Senior Project Manager

About this Position:

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Expected tasks and responsibilities:

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders.

• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets.

• Establish governance structure, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.

• Lead the day-to-day management of project teams, ensuring alignment to the plan.

• Track progress against schedule and budget; take corrective action as needed.

• Manage scope changes via a formal change control process.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with sponsors, customers, and other stakeholders.

• Facilitate steering committee meetings, status updates, and decision-making sessions.

• Monitor project budgets, forecasts, and actual costs.

• Report variances and recommend adjustments.

• Identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues, including development of mitigation and contingency plans.

• Escalate critical risks/issues to leadership when necessary.

• Lead cross-functional teams, including vendors and contractors.

• Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to project managers or coordinators.

• Foster collaboration and problem-solving within the team.

• Ensure adherence to organizational PMO standards, methodologies, and templates.

• Maintain proper documentation for audits, compliance, or lessons learned.

• Ensure regulatory and contractual requirements are met.

• Produce clear, accurate project status reports, dashboards, and presentations.

• Translate technical or complex updates into business-friendly language for executives.

• Keep stakeholders informed of progress, risks, and decisions needed.

Experience / Qualifications:

• 7 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience, including leading enterprise-wide or highly complex projects.

• Proven track record managing large teams across departments, geographies, and possibly vendors or contractors.

• Deep knowledge of both predictive (Waterfall) and adaptive (Agile/Hybrid) methodologies, with the ability to choose the right approach for the project.

• Demonstrated experience managing large budgets, and cost forecasting.

• Proven ability to proactively identify, assess, and resolve high-impact risks/issues.

• Experience working with government agencies.

• Experience leading organizational change initiatives, including stakeholder adoption and process transition.