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Step Up For Students · 1 day ago

Senior Project Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Step Up For Students is dedicated to empowering families to pursue appropriate learning options for their children. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for delivering complex projects, collaborating with executives and stakeholders to define objectives and ensure successful execution while driving improvements and stakeholder engagement.

AssociationEducationNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead large-scale, highly complex projects ensuring all milestones and key tasks are completed on time and within budget

Ensure strict adherence to Enterprise Project Management (EPM) standards, frameworks, and governance protocols to maintain compliance and drive consistent, high-quality project execution

Manage remediation projects by facilitating root cause identification, developing corrective action plans, and driving execution to restore compliance, mitigate risk, and ensure long-term resolution

Drive sponsor engagement in defining the business case, project objectives, scope, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders

Develop a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, resource allocation, budget, and dependencies

Lead risk and issue identification with a proactive and strategic approach, ensuring timely and effective mitigation throughout the project lifecycle

Oversee and administer the monitoring of project progress, the tracking of milestones, and ensuring adherence to established schedules and budgets

Own and deliver timely, comprehensive, and pragmatic communications on project status, risks, and issues to C-Suite executives, department leaders, and key stakeholders, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making

Lead cross-functional teams across the organization providing leadership, guidance, and support, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment as the project management subject matter expert

Manage third-party vendors and partners, ensuring they are held accountable for achieving project tasks, milestones and goals within the agreed-upon time, budget, and scope

Engage stakeholders to build strong relationships, understand their requirements, and translate feedback into actionable plans that address needs and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle

Adhere to change management methodology to effectively manage project goals and objectives

Engage and manage stakeholders impacted by change by identifying potential risks, communicating downstream impacts, and developing targeted stakeholder engagement and communication plans to ensure effective change adoption

Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement by applying best practices, capturing lessons learned, and translating insights into actionable enhancements for future projects

Proactively identify, introduce and apply new industry trends, emerging technologies, and project management methodologies within the project management organization

Independently execute responsibilities with a high degree of accuracy and accountability

Utilize Clarity PPM to manage projects including timelines, budgets, resources, time tracking, risks, issues, decisions, assumptions and dependencies ensuring accurate reporting and tracking

The above is not an all-inclusive list of all duties performed by this job title, incumbents may be required to perform other additional duties as assigned

Qualification

Stakeholder EngagementRisk ManagementClarity PPMProject ManagementPMP CertificationMicrosoft ProjectChange ManagementAnalytical SkillsLeadershipCommunication SkillsProblem-SolvingAttention to Detail

Required

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and/or a master's degree in business administration, Computer Science or a related field, or a minimum of 15 years of professional experience

Demonstrated success and a proven track record in professional/life experience in specific job functions, projects, or industries, and military service can substitute for the formal education requirements

10+ years of experience in a senior project management role in the IT, Finance and Banking industries

10+ years of proven experience in managing large/complex enterprise-wide IT and Finance project implementations

10+ years using Microsoft Project or similar project management software tool

Preferred

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Experience with a PPM system such as Clarity (preferred) or another PPM tool

Benefits

Medical - HSA/FSA - Dental - Vision

Company Paid Disability - Life Insurance

401K Match - Tuition Reimbursement

Generous Time off Policy - Professional Development

Company

Step Up For Students

Step Up For Students helps administer two scholarships; one for economically disadvantaged students.

Founded in 2001

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.stepupforstudents.org/

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