Apply on Employer Site

ZS · 1 month ago

Senior Technology Project Manager

Princeton, NJ

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

6+ years exp

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on improving life through data, science, and technology. The Senior Technology Project Manager will lead program planning and execution, collaborating with senior leadership to drive critical initiatives and ensure successful delivery of outcomes for clients.

ConsultingManagement ConsultingMarketing

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with team and clients to drive program inception, defining tangible outcomes, scope, and prioritization; distilling workstreams and deliverables, and key metrics milestones, and success metrics

Translate business needs into actionable efforts and delivery roadmaps

Ensure end-to-end and cross-workstream understanding of the program objectives

Establish governance, roles and responsibilities, communications and reporting approach and cadence, and ways of working with client and ZS teams and leaders

Provide leadership to select, tailor, setup, and drive buy-in for a robust PMO framework for effective delivery and execution

Ensure that the delivery approach is realistic and optimized, and aligned with deal economics

Lead end-to-end planning and execution for large programs, with multiple projects or workstreams, including technology transformation, system implementation, digital enablement, and data/analytics initiatives

Program execution by leading program delivery for key strategic initiatives, drive the program efforts to ensure the program generates early traction and maintains forward momentum

Identify areas of complexity within the program, and proactively engage with stakeholders to define success criteria and direction to address challenges, pivoting as needed to achieve successful outcomes

Participate and lead unstructured problem solving with the team and client on issues which arise during the course of a large program

Lead program delivery for key workstreams across strategic initiatives, drive the program activities to ensure the program generates early traction and maintains forward momentum

Partner with senior program leaders and client stakeholders to plan, and lead key initiatives

Enables successful delivery of the client engagements

Continuously seeks areas of opportunities to improve project management practices and add value to teams

Conducts regular periodic meetings with all PMOs and project leads

Advise leadership and/or business leaders about the project portfolio, status and resource planning for delivering strategic business Initiatives

Manage PMO resource allocations and ensure that the scope and budget are in control

Ensures that project status, issues and successes are communicated and documented

Responsible for coordinating project review meetings with the PMO or project team and business review meetings with senior project and client leadership

Perform regular project performance updates (e.g., financials, utilization, SLA metrics)

Responsible for PMO processes and tools (e. g, project charter, Decision Logs, ticket management system, issue management, communication and reporting, knowledge management, etc.)

Manage and document any risk management processes, proactively identify and highlight risks and develop appropriate contingency plans or escalate as needed

Lead junior PMO team members engaged in the program

Responsible for mentoring junior PMO team members and providing the direction required for meeting the project objectives

Partner with senior program leaders and client stakeholders to plan, and lead key initiatives

Serve as a critical point of contact for project sponsors and leadership

Build a strong network and trusted relationships with key client stakeholders to foster long-term partnerships and future opportunitiies

Add value by incorporating best of the class practices, models, ideas

Engage with client counterparts on delivery or project management issues, including tools/processes that are jointly led by ZS and client

Work directly with client counterparts to update and share performance summaries (financials, utilization, SLA metrics) with key stakeholders

Collaborate with the client team to set up meetings, workshops & seminars. Facilitate workshops, status meetings, executive updates, and decision-making forums

Partner with ZS PMO organization, and more broadly with ZS teams, to identify opportunities for follow on or adjacent engagements

Qualification

Program ManagementStakeholder ManagementAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementPMP CertificationData AnalyticsCommunication SkillsLeadership SkillsClient-first MentalityFluency in EnglishCollaborative SpiritProblem-solving Approach

Required

Graduate/post-graduate in any discipline with 6 to 10 years of relevant experience in Project Management

Prior experience with program and PMO activity for large business transformations, or implementation of Technology or Digital strategy; experience managing large PMO vertical and client accounts

Prior experience in a consulting or client-facing role is a must have; communication, facilitation, and executive presence are critical for success in the role

Experience in large scale transformation programs with multiple stakeholders, complicated data dependencies, intersecting workstreams, and project change management

Thorough understanding of project management phases, techniques, and tools & reporting

Strong proficiency and hands-on experience with project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and hybrid

Strong understanding of projects KPIs and SLAs

Experience managing multiple projects at once and ensuring priority of issues and risks

Strong ability to implement project delivery processes, excellent oral and written communication skills, leadership skills and self-motivation, polished interpersonal skills, customer focus

Proactive, identifies opportunities/challenges and takes initiative

Comfortable with ambiguity and willing to roll up his/her sleeves to achieve project success, thrives on unstructured projects and problem-solving

Keen focus on running program management like a business, and ability to embrace and elevate program management in a client-facing, management consulting context

Fluency in English

Client-first mentality

Intense work ethic

Collaborative spirit and problem-solving approach

Preferred

Life Science, Healthcare, or Pharma experience is preferred - Adjacent regulated industry delivery experience, may also be considered

Strong knowledge of PMI and Agile project management standards and PMI/PMP, Prince2, or SAFe/Agile certification desired

Benefits

Health and well-being

Financial planning

Annual leave

Personal growth and professional development

Robust skills development programs

Multiple career progression options

Internal mobility paths

Collaborative culture

Company

ZS

Glassdoor3.7

ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that partners with companies to improve life and how we live it.

Founded in 1983

Evanston, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.zs.com/

H1B Sponsorship

ZS has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (351)

2024 (297)

2023 (251)

2022 (440)

2021 (292)

2020 (164)