CBTS is a company that serves enterprise and midmarket clients across the United States and Canada, providing a range of technology solutions. The Professional Services Project Manager is responsible for leading client-facing technology consulting engagements, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget while managing scope, schedule, and customer communication.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end project delivery for Professional Services engagements, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality commitments are met
- Create, maintain, and publish detailed project plans and schedules aligned to Statement of Work (SOW) deliverables
- Facilitate project kickoff meetings, recurring status meetings, and milestone reviews with customers and internal teams
- Coordinate cross functional delivery resources, including engineers, architects, consultants, and third-party vendors
- Manage project financials, including budget tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis (budget vs. actuals)
- Track billable milestones, ensure timely invoicing events, and partner with finance to address unbilled or aging revenue
- Support revenue forecasting and maintain accurate financial reporting throughout the project lifecycle
- Act as the primary point of contact for all project related communications with the customer
- Provide clear, accurate, and timely project status updates to customers and internal leadership
- Proactively manage customer expectations and drive issue resolution to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks; develop and execute contingency plans as needed
- Own issue escalation and resolution, collaborating with delivery leadership when necessary
- Manage project change requests, including impact assessment, customer approval, and documentation
- Ensure adherence to PMO methodologies, templates, and governance standards (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid)
- Maintain accurate and complete project documentation, including schedules, status reports, meeting notes, and acceptance records
- Support continuous improvement initiatives by documenting lessons learned and best practices
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of project management experience in Professional Services or IT consulting environments
- Demonstrated experience managing client facing projects with financial accountability
- Strong working knowledge of project management tools (e.g. Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and executive stakeholders
- PMP, PMP-ACP, or equivalent project management certification
- Experience delivering infrastructure, cloud, security, or enterprise technology projects
- Familiarity with Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced consulting environment
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)