Project Manager # 26-14138

$64-$74 per hour

Birmingham, AL

Contract

Duration: 36 Months

Note: "hybrid" - 40-hour work week, with 4 days in office and one day remote.

Job Description:

• We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of strategic projects within our Data Analytics organization.

• This role is responsible for ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.

• The Project Manager will serve as a key coordinator across business teams, technical teams, leadership, and external vendors to drive successful project outcomes.

• The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and skilled at managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities.

• This individual will establish project roadmaps, facilitate collaboration, manage risks, and provide clear visibility into project progress and performance. Industry-specific experience is not required.

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously across the Data Analytics organization.

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.

• Track project performance against schedule, budget, scope, and quality objectives.

• Identify project risks, dependencies, and resource constraints and develop mitigation plans.

• Ensure projects follow established governance, reporting, and change management processes.

• Support prioritization efforts and help align project activities with departmental and organizational goals.

• Serve as the central point of coordination between business stakeholders, technical teams, leadership, and external partners.

• Facilitate project meetings, workshops, status reviews, and planning sessions.

• Prepare agendas, document decisions, and action items, and ensure timely follow-up.

• Provide regular project updates and executive-level reporting on project health, risks, milestones, and key decisions.

• Foster strong working relationships across cross-functional teams.

• Coordinate activities with vendors, consultants, and third-party partners.

• Monitor vendor deliverables, commitments, and project timelines.

• Facilitate issue resolution and escalation when necessary.

• Ensure external partners remain aligned with business priorities and project objectives.

• Monitor project budgets, expenditures, and forecasts.

• Assist with resource planning and allocation across multiple projects.

• Track project staffing needs and help identify resource gaps or conflicts.

• Support leadership with project planning and investment decisions.

• Promote project management best practices and continuous improvement.

• Develop and maintain project templates, standards, and reporting mechanisms.

• Identify opportunities to improve project execution, communication, and collaboration.

• Support organizational change management and adoption efforts for new processes, tools, and technologies.

• 5+ years of project management experience leading technology, analytics, software, or business transformation initiatives.

• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on schedule and within budget.

• Strong organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.

• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

• Experience creating project roadmaps, schedules, status reports, and executive presentations.

• Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.

• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Clienture Dev Ops, , or similar platforms.

• PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or equivalent project management certification.

• Experience supporting data analytics, business intelligence, reporting, data platform, or technology-related initiatives.

• Experience managing external vendors and consulting partners.

• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.

• Highly organized and detail oriented.

• Strong leadership and coordination skills.

• Excellent problem-solving and…