Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead complex, high-impact projects from initiation through successful delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong project leadership, stakeholder management, planning, risk management, and communication skills, with a proven ability to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the full lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closure.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and success criteria.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage cross-functional teams and coordinate activities across business, technology, operations, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Track project progress, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and change requests.
• Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resource utilization, and financial reporting.
• Facilitate project status meetings and provide regular updates to executive leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure project deliverables meet agreed quality, scope, timeline, and compliance requirements.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and resolve conflicts or escalations effectively.
• Coordinate with vendors, partners, and third-party service providers when required.
• Establish project governance, documentation standards, communication plans, and reporting processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes and methodologies.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Lead project closure activities, including lessons learned, documentation, and transition to operations or support teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in project management, with significant experience leading complex projects.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams and large-scale initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
• Experience with project planning, budgeting, resource management, risk management, and governance.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, or Scrum certification.
• Experience with enterprise technology, digital transformation, cloud, ERP, or software development projects.
• Experience working with senior executives and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of financial management, project governance, and organizational change management.
• Experience managing external vendors and contracts.

Key Skills

• Project & Program Management
• Project Planning & Scheduling
• Budget & Resource Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Change Management
• Agile / Scrum / Waterfall
• Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Executive Reporting
• Conflict Resolution
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Communication & Presentation
• Project Governance

Key Performance Indicators

• On-time and on-budget project delivery
• Achievement of project objectives and milestones
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Effective risk and issue resolution
• Resource utilization and budget adherence
• Quality of project deliverables
• Successful transition and project closure