Position Details:
Job title: Senior Project Manager
Duration: 18-month contract
Location: San Antonio Texas 78215
ID- 26-42671
Position Summary
This role provides analytical, reporting, and project coordination support for a large-scale program. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of professional experience, strong technical skills across Microsoft tools, and hands-on experience supporting program risk and issue management. This individual excels in managing large data sets, creating executive-ready materials, and working with cross-functional teams. The role requires someone who takes initiative, demonstrates strong attention to detail, and can independently own tasks once transitioned.
Key Responsibilities- Build, maintain, and update complex project plans in Microsoft Project.
- Develop and analyze large data sets using advanced Excel functions such as VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and other formulas.
- Create professional PowerPoint presentations geared toward large audiences and leadership.
- Provide support for program-level Risk and Issue management, including log maintenance, reporting, and coordination.
- Develop filters, dashboards, and reports in Jira; maintain data quality across Jira, Excel, and Power BI.
- Build or assist in creating Power BI dashboards and metrics; bonus for integrating Jira data sources.
- Perform thorough data quality checks to ensure accuracy across multiple systems.
- Support program communications with strong written and verbal messaging.
- Assist in maintaining SharePoint sites, Teams channels, and program documentation.
- Work proactively and independently, taking ownership of assigned tasks and following through to completion.
- Apply analytical thinking to investigate issues, solve problems, and optimize workflows.
Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution; or similar level of analytical capability gained through demonstrated success in a related position.
- Experience managing highly complex projects and programs across multiple industries.
- Significant successful leadership experience, including leading projects, programs, people, and possibly departments.
- A demonstrated ability to work effectively with business executives, leaders, with all levels of professionals, and with project managers and teams.
- Proven exceptional ability to prepare executive-level material and present at the executive level.
- Extensive experience partnering with Executives to define and deliver value to the organization.
- Extensive experience driving workshops, focus groups, and work sessions.
- Exceptional skills at producing qualified business cases
- Strong Financial acumen and experience in developing financial models.
- Demonstrated strong business acumen.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Organizational leadership and change skills.
- Ability to clarify ambiguous information or instructions into actionable steps.
- 3–5 years of professional experience in project coordination, analytics, or similar roles.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel including VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and formula creation.
- Advanced experience building PowerPoint presentations for executive and large-audience consumption.
- Proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Project and ability to build and manage complex project schedules.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and experience maintaining large datasets.
- Experience using Jira, including creating filters and dashboards.
- Experience with Power BI; bonus for Power BI + Jira integrations.
- Demonstrated analytical thinking, strong initiative, and ability to work with minimal oversight.
- Experience supporting Risk and Issue management in a large-scale program environment.
- Positive, collaborative attitude and a proactive, “go getter” approach to work.
Preferred Qualifications:- Advanced degree in an appropriate discipline.
- Professional Certification, such as PMI, BRMI.
- Portfolio Management Experience.
- Demonstrated organizational design, data analysis, business planning, negotiation, problem-solving, critical thinking skills.
- Strategic vendor management.
- Experience in Utility industry.
- Consulting experience or multidisciplinary experience.
- Experience supporting large transformation programs or enterprise-level initiatives.
- Experience developing metrics, dashboards, or portfolio-level reports.
- Experience with Agile project methodology.
- Experience working with cross-team Integrated Projects and Offshore teams.
- Experience in working with the large ERP systems projects like SAP or Oracle.
- Exposure or Experience in working on the industry specific modules like Electric/Gas Utilities.
Regards,
Koustav Adhikari| Core Staffing
Technical Recruiter
Cell: +1973-967-3586
Email: Koustav.Adhikari@artech.com