Senior Project Manager leading and overseeing multiple projects to meet organizational goals and deadlines. Managing scope, budgets, risks, and cross-functional team collaboration to ensure success.
Responsibilities
Managing the collaboration between internal teams and external consultants to ensure timely task completion, promoting accountability, teamwork, and motivation.
Facilitates decision-making by building consensus, navigating challenges, and overcoming interpersonal obstacles. Leads the implementation of team decisions to avoid decision delays.
Demonstrates inclusivity and integrity within the project team and across the organization.
Advocates for the team during difficult situations.
Applies project planning frameworks to manage programs and contribute to portfolio management.
Directly leads medium to large projects with nominal or medium complexity, developing medium complexity timelines for project completion, with alternative plans in place if needed.
Establish and monitor project budgets, ensuring alignment with approved financial targets and timelines.
Setup and maintain project scope within approved baseline budget, using negotiations and adjustments where necessary.
Manage the triple constraints (schedule, scope, budget) to achieve consistent, predictable outcomes.
Develop and maintain a risk registry, assess and mitigate business and technical risks, and work with project sponsors to manage the risk plan.
Utilize risk management tools to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, adjusting resources and budgets as needed.
Anticipate risks to project success and develop proactive strategies to minimize impact.
Collaborate with product management to translate customer needs into project requirements.
Prepare and deliver presentations to business partners, executives, and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of project status and urgency.
Present creative solutions to project challenges while conveying the appropriate level of expertise to executives.
Facilitate program retrospectives, gather insights, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
Cultivate a culture that embraces change and innovation, positioning uncertainty as an opportunity for growth.
Support team members in adapting to change and manage the impact of change initiatives.
Collaborate with relevant teams to address risks and disruptions caused by changes.
Plan and implement change management strategies, assess impacts, and adjust plans as necessary.
Set up and launch Agile projects following Domain-Driven Design principles (e.g., SPADO).
Adapt to new domains of expertise as required and contribute to technical release scheduling.
Utilize tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira to track and manage projects.
Requirements
Undergraduate degree in a related field of study (i.e. business, computer science, communications, etc.)
Membership in PMI and PMP certification actively in progress
5-8 years proven track record of experience in a project management role with preference given to those with data management and/or agile delivery experience
Solid understanding of Project Management and SDLC methodologies
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