Sr. Project Manager
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Sr. Project Manager to lead large-scale, highly complex projects, ensuring all milestones and key tasks are completed on time and within budget. The role demands strict adherence to Enterprise Project Management (EPM) standards, frameworks, and governance protocols to maintain compliance and drive consistent, high-quality project execution.
Responsibilities
- Manage remediation projects by facilitating root cause identification, developing corrective action plans, and driving execution to restore compliance, mitigate risk, and ensure long-term resolution.
- Drive sponsor engagement in defining the business case, project objectives, scope, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Develop a comprehensive project plan, including timelines, resource allocation, budget, and dependencies.
- Lead risk and issue identification with a proactive and strategic approach, ensuring timely and effective mitigation throughout the project lifecycle.
- Oversee and administer the monitoring of project progress, track milestones, and ensure adherence to established schedules and budgets.
- Deliver timely, comprehensive, and pragmatic communications on project status, risks, and issues to C-Suite executives, department leaders, and key stakeholders, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making.
- Lead cross-functional teams across the organization, providing leadership, guidance, and support, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
- Manage third-party vendors and partners, ensuring they are held accountable for achieving project tasks, milestones, and goals within the agreed-upon time, budget, and scope.
- Engage stakeholders to build strong relationships, understand their requirements, and translate feedback into actionable plans that address needs and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Adhere to change management methodology to effectively manage project goals and objectives.
- Engage and manage stakeholders impacted by change by identifying potential risks, communicating downstream impacts, and developing targeted stakeholder engagement and communication plans to ensure effective change adoption.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process improvement by applying best practices, capturing lessons learned, and translating insights into actionable enhancements for future projects.
- Proactively identify, introduce, and apply new industry trends, emerging technologies, and project management methodologies within the project management organization.
- Utilize Clarity PPM to manage projects including timelines, budgets, resources, time tracking, risks, issues, decisions, assumptions, and dependencies ensuring accurate reporting and tracking.
Essential Skills
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and / or a master's degree in business administration, computer science or a related field, or a minimum of 15 years of professional experience.10+ years of experience in a sr. project management role in the IT, Finance, and Banking industries.10+ years of proven experience in managing large / complex enterprise-wide IT and Finance project implementations.10+ years using Microsoft Project or similar project management software tool.Experience with a PPM system such as Clarity (preferred) or another PPM tool.Additional Skills & Qualifications
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification (preferred).Demonstrated success and a proven track record in professional / life experience in specific job functions, projects, or industries, and military service can substitute for the formal education requirements.Work Environment
This position is remote, with work hours aligned to the East Coast Time zone. It offers a long-term opportunity with a great company culture.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Jacksonville, Florida.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $63.00 - $67.00 / hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following :
Medical, dental & visionCritical Illness, Accident, and Hospital401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions availableLife Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)Short and long-term disabilityHealth Spending Account (HSA)Transportation benefitsEmployee Assistance ProgramTime Off / Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 8, 2025.