Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for leading and delivering complex, cross-functional projects by coordinating resources, managing schedules, and ensuring the successful achievement of defined milestones. This role requires strong project governance, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and leadership skills to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget while maintaining high quality standards.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including timelines, milestones, dependencies, and resource allocation
• Lead end-to-end project execution from initiation through closure
• Track progress against approved baselines and proactively address schedule variances
• Ensure deliverables meet defined scope, quality, and acceptance criteria
• Identify, document, and manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies
• Develop and execute mitigation and contingency strategies
• Continuously monitor risks and escalate critical issues as needed
• Maintain accurate risk and issue logs

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project stakeholders
• Gather and manage requirements to ensure alignment with objectives
• Provide regular project status updates, including risks and milestones
• Proactively manage expectations and support decision-making
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including developers, DBAs, infrastructure, and IT support
• Foster collaboration across technical and non-technical teams
• Resolve conflicts and ensure role clarity and accountability

• Develop and manage project budgets
• Track expenditures and forecast costs to prevent overruns
• Optimize resource allocation to meet project timelines
• Provide accurate financial and resource reporting to leadership

• Ensure testing and validation activities meet quality and performance standards
• Oversee QA processes to confirm functional and technical compliance
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation to support audit readiness and knowledge transfer

• Lead, motivate, and mentor project teams
• Promote accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement

• Apply analytical thinking to resolve complex challenges
• Adapt to changing requirements and priorities
• Effectively prioritize tasks and manage competing priorities
• Ensure milestones and deliverables are completed on time

• Proven experience as a Project Manager in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Strong expertise in project planning, scheduling, risk management, and execution
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving abilities

• Experience managing data-centric or system migration projects
• Familiarity with formal project management methodologies and governance frameworks
• Experience working in enterprise or public-sector environments