Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Senior Project Manager. This role leads delivery of large, higher-risk, mission-critical enterprise programs for a global automotive and industrial manufacturing client, managing scope, cost, and schedule through the full project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects by planning, directing, facilitating, and coordinating all project-related activities and resources
• Identify, manage, and coordinate IT and business resources to build a high-performing project team
• Prepare project plans, task plans, effort estimates, schedules, and task dependencies
• Build and maintain customer relationships that support business goals and objectives
• Facilitate and document charters, requirements, and project documentation through final approval
• Facilitate the testing approach and manage integration and UAT testing
• Manage project issues to closure with creative resolution documented on an issues log
• Oversee development of proposals and RFPs, and manage vendor and procurement relationships for the program
• Develop and manage effective change management plans
• Facilitate status meetings and report project status in a way that fosters communication
• Track and forecast project financials for accurate accounting
• Maintain lessons-learned documentation for use on future programs
• Contribute to development of PMO processes, procedures, and project management standards

Required Skills/Experience:

• 5-7 years in project management or related professional experience
• Prior project management and leadership roles of increasing responsibility in a comparably sized organization
• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field
• Proficiency in relevant project management and business applications
• Fluent English (reading, writing, and speaking)

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification
• PgMP certification or training
• Experience with project management tools such as Clarity, Open Workbench, or MS Project
• Second language relevant to assigned country or region

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated on-time, on-budget delivery of complex projects
• Experience leading cross-functional teams within a formal PM methodology
• Full software development lifecycle experience across multiple end-to-end projects
• Experience in a global manufacturing environment
• Strong project financial management and familiarity with organizational change management
• Highly organized with strong facilitation, relationship-building, and communication skills