IT Project Manager

Position Description

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for an IT Project Manager to join the Electrical Wiring Systems Team in West Hartford, CT. This is a remote position. The IT Project Manager is responsible for leading technology initiatives across multiple manufacturing sites and offices, ensuring alignment with business objectives, standardization of systems, and timely execution. This role oversees all phases of the project lifecycle—initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing—while managing cross-functional teams and engaging both corporate and plant-level stakeholders. The IT Project Manager plays a critical role in driving operational efficiency and technology integration across a distributed manufacturing footprint.

What Will You Do?

• Manage end-to-end IT projects across multiple manufacturing facilities, including system implementations, infrastructure upgrades, and process automation initiatives.
• Coordinate with site leadership, plant engineers, corporate IT, and external vendors to ensure alignment of project goals and deliverables.
• Develop detailed project scopes, timelines, resource plans, and budgets, ensuring adherence to manufacturing site constraints and operational timelines.
• Oversee deployment of technology solutions such as ERP modules, back office systems, network upgrades, hardware refreshes, and digital transformation tools.
• Ensure project compliance with IT security protocols, data governance standards, and company-wide IT policies.
• Track key performance metrics and regularly report on project status, risks, and milestones to both local and corporate leadership.
• Facilitate communication across functional groups and between sites to encourage standardization and knowledge sharing.
• Identify challenges unique to the manufacturing environment (e.g., production downtime, shift work, legacy equipment) and develop strategies to mitigate disruptions.
• Conduct post-project evaluations to identify successes, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities for future initiatives.

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field (required).
• PMP, or similar project management certification (preferred).
• Minimum 5 years of IT project management experience, with at least 2 years supporting manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Proven experience managing multi-site projects and coordinating across geographically dispersed teams.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira).
• Working knowledge of manufacturing systems (e.g., ERP, MES, SCADA) and IT infrastructure (servers, networks, user support tools).
• Familiarity with SAP or other enterprise platforms is a strong plus.
• Understanding of Lean or Six Sigma principles is beneficial.

Company Info

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Electrical Wiring Systems Division

Legrand’s Electrical Wiring Systems (EWS) division provides the most complete line of residential, commercial, and industrial electrical wiring devices in the world.  Through commitment to innovation and quality, EWS maintains the position of industry leader in wire and cable management and wiring devices categories, specializing in raceways, flexible floor, open space and outdoor power solutions, wire mesh cable trays and systems, and designer switches and outlets. With this comprehensive offering, EWS serves a range of exciting vertical markets, including commercial office and commercial interior, data centers, education, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, mixed-use developments and residential.  For more information, visit legrand.us/electrical wiring devices  

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