Senior Project Manager - Continuity

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Work Continuity

Location: Remote (Key stakeholders based in Merrillville, IN and Columbus, OH)

Consultant

Location:

Preference given to candidates in IN, OH, IL, KY, PA, MD, and VA, but will consider outside the footprint

Work Model: 100% Remote

Rate: $80–$90/hour (W-2)

Contract Length: 1 Year | April 6, 2026 – April 5, 2027

Extension: Strong possibility of extension

Employment Type: W-2 Only

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens Only | No visa sponsorship available

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support a critical Work Continuity initiative focused on preparedness for a potential work stoppage impacting operations
. This role will lead planning, coordination, execution, and governance activities to ensure the safety, reliability, and continuity of customer service operations across clerical departments with represented employees.

The Senior Project Manager will partner closely with business leaders, department managers, and enterprise stakeholders to develop and maintain comprehensive contingency plans, identify operational coverage gaps, and coordinate staffing strategies using contingent workers and internal resources. This individual will play a key role in ensuring all continuity plans are actionable, properly resourced, and ready for execution.

This role requires a strong blend of project leadership, business process analysis, change management, executive communication, and cross-functional coordination
. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly visible environment with responsibility for risk management, status reporting, stakeholder alignment, and readiness execution across multiple work streams.

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of work continuity activities in support of preparedness for a potential work stoppage.
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive contingency plans for clerical departments with represented employees.
• Partner with business leaders and department managers to document critical work functions and identify staffing and operational coverage gaps.
• Coordinate staffing plans using contingent labor and internal resources aligned with approved business continuity strategies.
• Oversee work assignments and validate departmental readiness plans to ensure continuity of essential operations without service disruption.
• Monitor execution of continuity plans and provide proactive issue resolution throughout the work continuity period.
• Lead change management activities to support adoption, readiness, and effective communication across impacted stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among operations, HR, labor relations, IT, communications, security, and enterprise continuity teams.
• Track and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and critical path activities; elevate concerns as needed.
• Create executive-level presentations, dashboards, briefings, and status updates for senior and executive leadership.
• Support enterprise work continuity initiatives related to security protocols, asset management, system access, training readiness, worksite logistics, and documented work plans.
• Ensure required controls, governance activities, procedures, and compliance expectations are in place and executed effectively.
• Develop project estimates, plans, schedules, and quality reviews to support successful delivery.
• Use project management tools to forecast, plan, estimate, and track project delivery, cost, and resource needs.
• Provide oversight for project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and performance.
• Coordinate and communicate team assignments, direct work efforts, and monitor progress across multiple stakeholders and support teams.
• Produce clear and concise process documentation, action plans, diagrams, charts, and illustrative materials to communicate complex topics simply and effectively.
• Provide timely status reporting to leadership on impacts to scope, budget, risk, resource capacity, and readiness.

• Meet with business leaders and department managers to review continuity planning progress and operational readiness.
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