Senior Project Manager (Temp)

The Center for Policing Equity (CPE) is seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager to lead a high-visibility initiative aiming to improve health equity for women of color. This role oversees deliverables across complex workstreams, including survey and dashboard development.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Senior Science Advisor’s project oversight by proactively managing the scope, timeline, and budget in alignment with the signed work agreement
• Build, track, and monitor the project plan, in Asana, with milestones, tasks, and relevant dependencies outlined
• Collaborate with the Senior Science Advisor to monitor project goals and success metrics
• Coordinate with the full project team, including internal and external stakeholders to monitor progress on, and blockers to, project deliverables
• Identify and escalate risks and mitigation strategies in a timely manner, coordinating with the appropriate stakeholders to successfully resolve them
• Generate agendas for recurring project team meetings, making sure to incorporate enough lead time for input
• Document key decisions and needs during internal and external project meetings, ensuring timely follow-up on next steps
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with the project team and leadership stakeholders through written and verbal updates
• Organize and maintain up-to-date project documentation to support collaboration between all members of the project team
• Facilitate an effective project close process, holding a retrospective and ensuring all relevant files are accurate and accessible to stakeholders, and that any information needed to inform future scopes of work is readily available
• Coordinate cross-functionally with other PMO team members to ensure project resource allocation is balanced against other project priorities
• Consult regularly with the Portfolio Manager to discuss project progress and (where necessary) adapt project management strategies
• Other duties as assigned by the Portfolio Manager

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of project management experience
• Demonstrated experience with project management methodologies and tools
• Ability and willingness to adapt and apply new tools and processes in a maturing organization
• Proficient in project management software and strong organizational skills
• Ability to handle ambiguity and juggle multiple priorities at the same time
• Ability and willingness to adapt to change
• Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Strong commitment to racial justice and passion for CPE's mission
• Experience working in a remote environment