Tech Project Manager

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Primary Purpose

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead infrastructure initiatives while ensuring alignment with technical specifications, budgets, and financial objectives. This role will partner with engineering, finance, product, and business stakeholders to define system requirements, develop and maintain project budgets, manage vendor resources, and track resource utilization. The ideal candidate has strong technical expertise, financial acumen, and experience managing project forecasts, risks, timelines, and Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery methodologies. They will ensure projects meet performance, compliance, and scalability standards while delivering measurable business value within approved financial constraints.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days.  Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC. 
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities 

•    Define project scope, plan schedules, and coordinate resources.
•    Track milestones, dependencies, financials, risks, and issues.
•    Facilitate effective communication and decision-making across teams.
•    Ensure compliance with delivery frameworks (SDLC/IDLC).
•    Provide project updates to leadership and stakeholders.
•    Collaborate with vendor resources and manage project related contract deliverables.
•    Develop cost plans and forecasts using estimates and resource inputs from project teams and stakeholders.
•    Monitor actuals and report variances, outlining mitigation steps to stay within approved thresholds.
•    Track and report project financials, flagging risks such as invoicing issues or other emerging concerns.
•    May be called upon to support critical escalations and must be available during urgent IT incidents as needed.
•    Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure project tasks and milestones are completed on time.
•    Oversee project change requests (PCR) and ensure scope changes are properly evaluated, approved, and documented.

Qualifications   

•    Proficiency with project planning, tracking, and risk management tools.
•    Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
•    Skilled in delivering projects within both Agile and Waterfall environments.
•    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of work experience.
•    5+ years of project management or delivery experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

•    Experience delivering work in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
•    Experience monitoring and maintaining project budgets and expenditures to ensure financial accountability and cost control.
•    Experience in driving resolution of project conflicts, roadblocks, and resource constraints to keep the project on track.

ME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $92,640 - $138,960  

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws. 
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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.

Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.

We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.