Director of Project Management

Parkhurst Talent Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Parkhurst Talent Group is seeking a Director of Project Management to lead a national portfolio focused on inspection, maintenance, and upgrade of steel transmission structures. You will provide strategic direction, oversee project managers, and drive performance across schedule, quality, and financial metrics.

You will collaborate with Operations, Business Development, and Engineering leadership to convert backlog into revenue, while maintaining control of scope and timelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive project management experience with leadership of large or complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead a national portfolio of large utility service programs with strategic oversight.
• Direct leadership and development of a project management team.
• Governance over schedule performance, quality assurance, revenue and gross margin accountability.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Financial accountability

Executive influence

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or technical field

Job description

Parkhurst Talent Group is retained by a national utility infrastructure services company to hire a Director of Project Management. This role leads a national portfolio focused on the inspection, maintenance, and upgrade of steel transmission structures - lattice towers and steel poles.

This is a high-visibility leadership role with significant growth ahead. The portfolio is already among the strongest in the business, and the mandate is to take it further: tighter schedule and delivery control, stronger quality processes, and disciplined financial performance - while expanding into more complex, multi-service offerings over time.

What you'll own

• Strategic leadership of a national portfolio of large and complex utility services programs.


• Direct leadership and development of a project management team.


• Portfolio-level governance: schedule performance, quality assurance, revenue and gross margin accountability, and proactive corrective action.


• Partnership with Operations, Business Development, and Engineering leadership to convert backlog into revenue and margin - including holding cross-functional partners accountable to schedule and scope commitments.


• Executive sponsorship and lead representation in customer-facing project and strategy meetings.


• Project financial management: forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, cost accounting, accruals, and invoicing oversight.


• Contribution to enterprise-wide project management standards, controls, and continuous improvement alongside peer directors.

What we're looking for

• 10+ years of progressive project management experience, including leadership of large or complex programs.


• Demonstrated portfolio ownership with significant financial accountability.


• A quantitative management style - someone who manages to SPI, KPIs, revenue-to-date, and schedule variance, and can say "we're three weeks behind, here's the objective data, how do we recover?"


• Strong executive presence and the ability to drive accountability through influence across teams that don't report to you, up to and including the VP and SVP level.


• Excellent analytical, financial, and problem-solving capability.


• Bachelor's degree in Business or a technical discipline (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related) preferred.

Preferred qualifications

• PMP / PMI certification or equivalent credential.


• Utility, utility services, or telecom industry experience.


• Mechanical, structural, or related engineering background.

Why this role

• Direct executive engagement. This role works closely with the VP level and above across Operations, Business Development, and Solution Consulting - visibility that's unusual at the director level.


• A growing portfolio with room to expand in both scale and service complexity, creating real advancement runway for the director and the project managers underneath them.


• A high-performing team and a collaborative operations organization that's genuinely open to input.

Travel: approximately 10-20% typical, up to 30% primarily short customer visits and occasional field site visits.