Location: Annapolis (Ideal), New York (Satisfactory), Remote (Acceptable). Travel to Annapolis will be required on a regular basis
Hiring Senior Project Management Consultant with the following skillset:
· Seeking an experienced Senior Project Management Consultant to provide leadership, project management expertise, and execution support for complex, cross-functional business initiatives.
· The consultant will assume a leadership role in a designated strategic project while also providing project management expertise and support for other organizational initiatives and business priorities, as required.
· The successful consultant will possess extensive project management experience, broad business acumen, and the ability to operate effectively across diverse functional disciplines, including Finance, Accounting, Legal, Construction, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG), and Information Technology.
· The consultant will work closely with executive leadership, functional business leaders, technical specialists, external advisors, and third-party service providers to translate business objectives into executable project plans and measurable outcomes.
· The engagement requires a highly independent, results-oriented professional capable of providing both strategic guidance and hands-on project management, navigating organizational complexity, and driving accountability across multidisciplinary teams.
2. Scope of Services - Strategic Project Leadership & Execution
The consultant will provide senior-level project management leadership and execution support for assigned strategic projects and initiatives.
Responsibilities will include:
· Lead and coordinate project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery activities.
· Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and dependencies.
· Establish and maintain appropriate project governance, reporting structures, and escalation procedures.
· Coordinate activities across internal business functions, external consultants, vendors, contractors, and other project stakeholders.
· Proactively identify project risks, issues, constraints, and interdependencies, developing mitigation strategies and corrective action plans.
· Monitor project progress against approved milestones, budgets, and deliverables.
· Facilitate project working sessions, governance meetings, steering committees, and executive updates.
· Identify and escalate matters requiring management decisions, approvals, or intervention.
· Support the resolution of complex business, technical, operational, financial, and contractual challenges.
· Coordinate organizational readiness, implementation planning, and transition activities.
· Maintain appropriate project documentation, decision records, action logs, and status reporting.
· Drive timely completion of project commitments and deliverables through effective coordination and stakeholder engagement.
The consultant will be expected to take a proactive leadership role, anticipating challenges, identifying potential solutions, and recommending appropriate courses of action rather than relying solely on direction from internal stakeholders.
3. Required Qualifications
Education & Professional Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in business administration, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
· 10+ years of progressive project management experience, including substantial responsibility for complex, cross-functional initiatives.
· Demonstrated experience leading projects involving multiple business disciplines and diverse stakeholder groups.
· Proven track record of managing complex initiatives with significant financial, operational, technical, or organizational dependencies.
· Experience working with executive leadership and senior business stakeholders.
· Experience coordinating external consultants, vendors, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
· Demonstrated ability to work independently, establish priorities, and deliver results with limited oversight.
Project Management Capabilities
· Advanced knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery practices.
· Strong planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and reporting capabilities.
· Experience managing competing priorities across multiple initiatives.
· Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
· Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
· Proficiency with project management, collaboration, and reporting tools.
4. Preferred Qualifications
· Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent qualification.
· Experience in renewable energy, renewable natural gas, utilities, energy infrastructure, or related industries.
· Experience delivering enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives.
· Previous experience serving as a senior external project management consultant or independent project advisor.
5. Overall Engagement Expectations
The Senior Project Management Consultant is expected to bring structure, discipline, business judgment, and effective leadership to complex organizational initiatives.
The consultant must be equally comfortable engaging in strategic discussions with executive leadership and managing detailed project execution across multiple functional disciplines.
Success in this engagement will depend on the consultant's ability to lead complex projects, manage competing priorities, collaborate effectively across business functions, and consistently deliver measurable business outcomes.
The organization is seeking a versatile, highly experienced consulting professional who can bridge financial, legal, construction, renewable energy, operational, and technology disciplines and drive initiatives toward successful completion.
