Job Type Full-time
Description
Position Summary
The Senior Project Manager plans, directs, and coordinates activities of designated projects to ensure that goals or objectives of project are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters. The Senior Project Manager should be able to lead and delegate subordinate team members
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- Minimum of five to seven years prior project management experience
- PMP, CAPM, or comparable project management certifications preferred
Essential Job Functions:
- Reviews project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
- Leads, develops, and provides effective feedback to team members.
- Establishes work plan and staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
- Confers with project staff to outline workplan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
- Directs and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
- Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.
- Prepares project reports for management, client, or others.
- Confers with project personnel to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
- Coordinates project activities with activities of government regulatory or other governmental agencies.
- Participates in the recruiting and hiring process for the project team.
The job description is not an all-inclusive list of functions and tasks. Job functions may be added, deleted, or modified at any time by the company without prior verbal or written notification.
Success Factors/Job Competencies:
- Positive, motivating, and team-oriented attitude
- Ability to work weekends, and overtime when approved
- High degree of professionalism and demeanor, with an ability to maintain confidentiality
- Advance time management and analytical skills
- Must be detail-oriented and thorough
Physical Demands/Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: While performing duties of the job, incumbent is sometimes required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must sometimes lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Performance Standards:
- Annual performance appraisal
- Attainment of annual goals established between supervisor and incumbent
