Senior Project Manager

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Employment Type: W2 only

Experience Required: 11+ Years

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager with 11+ years of experience leading complex, enterprise-level projects across the full software/business delivery lifecycle. The ideal candidate has strong command of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, proven experience managing large budgets and cross-functional teams, and the ability to communicate effectively with executive stakeholders while driving projects to on-time, on-budget completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery — initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure — for multiple concurrent projects.
• Define scope, objectives, timelines, and success criteria in partnership with business sponsors and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocation models.
• Identify, track, and mitigate project risks and issues; manage change control processes.
• Run Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives) and/or manage Waterfall phase-gate delivery as required by the project.
• Act as the central liaison between business stakeholders, engineering/technical teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Deliver regular status reports, RAG dashboards, and milestone updates to senior leadership and clients.
• Manage vendor/third-party engagements, SOWs, and deliverable tracking.
• Oversee project budget, forecasting, and financial reporting (CapEx/OpEx).
• Lead change management and user adoption efforts for new tools, systems, or processes.
• Ensure governance, compliance, and quality standards are met throughout delivery.
• Mentor junior PMs, coordinators, and scrum masters.
• Conduct post-project reviews and document lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• 11+ years of IT/business project management experience, including 5+ years on large-scale enterprise projects.
• Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Business, or related field); Master's preferred.
• Strong hands-on experience with Agile (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe) and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience managing project budgets in the $1M–$10M+ range.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar PM tools.
• Solid understanding of SDLC, requirements gathering, UAT, and go-live/cutover planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
• Experience managing cross-functional, onshore/offshore distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe Agilist certification (PMP strongly preferred).
• Domain experience in [Banking/Healthcare/Insurance/Retail/Telecom — tailor as needed].
• ERP implementation experience (SAP, Oracle, Workday) or large digital transformation programs.
• Cloud migration exposure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Six Sigma / Lean certification a plus.