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IT Project Manager roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Employers in tech, finance, and healthcare file LCAs through DOL before petitioning USCIS. The H-1B visa cap applies, but cap-exempt employers at universities and nonprofits can file year-round.
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We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager (Sr IT PM) to lead multiple AI initiatives across the full solution life cycle - from scope definition and development to deployment, maintenance, and optimization. In this role, you will partner with data scientists, machine learning engineers, data engineers, software developers, and other key stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-impact AI products. Leveraging industry-standard project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban), you will oversee risk assessment, resource allocation, and project milestones to align complex, cross-functional teams with organizational goals. Responsibilities include building and maintaining detailed project plans, facilitating stakeholder communication, and enforcing compliance with data privacy, security, and quality standards.
As the primary liaison for AI projects, you will mentor and guide the project team to ensuring they adopt best practices in milestone completion, documentation, and risk mitigation. You will also collaborate with executive sponsors, technical leads, and vendors to maintain strategic alignment and drive continuous improvement in AI project delivery. The ideal candidate combines a solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals with proven expertise in orchestrating complex technology projects. Through disciplined execution, leadership, and stakeholder engagement, you will help scale AI solutions that deliver transformative value to our organization.
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Project management oversight, leadership and expertise
- Direct multiple AI initiatives across the full solution lifecycle, aligning projects with strategic objectives, timelines, and budgets.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to transform business goals into detailed AI project plans, technical requirements, and clear milestones.
- Define and manage project scope, schedules, and resource plans (personnel, technical, and financial).
- Adhere to institutional governance and project management standards, completing necessary documentation for reviews and approvals.
- Provide regular status updates, escalate issues promptly, and maintain comprehensive project records.
- Lead teams including data scientists, machine learning engineers, data engineers, developers, and other key stakeholders; while driving continuous improvement.
Oversight for the development, enhancement and/or implementation of systems, applications, or databases
- Utilize Agile/Scrum, MLOps, DevOps, or comparable frameworks to ensure iterative development, continuous integration, and delivery of AI solutions.
- Work closely with technical teams to document requirements, specifications, and design for system hardware, software, and architecture.
- Engage customers and end users to validate system requirements, configurations, and testing outcomes, securing final acceptance for go-live.
- Coordinate training for end users, ensure smooth handoff to production support, and manage change requests.
- Guarantee compliance with relevant standards and maintain documentation to ensure compliance with institutional, state, and federal regulations.
- Coordinates development/delivery of training for end-users and customer groups.
- Coordinates development of production support model for the production system.
Resource Management
- Define, prioritize, and coordinate the project teams tasks, providing feedback on performance and professional development.
- Establish and maintain project budgets, oversee expenses, and inform management of budget status.
- Mentor junior team members, fostering best practices in AI project delivery.
Required Education: Bachelor's degree.
Preferred Education: Master's Degree
Preferred Certification: Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP).
Required Experience:
Six years of experience to include five years in project management and five years in application and/or infrastructure services. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one-to-one basis. With a preferred degree four years of experience is required to include three years in project management and three years in application and/or infrastructure services.
Preferred Experience:
Ten years of experience to include five years in project management and five years in application and/or infrastructure services. Must have project management (large wide enterprise scale) experience in an IT environment, healthcare preferred. Experience managing AI and Machine Learning, familiar with AI implementation projects.
Work Schedule:
100% remote within Texas only, must be able to attend meetings in the medical center periodically.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.
This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.
Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 175448
- Employment Status: Full-Time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Work Week: Days
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 123,000
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 154,000
- Maximum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 185,000
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Fund Type: Hard
- Work Location: Remote (within Texas only)
- Pivotal Position: Yes
- Referral Bonus Available?: Yes
- Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes
- Science Jobs: No
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SUMMARY
We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager (Sr IT PM) to lead multiple AI initiatives across the full solution life cycle - from scope definition and development to deployment, maintenance, and optimization. In this role, you will partner with data scientists, machine learning engineers, data engineers, software developers, and other key stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-impact AI products. Leveraging industry-standard project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban), you will oversee risk assessment, resource allocation, and project milestones to align complex, cross-functional teams with organizational goals. Responsibilities include building and maintaining detailed project plans, facilitating stakeholder communication, and enforcing compliance with data privacy, security, and quality standards.
As the primary liaison for AI projects, you will mentor and guide the project team to ensuring they adopt best practices in milestone completion, documentation, and risk mitigation. You will also collaborate with executive sponsors, technical leads, and vendors to maintain strategic alignment and drive continuous improvement in AI project delivery. The ideal candidate combines a solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals with proven expertise in orchestrating complex technology projects. Through disciplined execution, leadership, and stakeholder engagement, you will help scale AI solutions that deliver transformative value to our organization.
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Project management oversight, leadership and expertise
- Direct multiple AI initiatives across the full solution lifecycle, aligning projects with strategic objectives, timelines, and budgets.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to transform business goals into detailed AI project plans, technical requirements, and clear milestones.
- Define and manage project scope, schedules, and resource plans (personnel, technical, and financial).
- Adhere to institutional governance and project management standards, completing necessary documentation for reviews and approvals.
