • Establish strong working relationships with business and technology stakeholders.
  • Facilitate discussions to clarify ownership, requirements, decisions, risks, dependencies, and delivery responsibilities.
  • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Vendor & Third-Party Coordination
  • Support vendor engagement and coordination activities required for application transition and implementation.
  • Participate in solution and vendor evaluations as appropriate.
  • Support the development and review of Statements of Work (SOWs).
  • Track vendor dependencies, deliverables, decisions, and outstanding actions that could affect application readiness.
• Portfolio Governance & Executive Reporting
  • Maintain portfolio-level visibility across assigned applications and initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain clear status reporting covering overall application status, transition readiness, key milestones, risks and issues, dependencies, decisions, outstanding IT actions, and resource or ownership gaps.
  • Provide concise management and executive-level reporting on application transition progress and readiness.
  • Identify trends and systemic issues across the application portfolio and recommend appropriate corrective actions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience leading or coordinating complex IT application initiatives, projects, programs, or portfolios.
• 5+ years of demonstrated ability to drive delivery across multiple applications, stakeholder groups, and delivery models.
• 5+ years of strong project and program management discipline.
• Ability to provide project oversight and governance without needing to act as the dedicated Project Manager for every initiative.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application delivery and transition activities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, coordination, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, cross-functional, and geographically distributed environment.

Requirements

• Experience gathering, clarifying, and translating business requirements and technology needs into actionable plans.
• Strong business relationship management and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to establish credibility and drive accountability across business, technical, project, and vendor teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, acquisitions, or carve-out programs.
• Experience leading or supporting enterprise application transitions, migrations, separations, integrations, or technology transformation programs.
• Experience managing application portfolios involving a combination of business-led and IT-led initiatives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending or health savings account
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-and long-term disability coverage
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance
• Participation in a 401k program with company match