Sr Project Manager

About the Business

Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Government division, our solutions assist government agencies and law enforcement to drive insights from complex data sets, improving operation efficiency, increasing program integrity, discovering, and recovering revenue, and making timely and informed decisions to enhance investigations. You can learn more about Lexis Nexis Risk at the link below.

About the Team

Our Project Management Office (PMO) is a strategic partner to the business, driving delivery excellence across complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives. We collaborate with Market Planning, Product Management, Engineering, Testing, Legal, SIU, and other stakeholders to ensure projects meet scope, quality, and compliance standards. The team thrives in a fast-paced environment, balancing innovation with operational rigor to deliver solutions that create measurable business value.

About the Role

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading large, complex projects across portfolios, managing cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery of strategic initiatives. This role requires strong leadership, advanced stakeholder management, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while maintaining clarity and accountability. The Senior Project Manager will build development roadmaps, manage project schedules, and serve as a trusted advisor to internal teams and external clients.

This is a customer-facing position that demands professionalism, credibility, and exceptional communication skills to manage expectations and represent the organization effectively.

Responsibilities

+ Lead and manage up to four highly complex projects annually, plus additional moderate or lower-complexity efforts.

+ Drive integrated planning, milestone management, resource coordination, risk mitigation, and executive-level status reporting.

+ Build and maintain project schedules, dependencies, and cross-team impact assessments.

+ Negotiate resource assignments with Engineering Resource Managers and communicate capacity and demand impacts.

+ Ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory requirements throughout all project phases.

+ Oversee all phases of the Product Development process, from initiation through deployment.

+ Prepare variance and performance reports, and recommend process improvements.

+ Manage stakeholder expectations, including executive-level client interactions and escalations.

+ Identify opportunities for operational optimization and process improvement.

+ Maintain scope governance discipline and ensure alignment between technical teams, business goals, and contractual obligations.

Requirements

+ 7+ years of PMO or equivalent project delivery experience.

+ Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or related field (or equivalent professional experience).

+ PMP certification required.

+ Excellent Agile knowledge and experience.

+ Expertise in process improvement and operational optimization.

+ Advanced analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.

+ Proven ability to deliver complex initiatives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

+ Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

+ Advanced customer engagement capabilities, including managing escalations and executive-level interactions.

+ Exceptional prioritization, organizational, and change-management skills.

+ High adaptability to rapidly changing priorities and organizational needs

+ Advanced contract awareness and compliance understanding.

+ Strong scope governance discipline.

+ Ability to articulate business value, ROI, and project impact on organizational strategy.

+ Demonstrated leadership ability to influence decisions and guide teams through ambiguity.

+ Strong collaboration skills across technical, business, and customer teams.

+ Advanced problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $113,100 - $188,500. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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