- Provide regular status updates, escalate issues promptly, and maintain comprehensive project records.
- Lead teams including data scientists, machine learning engineers, data engineers, developers, and other key stakeholders; while driving continuous improvement.
Oversight for the development, enhancement and/or implementation of systems, applications, or databases
- Utilize Agile/Scrum, MLOps, DevOps, or comparable frameworks to ensure iterative development, continuous integration, and delivery of AI solutions.
- Work closely with technical teams to document requirements, specifications, and design for system hardware, software, and architecture.
- Engage customers and end users to validate system requirements, configurations, and testing outcomes, securing final acceptance for go-live.
- Coordinate training for end users, ensure smooth handoff to production support, and manage change requests.
- Guarantee compliance with relevant standards and maintain documentation to ensure compliance with institutional, state, and federal regulations.
- Coordinates development/delivery of training for end-users and customer groups.
- Coordinates development of production support model for the production system.
Resource Management
- Define, prioritize, and coordinate the project teams tasks, providing feedback on performance and professional development.
- Establish and maintain project budgets, oversee expenses, and inform management of budget status.
- Mentor junior team members, fostering best practices in AI project delivery.
Required Education: Bachelor's degree.
Preferred Education: Master's Degree
Preferred Certification: Project Management Institute (PMI) Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP).
Required Experience:
Six years of experience to include five years in project management and five years in application and/or infrastructure services. May substitute required education degree with additional years of equivalent experience on a one-to-one basis. With a preferred degree four years of experience is required to include three years in project management and three years in application and/or infrastructure services.
Preferred Experience:
Ten years of experience to include five years in project management and five years in application and/or infrastructure services. Must have project management (large wide enterprise scale) experience in an IT environment, healthcare preferred. Experience managing AI and Machine Learning, familiar with AI implementation projects.
Work Schedule:
100% remote within Texas only, must be able to attend meetings in the medical center periodically.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement, tuition benefits, educational opportunities, and individual and team recognition.
This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening. The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law.
Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 175448
- Employment Status: Full-Time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Work Week: Days
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 123,000
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 154,000
- Maximum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 185,000
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Fund Type: Hard
- Work Location: Remote (within Texas only)
- Pivotal Position: Yes
- Referral Bonus Available?: Yes
- Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes
- Science Jobs: No
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an IT Project Manager
Frame your PMP as H-1B evidence
A PMP or CAPM certification strengthens the specialty occupation argument for IT Project Manager petitions. Document how your credential aligns with the degree-equivalent standard USCIS applies when reviewing H-1B RFEs for this role.
Target cap-exempt employers strategically
Universities, teaching hospitals, and nonprofit research institutions are cap-exempt, meaning they can file your H-1B petition any time of year without waiting for the April lottery window. IT project management roles exist at these organizations in ERP, infrastructure, and research computing.
Search verified sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter IT Project Manager roles by employers with active H-1B LCA filing history on Migrate Mate. This surfaces companies that have filed for this specific occupation code, not just employers who sponsor H-1Bs generally.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting an offer
Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your job title, SOC code, and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check Level I through Level IV wages before negotiating, so you don't accept an offer that fails the LCA certification step.
Clarify remote work locations with your employer
H-1B petitions are location-specific. If you'll work remotely from a different city than your employer's headquarters, they need to file a separate LCA covering that worksite. Confirm this before the petition is submitted to avoid an RFE on work location.
Request premium processing for role transitions
If you're changing employers during your H-1B status, USCIS premium processing cuts the I-129 adjudication window to 15 business days. For IT Project Manager roles with defined project start dates, this timeline matters more than in open-ended positions.
H-1B Visa IT Project Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an IT Project Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, but the employer must document that the specific role requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as computer science, information systems, or engineering. USCIS has issued RFEs on generalist project management roles where the degree requirement isn't clearly tied to the position's duties, so the job description and LCA need to be precise.
What SOC code applies to IT Project Manager roles on the LCA?
Most IT Project Manager roles are filed under SOC 15-1299, Computer and Information Technology Occupations, or SOC 11-3021, Computer and Information Systems Managers, depending on the scope of the role. The SOC code determines the prevailing wage level, so the employer should verify the correct classification using O*NET before filing the LCA with DOL.
How do I find IT Project Manager jobs where the employer actively sponsors H-1B visas?
Search IT Project Manager roles on Migrate Mate, which filters employers by verified H-1B LCA filing history for this specific occupation. This is more reliable than inferring sponsorship from job postings, which often don't disclose visa support until late in the interview process.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new IT Project Manager role while my extension is pending?
Yes. Under AC21 portability, you can transfer to a new employer in a same or similar occupational classification once your I-140 has been approved and your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more. For H-1B transfers without a green card pending, the new employer files an I-129 transfer petition and you can start work once it's received by USCIS.
Does it matter if my IT Project Manager role involves managing offshore or distributed teams?
Not for the H-1B petition itself, but it can affect the work location requirements. If you manage teams across multiple U.S. office locations and work from those sites regularly, your employer may need to file LCAs for each worksite. Remote team management outside the U.S. doesn't trigger additional LCA requirements.