Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
We do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters.
RESPEC is seeing a Project Manager III to to lead complex, enterprise-level IT and business-transformation initiatives that support the mission and operational effectiveness of the Texas Department of Public Safety. The Project Manager III will provide senior-level leadership across project planning, governance, stakeholder alignment, delivery oversight, and risk management.
You will work closely with technical teams, business leaders, vendors, and executive stakeholders to ensure projects remain aligned with DPS objectives, established governance standards, and project-management best practices. Success in this role requires strong communication, disciplined delivery management, and the ability to navigate large, cross-functional environments.
Core Responsibilities:
Lead the full project lifecycle for large-scale IT and business-transformation initiatives, including defining scope, deliverables, milestones, success measures, timelines, budgets, staffing plans, communications, and risk-management strategies.
Coordinate cross-functional technical and business teams, external vendors, and client stakeholders to maintain alignment and advance project objectives. Monitor delivery performance against approved plans, identify and escalate risks or issues, and drive timely resolution.
Develop and maintain executive-ready status reports, project documentation, governance materials, and communications. Manage scope changes through formal change-control processes and ensure project activities comply with DPS policies, applicable procurement requirements, and established governance practices.
Support vendor-performance oversight, project closeout activities, deliverable acceptance, final reporting, and lessons-learned documentation.
Required Technical Experience
Candidates must demonstrate at least 8 years of experience in each of the following areas:
Preferred Qualifications:
Candidates with the following qualifications will be strongly preferred:
Work Model
This is a hybrid position - on-site up to four days per week supporting the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The primary work location is:
Texas Department of Public Safety Headquarters
5805 North Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78752
The selected candidate must be available to work on-site up to four days per week Telework may be available for the remaining work time, subject to client needs and approval.
Standard work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central Time, excluding Texas state holidays when the client office is closed. Occasional work outside normal business hours—including evenings, weekends, or holidays—may be required
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better.
With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do.
From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore.
Know-How is Everything.
We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done.
Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
