Senior Project Manager

Wipfli is hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead complex, multi-workstream client engagements and portfolios. The role focuses on delivery governance, financial and resource management, delivery enablement, and optimization of project tools and processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead large, complex projects and portfolios with multiple workstreams, actively managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, and interdependencies
• Own budget‑to‑actual performance, including forecasting, reconciliation, burn analysis, ETC, utilization, and margin impact
• Translate delivery risk into financial, operational, and audit‑relevant language; facilitate and lead executive steering committees and governance forums
• Define, implement, and enforce stage gates, delivery standards, and governance models across engagements
• Use delivery data and operational metrics (burn, ETC, utilization, risk heatmaps) to drive informed decision‑making
• Develop and enhance delivery methodologies, templates, and best practices to improve consistency and scalability
• Build executive‑ready dashboards and narratives from incomplete or evolving data; present program status, risks, and recommendations to executive stakeholders
• Create and maintain project and program toolkits to enable time, budget, and risk management
• Lead or support the implementation and optimization of PSA / PPM tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Mavenlink, OpenAir, Adaptive, Planview)
• Lead detailed resource planning, capacity planning, and portfolio prioritization across competing initiatives
• Ensure alignment between SDLC, change management, access controls, and governance frameworks

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 7+ years of project management experience at a professional services firm or 10+ years of industry project management experience with 1+ year at a professional services firm
• Proven experience leading multi‑workstream programs
• Demonstrated ownership of engagement economics, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance
• Experience leading resource management, including capacity planning and portfolio prioritization
• Experience operating in environments with ambiguity, incomplete requirements, and shifting scope
• Strong understanding of SDLC frameworks and ability to train and enable teams
• PgMP or PMP certification
• Experience aligning SDLC, change management, and access controls
• Working knowledge of ERP platforms and delivery of ERP or large technology programs
• Familiarity with COBIT, ITIL, and GAAP concepts