Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Experience: 12+ Years
Job Type: W2 Contract 

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with 12+ years of experience managing complex IT projects and leading cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in project planning, Agile methodologies, stakeholder management, risk management, budgeting, and end-to-end project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage projects from initiation and planning through implementation and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Lead cross-functional teams including developers, business analysts, QA engineers, architects, and technical teams.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, senior management, vendors, and technology teams.
• Monitor project progress, identify dependencies, and ensure milestones are delivered on time.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Conduct regular project status meetings and provide executive-level status reports.
• Manage project budgets, resources, timelines, and overall delivery quality.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Work with Product Owners and business teams to prioritize requirements and manage the project backlog.
• Ensure effective communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage vendors and third-party partners, including deliverables, timelines, and performance.
• Coordinate UAT, deployment, production implementation, and post-production activities.
• Ensure projects follow organizational SDLC, governance, compliance, and quality standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, reduce project risks, and increase delivery efficiency.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of experience in IT Project Management.
• Strong experience managing large-scale and enterprise technology projects.
• Hands-on experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or Hybrid methodologies.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and software development processes.
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, budgeting, resource management, and scheduling.
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience managing geographically distributed and cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, or similar certification.
• Experience with cloud, data, application modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise platforms.
• Experience working with external vendors and technology partners.
• Strong experience preparing executive presentations, dashboards, and project status reports.
• Experience working in a PMO or enterprise governance environment.