Project Manager III

Role Overview

• Develops comprehensive project management plans, including scope, schedule, and cost baselines.
• Conducts project kick-off meetings and ensures clear understanding of goals and deliverables among stakeholders.
• Allocates and manages project resources (personnel, budget, equipment) to ensure optimal project execution.
• Identifies and addresses resource gaps proactively.
• Serves as the primary interface to clients, sponsors, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Conducts regular status meetings and communicates project progress and risks.
• Establishes, monitors, and controls project schedules and budgets, ensuring alignment with contract requirements.
• Tracks performance and prepares detailed status reports.
• Identifies, assesses, and develops mitigation strategies for project risks and issues.
• Maintains risk registers and drives timely resolution of escalated matters.
• Ensures adherence to project quality standards, policies, and best practices.
• Oversees reviews, testing, and validation processes to ensure deliverable compliance.
• Monitors project scope, manages change control processes, and coordinates activities resulting from change orders or contract modifications.
• Ensures project execution in accordance with applicable contract terms, regulations, and organizational policies.
• Prepares and submits compliance and status documentation as required.
• Provides leadership to project teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.
• Mentors junior team members and facilitates professional growth.
• Collects performance metrics, analyzes data, and generates progress reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Recommends process improvements based on lessons learned.
• Leads project closeout activities, including final deliverable acceptance, lessons learned sessions, documentation archiving, and contract closure.
• Identifies and implements process enhancements and efficiency measures based on project outcomes and team feedback

Requirements

• 10 years of managing projects with implementations across large organizations.
• 10 years of experience in research, gather, assemble, correlate, and analyze facts; to devise solutions to problems; and to prepare concise reports and/or to analyze and solve complex and difficult problems.
• 10 years of experience overseeing the development of SDLC artifacts, ensure business requirements get translated into technical specifications, guide, and facilitate the SDLC process.
• 10 years of experience with developing and maintaining strong relationships with multiple project sponsors and stakeholders.
• 10 years of experience with the ability to appropriately summarize and escalate issues and develop and present weekly status updates and conduct regular project team meetings.
• 10 years with the ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• 8 years of Agile methodology, overseeing and tracking development progress, and ensuring project assignments align with project timelines.
• 8 years of Agile Experience
• Managing the project with feature driven sprints.
• 8 years of experience leading and drive multi-million dollar software and IT projects.
• Must be able to pass a background check.

Tech Stack

• SDLC

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability options
• Basic Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Voluntary Life and AD&D options
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with matching after one year
• Paid Time Off