IT Resource Manager in Boston, Massachusetts - #71465 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 71465

IT Resource Manager
Our client is seeking an experienced IT Resource Manager to oversee the strategic planning and allocation of technical talent across a complex IT environment. This role focuses on balancing workforce supply and demand, aligning skilled resources to high-impact initiatives, and ensuring operational stability while supporting innovation and transformation efforts.

This role is mostly remote with occasional onsite working sessions in Boston, Massachusetts.

IT Resource Manager Responsibilities

• Lead IT intake and prioritization processes in partnership with project and portfolio stakeholders, ensuring work is evaluated against criteria such as risk, compliance, business value, and operational impact.
• Maintain a forward-looking demand forecast that captures upcoming initiatives, ongoing support needs, and anticipated resource requirements across the IT organization.
• Develop workforce and capacity models that translate incoming demand into labor and budget requirements.
• Collaborate with IT leadership to assign technical resources to projects and initiatives based on skills, availability, and strategic importance.
• Perform capacity and capability assessments to ensure the organization has not only sufficient staffing levels, but also the appropriate technical skill sets to meet current and future needs.
• Track utilization and workload distribution to prevent over-allocation, reduce burnout, and minimize risk to mission-critical systems.
• Partner with HR and IT leaders to identify skill gaps and inform training or development strategies tied to emerging technologies and platforms.

IT Resource Manager Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in IT resource management, workforce planning, portfolio management, or PMO-aligned roles.
• Experience supporting IT teams in regulated or high-availability environments where uptime, escalation coverage, and operational continuity are critical.
• Hands-on experience with project or portfolio management tools used for tracking demand, capacity, and labor allocation.
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills, with the ability to clearly communicate utilization trends, constraints, and opportunities to leadership.

Compensation: (DOE)

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