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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.

Our client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager for Atlanta, GA/Hybrid

Role Description

The Senior IT Project Manager leads complex, enterprise level initiatives that support retail and franchise ecosystems. This role focuses on large-scale, multi-location programs that require tight coordination across technology, vendors, procurement, logistics, and franchise stakeholders to ensure initiatives land successfully across a highly distributed footprint.
Operating in a cost conscious, margin sensitive environment, this role emphasizes disciplined execution, cross functional alignment, and consistent rollout delivery—often across hundreds of locations—while minimizing disruption at the store level. Retail partnership experience is required. Restaurant industry experience is considered a plus but is not required.

• Lead IT and technology enabled initiatives from initiation through delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are met
• Own end to end project planning, including timelines, financials, dependencies, risks, and execution readiness
• Partner closely with retail business stakeholders, franchise partners, and external vendors to define requirements and ensure successful delivery
• Coordinate cross functional execution across technology teams, procurement, logistics, and third party providers to support large scale, multi-site rollouts
• Manage initiatives supporting distributed store environments, including deployments that impact hundreds of locations
• Drive stakeholder alignment and buy in for programs that require upfront coordination and sequencing to execute effectively at scale
• Lead delivery teams to ensure solutions meet quality standards through test planning, execution, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Facilitate UAT, rollout planning, and go live readiness to ensure smooth store level execution
• Prepare executive level status reporting, cost benefit analyses, and risk assessments
• Navigate delivery in a dynamic operating environment influenced by cost pressures, supply chain considerations, and execution timing
• Ensure adherence to project governance, SDLC, and delivery standards
• Present regularly to executive sponsors and steering committees

Skills and Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• PMP certification (required)
• 10+ years of progressive, senior level IT project management experience
• Proven experience partnering with retail organizations or retail technology ecosystems (required)
• Experience leading complex, multi-location initiatives involving vendors, procurement, or external partners
• Strong cross functional leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in fast changing, cost sensitive environments
• Strong risk management, problem solving, and communication skills
• Experience delivering enterprise scale technology and business solutions across multi platform environments
• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience supporting restaurant, hospitality, or franchise based organizations

Benefits/Other Compensation

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.

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Hays is committed to building a thriving culture of diversity that embraces people with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better we serve our candidates, clients, and employees. We are an equal employment opportunity employer, and we comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, HIV-positive status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. One of Hays’ guiding principles is ‘do the right thing’.
We also believe that actions speak louder than words.
In that regard, we train our staff on ensuring inclusivity throughout the entire recruitment process and counsel our clients on these principles. If you have any questions about Hays or any of our processes, please contact us.

In accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law protecting qualified individuals with known disabilities, Hays will attempt to reasonably accommodate those individuals unless doing so would create an undue hardship on the company. Any qualified applicant or consultant with a disability who requires accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should call or text 813.336.5570.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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