Senior Manager - Project Department

Company: P3

Works

Location:

Austin, TX

Reports To:

Regional Director

Role Type:
Full Time

P3

Works is the premier solution provider for the formation and administration of special financing districts in Texas. We partner with cities, counties, developers, and district leadership to establish financing solutions that support sustainable growth and critical infrastructure development.

With more than $2.5 billion in infrastructure financing supported to date, P3

Works offers a unique opportunity to help shape thriving communities across Texas while working alongside industry-leading professionals.

This is a full-time, on-site role as a Senior Manager – Project Department with P3

Works.

The Senior Manager – Project Department serves as a senior people and portfolio manager of multiple metro areas, responsible for overseeing district formation and infrastructure financing projects across Texas. This role provides strategic leadership, mentors Project Managers and Analysts, drives process improvements, and serves as a trusted advisor to clients, elected officials, developers, and key stakeholders.

The Senior Manager – Project Department is responsible for the successful delivery of client engagements, team performance, client satisfaction, operational excellence, and achievement of billable, utilization, and realization goals individually and across the department. This role provides day-to-day leadership and oversight for projects, ensuring client satisfaction, responsiveness, budget compliance, and quality standards.

Beyond project deliverables, the Senior Manager – Project Department is expected to develop and elevate the capabilities of each team member through coaching, feedback, and intentional leadership. Success in this role is measured not only by the outcomes of client engagements, but also by the growth, performance, and readiness of the team. This individual plays a key role in strengthening long-term analyst/client relationships, developing future leaders, and supporting the continued growth and success of P3

Works within the industry and across Texas.

The ideal candidate combines strong leadership, integrity, governmental finance or adjacent experience, and project management expertise, with relationship development, and process improvement capabilities. They are proactive, highly organized, politically savvy, and passionate about developing others while delivering exceptional client outcomes.

• Provide strategic oversight for approximately 30–40 active project formation projects.
• Ensure projects are completed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with firm standards.
• Coach mentees in monitoring project timelines, deliverables, workloads, and priorities across assigned teams.
• Develop technical and industry knowledge, including relationships to serve as the escalation point for complex project, stakeholder, and client issues.
• Coordinate resources and staffing to support successful project completion.
• Identify risks proactively and implement solutions before issues impact client satisfaction.
• Coach mentees in project deliverables for process improvements in quality, completeness, and compliance with current best practices, while developing the client ownership skills of Project Managers and technical deliverable skills of Analysts as the respective subject matter experts.

• Build and maintain relationships for clients in multiple metro areas in Texas,, including developers, city councils, and partner advisors financing horizontal infrastructure, and using those relationships to coach and demonstrate superior customer service skills.
• Lead meetings, presentations, and discussions involving complex and politically sensitive matters.
• Deliver a concierge-level client experience consistent with the P3
  
  Works commitment to service excellence, assisting staff to become excellent relationship owners.
• Represent P3
  
  Works professionally at public meetings, conferences, and industry events.

• Lead, mentor, and develop Project Managers and senior Analysts.
• Provide coaching,…