Highlights
Create clear, concise status reports, dashboards, and executive presentations to communicate project progress, risks, milestones, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership. The Senior Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives to ensure organizational compliance with data privacy and other regulatory and internal policies.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Torrance, CA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1990 |
Description
Location Details: Los Angeles area
Work Type: Onsite (4 days/week)
W2 only
Multi-year contract with potential of fulltime conversion
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale compliance initiatives (e.g. CCPA, CPRA, AADC, ADA, etc.)
- Manage cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of projects
- Drive implementation of privacy controls, frameworks, and processes across the organization
- Ensure adherence to privacy regulations, internal policies, and industry standards
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules
- Track progress, manage risks, and proactively resolve issues and dependencies
- Manage project budgets, including cost planning, tracking, and forecasting to ensure initiatives are delivered within financial targets
- Analyze budget variances and provide financial forecasts and recommendations to leadership
- Create clear, concise status reports, dashboards, and executive presentations to communicate project progress, risks, milestones, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership
- Build strong relationships with executive leadership, Legal, Compliance, IT, and business stakeholders
- Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes effectively to all levels of the organization
- Drive coordination across multiple workstreams
- Identify and assess privacy and project risks
- Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans
- Ensure audit readiness and support internal/external compliance assessments
- Review, refine, and validate complex business requirements and combine into a clear and prioritized backlog.
- Identify process improvement opportunities and drive efficiency across privacy initiatives
- Establish and standardize project management and privacy program best practices
- Manage Release and post launch activities end to end. Supporting Production Systems as needed.
- Ensure successful rollout and sustainability of implemented privacy solutions
WHAT WILL THIS PERSON BE WORKING ON
The Senior Project Manager (PM) is responsible for leading and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives to ensure organizational compliance with data privacy and other regulatory and internal policies. This role partners closely with Legal, Compliance, IT, Security, and business stakeholders to implement privacy programs, manage regulatory requirements, and drive enterprise-wide privacy initiatives. The Senior PM ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic objectives while promoting a culture of privacy-by-design.
WANTS
Required Qualifications:
- IS related bachelors degree and/or equivalent work experience.
- 7-10+ years of IT work experience
- Proven experience leading requirements gathering and documentation for complex projects and cross-functional initiatives
- Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid)
- Strong understanding of compliance regulations and their practical application
- Proven experience leading large, cross-functional, and complex initiatives
- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, timelines, and project governance
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced ability to research, analyze impact, and suggest solutions for complex problems.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with privacy tools (OneTrust or similar)
- Knowledge of data governance, information security, or risk management frameworks
- Experience with Jira/Confluence tools to manage project artifacts, delivery & support operations
- Strong proficiency in project management and reporting tools (e.g., MS Project, JIRA, Smartsheet, Power BI)
- Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable execution plans
Key Competencies:
- Strategic leadership and decision-making
- Strong program and financial management skills
- Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities
- Advanced stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Risk assessment and problem-solving mindset
- High attention to detail and regulatory awareness
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, complex environment
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About Company
For over two decades, Sharp Decisions has provided superior, award-winning service in strategic business and technology consulting services to government agencies at all levels, as well as domestic and global corporations. With subject matter expertise in Investment Banking, Finance, Healthcare, Media & Telecommunications, and Manufacturing, Sharp Decisions is well equipped to serve your needs.
Established in 1990 with headquarters in New York City, and locations in Princeton, Charlotte, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Europe and Canada, Sharp Decisions has been the technology backbone for a client portfolio that includes an array of well-known companies. As a Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise and approved vendor, Sharp Decisions offers a powerful, cost-effective advantage. We actively partner with other MBEs to add value and meet diversity program requirements.
Sharp Decisions is also committed to hiring and training post-9/11, tech-savvy U.S. armed forces veterans through our V.E.T.S.â„¢ (Vocation, Education and Training for Service members) Program, but we cannot do it alone. Companies like EmblemHealth, Freddie Mac and Experian have stepped up to bring aboard our highly qualified and skilled veterans. We need more companies like them to take a stand and bring our veterans aboard. Our clients have told us that our veterans are more effective than their college hires because two weeks on the job for them equates to 2-3 years of experience! Learn more at www.sharpdecisions.com/vetsprogram.