Senior Project Manager Job Description

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading teams to deliver projects that span across one or more business units. Will manage resources, schedules, and financials throughout the project's life cycle. This includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.

The Senior Project Manager will run the project on a day-to-day basis, make sure that the project produces the required deliverables within the specified constraints of time and cost, and achieve the desired results.

Senior Project Manager Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects
• 3+ years of experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint, with experience presenting to stakeholders and / or Senior Leadership
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross- functional environment
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities
• Experience negotiating vendor contracts
• Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Experience in successfully leading projects and programs on-time, on-schedule. and within budget parameters
• Experience leading, motivating, and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executives, sponsors, team members, stakeholders, and peers.
• Senior Project Manager top skills and proficiencies:
• Developing Budgets
• Coaching and mentoring
• Quality analysis and control
• Staffing and team building
• Project management best practices
• Process Improvement
• Strategic planning
• Performance management
• Attention to detail
• Data analysis
• High stress tolerance
• Time and resource management
• Documentation and reporting
• Risk analysis and mitigation.
  

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