Sr. Project Manager

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Employment Type

Worksite Flexibility

Job Summary

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to lead business application and technology-driven initiatives based on the company's goals and needs. This position will be full-time and remote in Long Beach, CA.

What You'll Do

• Developing project charters and plans, facilitating meetings, tracking project status, managing risks and issues, coordinating with vendors and the teams, and preparing executive status updates

• Additional responsibilities may include creating project deliverables and analyzing business requirements and system design

• The Senior Project Manager must actively structure and drive projects forward while solving problems along the way

• They will go beyond schedule tracking by engaging in business analysis, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and vendor coordination

• Ensure projects follow industry best practices in project and portfolio management

• Manage multiple projects with broad scope, ambiguity, and complexity

• Provide structure and direction, ensuring alignment between business objectives and technical solutions

• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, and deliverables, proactively managing risks, scope, and dependencies

• Oversee vendor and in-house project teams, ensuring projects progress within time and budget constraints

• Monitor costs, schedules, and project health, providing regular updates to leadership and escalating issues proactively when necessary

• Analyze and refine business and functional requirements to ensure clarity and feasibility not just document them

• Assess process impacts, define success criteria, and support change management efforts by identifying and addressing potential adoption challenges

• Ensure smooth communication between technical teams and business stakeholders, bridging gaps between business needs and technical feasibility

• Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely delivery of system enhancements, upgrades, or implementations

• Manage vendor relationships, including contract agreements, software renewals, and issue escalation

• Identify potential risks early and proactively implement mitigation strategies

• Maintain a structured RAID log to track risks, actions, issues and decisions, ensuring visibility and accountability

• Navigate established governance structures to manage escalations, change requests, and decision-making processes

What You'll Need

Required:

• The ideal candidate is comfortable bridging business and IT, ensuring business needs and technical feasibility align

• They should be highly adaptable, able to step into any project, create structure, and drive execution

• 10-15 years of project management experience, with a strong background in business applications, system upgrades, and enterprise IT initiatives

• Proven ability to manage both business and IT projects from initiation through closure

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with experience creating and presenting executive-level communications

• Ability to step into a business analyst role as neededgathering requirements, mapping workflows, and aligning business needs with technical solutions

• Experience managing vendor contracts, licensing agreements, and external service providers

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, best practices, and structured PMO frameworks

• Experience leading change management and process improvement initiatives

• Strong understanding of SDLC processes, IT governance, and risk management

• Experience managing both custom and packaged software solutions, including system integration (requirements, design, testing, and implementation)

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment, effectively collaborating with technical and nontechnical stakeholders

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, Teams, Visio, and SharePoint

• Ability to handle ambiguity and make decisions and recommendations with limited data

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to identify solutions to complex problems

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Experience working in both structured and unstructured project environments, bringing clarity where needed

• Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management

• Experience with project management techniques and tools

• Proven experience in people management, risk management, and issue management

• Ability to manage stressful situations, delegate tasks, and facilitate collaboration

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, Management Information Systems, or equivalent

Preferred:

• PMP certification preferred

• ITIL certification or experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) is a plus

• Strong preference for consulting experience

• Experience in government or large enterprise environments is beneficial

Physical Demands

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards

• Sedentary work that involves sitting or remaining stationary most of the time with occasional need to move around the office to attend meetings, etc.

• Ability to conduct repetitive tasks on a computer, utilizing a mouse, keyboard, and monitor

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

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Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement

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