Senior Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Oversee the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful completion of intricate, cross-departmental projects.

• Manage all stages of the project lifecycle in accordance with EPMO governance standards.

• Provide guidance to stakeholders at various organizational levels.

• Organize and facilitate project governance, planning, status updates, risk assessments, and executive steering committee meetings.

• Create executive-level communications, dashboards, and status reports for projects.

• Collaborate with sponsors and cross-functional teams to define project objectives, scope, success metrics, and business outcomes.

• Maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, communication strategies, and governance documents.

• Identify risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies, and formulate mitigation and contingency strategies.

• Facilitate team meetings and address complex project challenges effectively.

• Cultivate relationships across business units, technology teams, vendors, and executive leadership.

• Lead cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.

• Handle multiple concurrent projects and navigate competing priorities efficiently.

• Monitor KPIs and milestones, communicate progress, and suggest corrective measures as needed.

• Ensure adherence to project management, governance, SDLC, and quality standards.

• Independently manage strategic initiatives with minimal oversight.

• Oversee vendor and third-party relationships, deliverables, performance, and associated risks.

• Maintain resource plans and resolve conflicts related to capacity and priorities.

• Track benefits realization throughout the project lifecycle and after implementation.

• Evaluate organizational impacts, readiness, adoption, training, communications, and transition requirements.

• Utilize project management technology, analytics, and AI-enabled tools to enhance delivery efficiency.

• Coach and mentor stakeholders on project management methodologies and governance best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• A minimum of 10 years of Project Management experience, including experience at the program level.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is mandatory.

• Excellent leadership and communication abilities.

• Capability to adapt to changing priorities, demands, and timelines.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience in managing project resources, third-party vendors, and cross-functional capacity constraints within a matrixed environment.

• Familiarity with integrated change control, organizational readiness, and stakeholder adoption in enterprise settings.

• Experience with OKR/KPI frameworks and benefits realization.

• Executive presence with the ability to influence without direct authority.

• Outstanding verbal, written, collaboration, and team-building skills.

• Ability to organize, coordinate, and execute details while maintaining a focus on the overall vision.

• Proficiency in managing multiple concurrent projects.

• Skill in working effectively both in teams and as an independent contributor.

• Systems-thinking abilities with decisiveness in resolving business challenges, making decisions, and identifying priorities.

• Creative and collaborative problem-solving capabilities.

• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• Familiarity with Monday.com, Jira, and Confluence (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Option for remote work.

• Assurance of confidentiality for applicant information under EEO guidelines.