Senior Project Manager; Virtual or Houston

14655 - Senior Project Manager (Virtual or Houston)

USA | Other | Full-time

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Our Senior Project Manager will lead the day-to-day execution of large-scale enterprise transformation activities across multiple work streams, maintaining alignment on deliverables, milestones, timelines, and priorities. The role, supporting a Fortune 50 energy client, will coordinate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, facilitate governance and decision‑making, and drive effective communication to ensure cohesive progress and successful delivery.

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for proactively managing risks, issues, dependencies, and changes – providing clear status reporting and leadership visibility, and supporting cutover, stabilization, and operational readiness activities. This role will play a key part in ensuring projects remain on track and transition successfully into steady-state operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining the detailed project plan, defining deliverables, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria across all work streams
• Coordinating cross-functional activities, driving alignment among key stakeholders and ensuring cohesive progress
• Facilitating governance routines including project meetings, steering committee updates, and decision‑alignment sessions with the Program Lead
• Managing meeting logistics: scheduling, agenda preparation, note capture, and action‑item tracking
• Proactively identifying and managing risks, issues, and dependencies; establishing mitigation plans, driving timely resolution, and escalating concerns when necessary
• Delivering structured, consistent status reporting — dashboards, milestone tracking, risk logs, and leadership summaries for program governance
• Managing all project documentation: charters, RAID logs, decision logs, change control records, and rolling 7/14/21/30‑day lookahead agendas
• Supporting cutover, hypercare, and stabilization planning, coordinating readiness activities and ensuring a smooth transition into steady‑state operations
• Minimum of 10 years of project management experience, preferably within large‑scale transformation or enterprise technology programs
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex project plans with multiple interdependent work streams
• Experience facilitating governance routines, steering committees, and executive‑level reporting
• Strong track record of proactive risk and issue management with structured mitigation approaches
• Advanced proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Asana, or Jira
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies
• Clear, concise communicator who can tailor messaging for operational teams and senior leadership alike
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Collaborative working style with the ability to drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proactive problem‑solver who anticipates issues and acts before they elevate

Preferred: PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification. Experience supporting ERP, VMS, or workforce management system implementations. Prior experience in…