Location: Oradea, Romania/ Hybrid (3 days/week) 1 year project B2B PFA sau SRL Max Rate 25 EUR/H
IT Project Manager
Location: Oradea, Romania/ Hybrid

Overview:

We are seeking an IT Project Manager to lead the planning, deployment, and optimization of IT infrastructure and digital systems required to enable the company to provide manufacturing services to defense sector clients. This role is responsible for driving cross-functional IT and

operational technology (OT) initiatives to achieve regulatory compliance with national and international defense security standards. Applying rigorous IT project management frameworks and cybersecurity compliance best practices, the IT Project Manager ensures the site establishes

a secure, isolated, and fully compliant digital manufacturing ecosystem.

Responsibilities:

• Stakeholder Management & IT Alignment (must) : Collaborates with internal stakeholders (Global/Regional Technology, Regional/Site Leadership) and external defense auditors to support the IT roadmap. Maintaining a consistent governance cadence to align project execution with business strategic goals;

• IT Infrastructure & Schedule Management: Owns and manages the comprehensive IT project schedule. Oversees the installation, integration, and validation of IT infrastructure to meet tight defense certification deadlines.

• Risk Management & Cybersecurity Governance: Builds robust IT governance frameworks and status reporting mechanisms for executive leadership. Proactively identifies risks related to project deployment, and regulatory compliance;

• IT Leadership & Best Practices: Applies Plexus Core Values to direct cross-functional IT

implementation teams, contractors, and technical staff. Implements IT project

management best practices (PMP, Agile, ITIL).

• IT Metrics, System Validation & KPIs: Establishes and tracks project delivery KPIs, deployment milestones, and compliance readiness indicators.

Education.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Experience

• 8 or more years of experience in IT project management, including at least 5 years of international project management experience managing complex IT infrastructure or enterprise software implementations (must).

Qualifications

• Certifications: Professional certification in IT or Project Management (PMP, Agile/SCRUM, ITIL, or Master’s Degree in Project Management/IT) required;

• Defense & Security Compliance: Proven experience leading IT infrastructure projects designed to comply with national or international defense security classifications (ISO 27001, CMMC, or NIST 800-171) required;

• Technical Domain Knowledge: Solid background in IT infrastructure setup, network segmentation (air-gapping/VLANs), access control systems, secure data storage, and IT/OT integration within high-tech manufacturing environments (EMS, Aerospace, Defense, or Automotive) required
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