Project Manager

Overview

A Sr. Project Manager is responsible for driving the overall success of moderately complex or larger projects, leading the PowerPlan and client project teams, while keeping the project on schedule, on budget and on time using the PowerMe tools and methodology.  Challenges include scope creep, budget management in the face of technical issues, client expectations, risk management and issue resolution, proactive project budget management, the change order process and forecasting, and learning how to negotiate with clients with an understanding of the client’s political environment.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge and successful application of PowerMe tools and delivery methodology, PowerPlan policies and project related constraints.
• Successful execution of on time, on schedule, within scope and budget of moderately complex or larger sized projects.
• Creation of a moderately complex or larger sized project work schedule / plans and has managed project execution from the plan, start to finish.
• Maintains and logs written issues and risks in the risk/issue log that clearly describe the issue or risk and its impact.
• Creates weekly written status reports using PowerMe template that are both clearly written and accurate for internal and client readers.
• Initiates and manages critical, difficult or otherwise unwelcome conversations with the client.
• Creates, persuades customer acceptance of and marshals internally, moderately complex and/or larger sized change orders for scope expansion and budget management and / or next project
• Accurately and proactively forecast and manages multiple concurrent project budgets over the life of the projects
• Maintains moderately complex or larger sized project EACs accurately and synchronizes each to the project PSA records each week. Reports current forecasted financial outlooks from memory in internal meetings when asked.
• Completes weekly PSA record updates, approves time cards and expense reports before deadlines.
• Crafts clear and well written status notes describing the project risks, issues and next steps for PSA records.
• Regularly initiates and manages critical, difficult or otherwise unwelcome conversations with the client related to a project while maintaining the client relationship
• Regularly leads project status calls both internal (within team and cross-functionally) and client facing, including detailed status reporting, and issue resolution discussion to mutual agreement. Follows up with clearly written agreements and next steps. 
• Achieved the PMI Project Management Professional certification exam
• Successfully manages multiple complex projects at once to completion
• Regularly negotiates moderately complex issues to resolution and customer acceptance of the proposed solution while maintaining the project scope and budget with customer.
• Takes responsibility for and accepts accountability for project financials and overall health of the project and team
• Escalates critical project issues to PowerPlan Manager and PowerPlan Senior Leadership team for support and assistance. Clearly and succinctly explains issues, the customer’s position, and the impact on project financials, schedule or scope from memory in internal calls when asked. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• 5-8 years of enterprise project management experience in technical / software engagements.
• Project Management Professional Certification.
• Agile Project Management experience preferred.
• Excellent, effective communication skills, including:
  • verbal, written, listening and presentation skills.
  • ability to engage and successfully interact with the client and project team at all levels.
• Consulting and client/project team relationship-building skills.
• Strong technical background.
• Ability to establish oneself as a trusted advisor to client, project team and PowerPlan colleagues.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

Why join us? 

PowerPlan is a great place to work.  Our culture is one of excellence, innovation, empowerment, professionalism, and caring about our customers, communities, and employees.   We have built an action-oriented culture of integrity and trust, creating a sense of team spirit at both the departmental and company-wide levels.  At PowerPlan, we have great employees and know that they are critical to the company’s success. 

Values we live by to achieve our success are:

• Customer Success
• Excellence
• Innovation & Empowerment
• Integrity & Professionalism
• Accountability
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Winning

We are looking to add strong candidates that uphold the PowerPlan Professional Services values and are eager to grow and develop their careers with us. If you share these values and enjoy a work environment that is fast paced, hands on, and results oriented, then PowerPlan is the place for you.

PowerPlan is an EOE

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Please note that this is a hybrid role that involves a combination of onsite work from our corporate office as well as work from home. While we strive to accommodate flexible working arrangements when sensible, there will be times when onsite work is required. This could include scheduled office days, team meetings, client meetings, or special events.