Senior Project Manager

Next Orbits INC is seeking a highly accomplished Senior Project Manager – Control Tower to lead and operationalize enterprise-level governance, visibility, and performance management across complex, cross-functional initiatives. This role functions as the central 'Control Tower' for business initiatives, ensuring structured oversight, risk transparency, milestone adherence, executive reporting, and cross-team alignment.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and manage the Control Tower governance framework across multiple enterprise initiatives
• Provide centralized oversight of concurrent business programs spanning operations, process improvement, tooling adoption, analytics enablement, training, and change management
• Standardize delivery governance including:
• Portfolio dashboards
• Plan / Do / Check / Act cadence
• RAID logs
• Milestone tracking
• Dependency mapping
• Escalation frameworks
• Deliver executive-level reporting summarizing initiative health, risks, financial impact, and business outcomes
• Ensure alignment across business leaders, operations teams, IT partners, PMs, and external vendors
• Monitor schedule performance (Oracle P6 / Procore environments), risk exposure, and cross-project dependencies
• Identify systemic delivery bottlenecks and implement corrective action frameworks
• Facilitate structured governance forums including steering committees, executive reviews, and cross-functional sync meetings
• Step into in-flight initiatives to establish structured reporting, visibility, and risk mitigation processes
• Translate portfolio-level data into clear business insights for senior leadership
• Coordinate closely with platform owners (Salesforce, ServiceNow, ClickUp, Oracle P6, Procore) without assuming technical ownership

Requirements:

• PMP or equivalent certification
• Enterprise governance & cross-functional coordination experience
• Control Tower / PMO / Portfolio oversight exposure
• 9+ years of progressive experience in project/program management within large enterprise environments
• Proven experience in PMO, Portfolio Management, or Control Tower environments
• Strong ability to lead through influence across cross-functional business units
• Experience implementing structured governance and delivery oversight frameworks
• Exceptional organizational and analytical skills
• Executive-level communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership
• Demonstrated ability to create standardized reporting and performance dashboards
• Experience in construction, infrastructure, or capital project environments
• Portfolio or enterprise-level performance management exposure
• Experience flexing between project-level execution and enterprise-level oversight
• Familiarity with agile, hybrid, and traditional enterprise delivery models
• Exposure to enterprise transformation or operational excellence initiatives