IT Project Manager

**Job Description** ------------------- The IT Project Manager ? Deployment is accountable for orchestrating technology deployments and mobilizations through the full project lifecycle, from intake and planning through execution, go?live, stabilization, and closeout. This role operates within Aramark?s decision?rights and accountability model, ensuring that readiness is assessed objectively, risks are surfaced early, and projects advance only when prerequisites are met or risk is explicitly accepted by the appropriate leadership level. The Project Manager partners closely with Line of Business leaders, IT Field Services, Product, Infrastructure, and external partners to enable speed?to?market while preserving governance, applying the Speed with Safeguards model when required. Success in this role is defined not only by on?time delivery, but by predictable outcomes, transparent risk management, and disciplined escalation aligned to the project lifecycle framework. **Job Responsibilities** ------------------------ Lifecycle \& Governance ? Drive projects through the project lifecycle, ensuring clear entry/exit criteria at each stage ? Enforce readiness discipline, ensuring projects do not advance without required prerequisites or documented leadership risk acceptance ? Facilitate formal decisions at pre installation, go live, and closeout milestones Risk, RAID \& Escalation ? Own active RAID management, including aging, accountability, and escalation in accordance with defined thresholds ? Surface business controlled risks early and ensure explicit leadership ownership and acceptance where required ? Treat escalation as a governance mechanism, not a failure condition Cross Functional Orchestration ? Lead cross functional teams (IT Field Services, Infrastructure, Product, LOB partners, vendors) without formal authority, holding owners accountable to commitments ? Coordinate solution readiness across technical, operational, securi