Senior Project Manager Jobs

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

The Senior Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis. Verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks and issues
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline
• Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes
• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as needed
• Act as an internal quality control check for the project
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business needs
• Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards
• Monitor the performance of staff
• Performance reviews and staff development
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
• Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices
• Manage project scope and changes
• Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team, analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas
• Other duties as assigned
• Demonstrate a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
• Define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services
• Monitor staff performance and complete performance reviews
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
• Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders
• Set and continually manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverable with team members and stakeholders
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables
• Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract
• Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
• Proven success in providing on site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Establish practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
• Provide on-site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones

Qualifications:

• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Must be able to learn, understand and apply new technologies
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Team-building skills with technical and non-technical staff
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands
• Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives
• Experience in successfully leading projects and programs to on-time, on-schedule and within budget close
• Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations
• Technically competent with various software programs, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Bluebeam, and Procore
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executives sponsors, team members, stakeholders and peers
• Research best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results
• Experience negotiating vendor contracts
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Strong experience presenting to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, all levels of management
• Flexible with proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Required qualifications:

• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective
• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, Procore and Bluebeam
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment