Senior Project Manager

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business by integrating cloud infrastructure, automation, analytics, and software delivery to help enterprises achieve digital transformation. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing assigned technical projects, coaching junior project managers, and ensuring project delivery success and customer satisfaction. This role involves coordinating project activities, managing risks, interfacing with clients, and overseeing project teams to meet project goals within scope, schedule, and budget.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and coordinate all aspects of technical projects from initiation through delivery
• Ensure service delivery success and customer satisfaction through effective project management
• Manage project initiation activities, which include the identification of contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situations, and necessary contacts. Gain access to existing information as needed
• Develop, define, and execute project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets, and deliverables
• Identify needed resources for projects while defining and assigning major project roles
• Coordinate activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments, and client or vendor/subcontractor organizations as needed to meet project goals, and ensure project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints, and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope
• Assign and monitor the work of the project team, providing technical and analytical support and direction
• Interface with clients on technical matters as needed
• Manage project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope, and quality) are achieved
• Assist with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed
• Manage the integration of vendor/subcontractor tasks as well as track and review vendor/subcontractor deliverables, if appropriate for the project
• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical teams and vendor/subcontractor organizations to ensure all project targets and requirements are met
• Conduct project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation, and ongoing activities. This includes completing a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement
• Directly oversee employees assigned to the project. Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
• Identify project management coordination process gaps or areas for improvement. Recommends and implements solutions
• Utilize Ahead systems (PSA, Smartsheet etc.) to maintain updated project information
• Assist in presales efforts including OA, SOWs, and customer presentations
• Develop customer relationships and aid in identifying additional sales opportunities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent would be required
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in project management, with a focus on leading and delivering complex projects or programs
• Must have experience with data center/workload migrations, data center consolidation, and/or data center build outs
• Strong technical knowledge in Dell, VMware, Rubrik, NetApp, etc
• Strong ability to independently manage medium to high risk, high complexity, and high client visibility projects
• Must have a strategic mindset and be able to align projects or programs with organizational goals
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, team, conflict management, and time management skills
• Strong communication & leadership skills
• Possess advanced skills in the use of project management software
• Demonstrate ability to manage project budgets and timelines
• Must be adept with the use of negotiation techniques to reach an agreement when there are widely differing viewpoints
• Effectively facilitate interaction with executive-level clients
• Should be able to identify, assess, and mitigate risks effectively
• Professional certifications like PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP (Program Management Professional) preferred