How to hire a senior infrastructure project manager

How to hire a senior infrastructure project manager, step by step

Here's a step-by-step senior infrastructure project manager hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a senior infrastructure project manager job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new senior infrastructure project manager
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a senior infrastructure project manager, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect senior infrastructure project manager also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of senior infrastructure project managers and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Senior Infrastructure Project Manager	Description	Hourly rate
   Senior Infrastructure Project Manager	Computer and information systems managers, often called information technology (IT) managers or IT project managers, plan, coordinate, and direct computer-related activities in an organization. They help determine the information technology goals of an organization and are responsible for implementing computer systems to meet those goals.	$43-89
   Information Technology Director	An information technology (IT) Director is a professional responsible for the management, strategy, and execution of an organization's IT infrastructure. He/She supervises a team of workers while working with the organization's management and external vendors and advisors... Show more	$46-94
   Information Technology Operations Manager	An Information Technology Operations Manager is responsible for the smooth running of the computer systems. They ensure the operation of computer systems in accordance with specifications, costs, and timelines.	$41-73

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Project Management
   • Cloud
   • Infrastructure Projects
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Shared Services
   • Architecture
   • Project Scope
   • PMI
   • Portfolio
   • Technical Project
   • Disaster Recovery
   • PMO
   • Windows
   • Azure

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage the design and installation of a voice and voice messaging initiative to migrate telephony platform to digital and VOIP architecture.
   • Manage firewall rules deployment for securing data center infrastructure migration.
   • Develop POC project plans design to turn locally manage applications into cloud support applications.
   • Manage venture partners and acquisitions circuit provisioning to integrate business functions onto a single global domain.
   • Manage multiple vendor relationships, including contract negotiations, finance oversight, technology and operation requirements and ongoing service level agreements.
   • Implement ITIL standards and practices to support distribute systems processes.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your senior infrastructure project manager job description helps attract top candidates to the position. A senior infrastructure project manager salary can be affected by several factors, such as geography, experience, seniority, certifications, and the prestige of the hiring company.

   For example, the average salary for a senior infrastructure project manager in Tennessee may be lower than in California, and an entry-level senior infrastructure project manager usually earns less than a senior-level senior infrastructure project manager. Additionally, a senior infrastructure project manager with certifications may command a higher salary, and working for a well-known company or start-up may also impact an employee's pay.

   Average senior infrastructure project manager salary

   $131,110yearly

   $63.03 hourly rate

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   Entry-level senior infrastructure project manager salary

   $91,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

   Average senior infrastructure project manager salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$154,566	$74
   2	Pennsylvania	$136,940	$66
   3	Massachusetts	$133,245	$64
   4	Washington	$129,791	$62
   5	District of Columbia	$127,953	$62
   6	Maryland	$125,845	$61
   7	Oregon	$123,618	$59
   8	Texas	$120,153	$58
   9	Illinois	$114,640	$55
   10	Georgia	$108,302	$52
   11	Oklahoma	$96,010	$46
   12	Colorado	$94,721	$46

   Average senior infrastructure project manager salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Parsons	$142,021	$68.28	79
   2	Randstad North America, Inc.	$130,412	$62.70	6
   3	Kimberly-Clark	$128,362	$61.71	1
   4	STV Group	$128,081	$61.58	46
   5	Motion Recruitment	$126,803	$60.96	13
   6	NTT Data International L.L.C.	$125,911	$60.53	43
   7	Jacobs Engineering Group	$124,943	$60.07
   8	Sound Transit	$124,564	$59.89	4
   9	Jacobs Enterprises	$124,125	$59.68	349
   10	CBRE Group	$123,984	$59.61	443
   11	Planet Technologies	$123,492	$59.37
   12	MSCI	$123,407	$59.33
   13	JLL	$121,219	$58.28	71
   14	General Dynamics	$117,693	$56.58	47
   15	Halff Associates	$115,879	$55.71	19
   16	Leidos	$110,855	$53.30	104
   17	The University of Chicago	$105,192	$50.57	12
   18	Graham Holdings	$101,289	$48.70	1
   19	Peoplelink Staffing Solutions	$75,850	$36.47

4. Writing a senior infrastructure project manager job description

   A senior infrastructure project manager job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a senior infrastructure project manager job description:

   Senior infrastructure project manager job description example

   The Infrastructure Sr Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating infrastructure project teams through Lean/Agile and project management practices. She/He will enable the team to achieve a high level of performance and quality in the delivery of Lean/Agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing several concurrent high visibility projects using Lean/Agile methods in a fast-paced environment and use a high level of knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with a Lean/Agile development approach.
   * Consistently supports projects of a larger more complex scale
   * Defines project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage larger risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; quality targets using the Agile/Scrum or Kanban methodology, and perform delivery planning for assigned Engineering Teams
   * Facilitates and leads discussions with cross functional groups at multiple levels of the organization, to identify, understand and capture business requirements and scope of work for specific projects
   * Supports Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance
   * Responsible for iterative Project release coordination. Ensures smooth collaboration among extended team members for each project release including Engineering, Operations, Testing, Change Mgmt. and third-party Vendors.
   * Motivates managers and team members to adopt Lean/Agile practices. Provides thought leadership and research of best practices for executing Agile Project Management including Story Mapping, Story Grooming, MMF identification, and Release Planning. Shares and collaborates with others via the Agile Community of Practice. Mentors Infra Project Manager 1.
   * Performs Scrum Master functions for two or more teams: schedules and leads the release planning, sprint planning, retrospectives, backlog grooming and daily scrum activities for two or more teams.
   * Demonstrates ability to gather and provide project level estimates and reporting for larger scale projects (Burn Downs, Burn Ups, Release Plans) for teams executing work in ServiceNow and/or Jira.
   * Helps to create and deploy performance standards, measures and metrics to ensure Lean/Agile standards are being applied. Establish, communicate and reinforce Agile guiding principles; manage delivery against time, scope and budget; create and adjust MMFs and Release Plans;
   * Helps to create, deploy and manage a "Scrum of Scrums"; and proactively identify and address risks, issues and opportunities for improvement across the organization
   * Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members
   
   Preferred Experience
   
   * A proven track record of successfully implementing technology projects using Agile methodologies including 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams.
   * 2+ years of Agile Project Management experience
   * Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. Require Agile Certifications CSM, A-CSM, CSP, PSK, and Project Management PMP certification
   * Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
   * Exposure to strategic planning and working with leadership roles
   * Balanced business/technical background. Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues. (SAP, On-Prem/Cloud hosting, Network, Voice, Collaboration, etc,,).
   * Demonstrated experience with servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
   * Strong relationship management skills that enable effective navigation in a highly matrixed organization quickly earning sponsorship and trust to mobilize and motivate teams
   * Ability to prioritize and organize effectively and manage multiple projects and assignments
   
   Grainger is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right senior infrastructure project manager for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with senior infrastructure project managers they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit senior infrastructure project managers who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

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6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit senior infrastructure project managers, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new senior infrastructure project manager

   Once you've found the senior infrastructure project manager candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new senior infrastructure project manager. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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