Senior Project Manager (Contract)

BlastX Consulting is a strategic digital experience consulting firm, and they are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead project execution and resource coordination. In this contract role, the Senior Project Manager will ensure on-time delivery of projects while managing client relationships and facilitating effective communication with consulting teams.

Responsibilities:

• Build strong relationships with clients to support measurable and impactful working relationships
• Serve as a key point of contact for project stakeholders, supporting the consulting team in communications with the client
• Ensure on-time, on-budget, and in-scope delivery of defined projects that deliver a high degree of client value and satisfaction
• Understand each client's business, goals and priorities, translating strategic plans into actionable project plans, tasks and timelines for the delivery team
• Work with consulting teams to ensure successful deliverables and outcomes are attained and that project value and impact are effectively tracked. Examples include Account Plans, scoped deliverables and client stories
• Assist in the coordination of high-impact meetings, developing detailed agendas and tracking action items and next steps
• Facilitate effective meetings focused on outcomes. Participate in discussions and ensure action items are identified, tracked and completed
• Partner with consultant teams to identify and present new client growth opportunities through the sales cycle
• Responsible for risk mitigation on all assigned projects: Identified risks and mitigation strategies and escalate as appropriate
• Act as the central traffic and resource coordinator for assigned clients, managing workflows, project plans and team assignments to ensure all commitments are delivered by their assigned dates
• Develop and maintain accurate resource projections and capacity plans, proactively identifying the need for an increase of decrease in assigned resources to maintain delivery excellence
• Effectively lead project ceremonies, including resource planning, prioritization, stand-ups and retrospectives and deliverable reviews to ensure quality and timeliness
• Manage and prioritize any project backlog in collaboration with consulting leads to ensure work aligns with client objectives and team capacity
• Identify, track, communicate and mitigate project risks, particularly those related to resource constraints, dependencies, timelines and cost overruns
• Help ensure the highest level of quality for all project deliverables by coordinating and managing quality assurance checks and review cycles
• Responsible for creating and maintaining clear project documentation, including project plans, resource forecasts, issue and task logs and status reports

Requirements:

• 5+ years of project management experience within consulting or professional services
• 4+ years experience directly interacting with clients
• Familiarity with digital experience disciplines such as Analytics, MarTech, CX Strategy, Experimentation, or Tag Management
• Proven success delivering projects in Agile/Scrum environments
• Experience in resource planning, forecasting, and multi-team coordination
• Strong critical thinking, organization, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills and executive presence, with the ability to translate complex or technical information into clear plans
• Deep experience with Confluence/JIRA (or similar tools like Asana, Monday, ClickUp)
• Experience with Microsoft Project or similar PM tools
• Ability to work effectively in a remote consulting environment
• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience
• May require additional background checks for work with government clients
• PMP certification preferred
• Eastern or Midwest time zone preferred