Complex Project Manager

IBM

IBM

Operations

Dallas, TX, USA

Posted on Apr 9, 2026
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Project Manager for Complex Programs, you will oversee client engagements, ensuring the successful implementation of IT, business, and client-specific solutions. You will build partnerships with the Project Office, clients, vendors, and subcontractor organizations to manage the implementation of these partnerships and meet client needs.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Manage Client Engagements: Oversee client engagements, ensuring the successful implementation of IT, business, and client-specific solutions, and build partnerships with clients, vendors, and subcontractor organizations to meet client needs.

• Deliver Solutions: Formulate, develop, implement, and deliver application, technical, and business solutions tailored to client requirements, ensuring client satisfaction.

• Manage Contractual Costs: Manage contractual costs, schedules, and service or product deliverables, and coordinate IBM and client resources to deliver services and solutions.

• Apply Project Management Methodologies: Utilize various Project Management methodologies and emerging technologies to manage complex programs and deliver solutions.

• Develop Large Deals: Analyze complex situations, develop large and complex deals, and apply deal-making techniques to complex opportunities, demonstrating exceptional judgment and executive presence.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• Complex Program Delivery: Deep expertise in delivering large-scale, complex IT and business solutions, ensuring successful implementation and client satisfaction.

• Partnership Development: Experience with building and managing partnerships with clients, vendors, and subcontractor organizations to meet client needs and deliver solutions.

• Project Management Methodologies: Deep understanding of various Project Management methodologies, including expertise in applying these methodologies to manage complex programs and deliver solutions.

• Cost and Invoice Management: Expertise in using IPPF tool for managing contractual costs and invoices as per contract delivery milestones.

• Deal Development and Negotiation: Deep expertise in analyzing complex situations, developing large and complex deals, and applying deal-making techniques to complex opportunities.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Proficiency in Emerging Technologies: Experience with emerging technologies related to client needs, including the ability to apply these technologies to deliver solutions.

• Technical Solution Development: Deep understanding of technical solutions related to client needs, including the ability to formulate, develop, and implement these solutions.

• Business Acumen and Risk Management: Experience with business and IT challenges, strategic innovative thinking, and risk management skills, including the ability to analyze complex situations and develop effective solutions.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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