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Project manager

SECURE RPO LLCLexington, MA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 10 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Project Manager role offers significant growth potential leading high-visibility, complex projects within a reputable organization, with hybrid flexibility to support work-life balance. You'll thrive if you're a strategic thinker adept at team leadership and stakeholder communication. Apply today to make a substantial impact!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
Lexington, MA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
Continuous ImprovementPMPProcess ImprovementWaterfall

Job Description

Job Title: Project Manager
Project Duration: 36+ months
Location: Lexington, MA Hybrid (2-3 days/wk)
 
Position Overview
The selected candidate will serve as Project Manager responsible for executing multiple high-visibility, high-risk, and complex projects in collaboration with other Departments and Divisions.
 
Responsibilities
  • Create and maintain project plans, communicate tasks and milestone dates, and lead project teams.
  • Develop the project charter and business case, RAID log, communications plan, requirements traceability matrix, project benefits and value statements, and define project metrics as applicable.
  • Swiftly identify and communicate project gaps and risks.
  • Communicate project status reporting to stakeholders, management, and Laboratory senior management as required.
  • Collaborate on high-visibility Digital Enterprise Transformation projects with the Business Transformation Office and other Departments and Divisions.
  • Provide leadership and direction to the vertical teams for the evaluation of project feasibility, development of business cases, establishment of priorities, monitoring progress, continual evaluation of project status, and resource utilization from project inception to post-deployment closeout.
  • Lead Continuous Improvement projects and be responsible for assessing process efficiency and strategic plan alignment across the Department.
  • Contribute to the mission of maturing the SPMO.
  • Build relationships, manage, and negotiate in a matrixed environment.
 
Required Qualifications
Qualification
Assessment
Bachelor's Degree
Must Have
Program/Project Management OR Analysis
8 years
Creating and managing project timelines and milestone tracking
8 years
Creating integrated communication plans across workstreams
8 years
Issue Resolution
8 years
Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)
8 years
PLM (Project Lifecycle Management)
8 years
PMBOK
8 years
Preparing Status Reports
8 years
Process improvement experience
8 years
Project Management
8 years
Waterfall Methodology
8 years
Work with Cross-Functional Teams
8 years
MS Windows and MS Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
8 years
Strong team communication
Must Have
Strong verbal and written communication
Must Have
 
Additional Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in business management or computer science is a large plus. A master's degree or MBA is preferred.
  • At least 8 years of experience managing complex, high-visibility projects in a matrixed environment.
  • PMP Certified.
  • Selected candidate must be a reliable self-starter who makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions.
  • Ability to work independently under minimal supervision, with the demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex situations, follow up when necessary, and respond to customer needs.
  • Must possess mature judgment and a cooperative attitude toward working in a close-knit team environment.
  • Must be able to set priorities and handle multiple tasks.
  • Must be able to organize assignments within given timeframes and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience creating and maintaining project plans that communicate tasks, milestone dates, and status.
  • Experience developing project documents such as project charters, communications plans, requirement metrics, and similar documents.
  • Experience communicating project status reports to stakeholders, management, and Laboratory Senior Management.
  • Experience balancing risk, efficiency of execution, quality of results, and SPMO process requirements in the fulfillment of departmental and Laboratory goals.
  • Ability to adapt to changes in priorities and course of direction.
  • Familiarity with business software: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Office, etc.
  • Previous experience managing IT projects is a large plus.
Work Arrangement
  • Hybrid / Virtual / Work from Home.
  • Candidate should expect to be onsite 2–3 days/week dependent on project needs.
Clearance
  • Interim clearance is sufficient to start.
Interview Process
  • Initial interview screening via Zoom.
  • Second round will be with PMO members.
  • Final round interview will be with executive SSD leadership.
  • Interviews can be conducted via Zoom.

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