Senior Project Manager (Remote) - Sales

A retail services company in Massachusetts is currently seeking an experienced professional to join their staff Remotely as their new Senior Project Manager - Sales. In this role, the Senior Project Manager (Remote) will be responsible for working with key stakeholders to define project outcomes, develop the project plan/schedule, and secure resource commitments for successful delivery of the project.

• Lead project initiation process to obtain budgetary approval and facilitates project governance stage gate approval processes
• Create overall project schedule in accordance with the defined systems development lifecycle (SDLC) phase milestones
• Own the project resource roster and develops/manages the project budget including capex/opex allocation, third party invoicing against actuals, and reconciliation of internal labor hours
• Develop and report on objective metrics for monitoring project performance relative to timeliness, budgets, quality and effectiveness
• Monitor and controls all changes to project schedule, scope, or budget
• Facilitate regular governance process to ensure proper authorization of changes to projects
• Own critical project communications, ensuring issues are driven to action, all parties are informed on the status of the project and that expectations are managed
• Proactively identify issues and drives risk remediation plan, where required
• Perform other duties, as needed

• 5+ years of experience working in a Technical Delivery organization (IT, application development) in a Project Management capacity
• 2+ years of experience working within a PMO organization
• Associate's and/or Bachelor's Degree
• Vendor Management experience
• Solid understanding of SDLC models (Agile and Waterfall)
• Experience managing programs that use both third-party implementation providers and internal resources
• Knowledge of SOW management and incentive-based contract structures
• Hands-on experience with tools including Jira, Project, and Visio
• Great interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly organized

• Working knowledge of Smartsheets