In-Office PMO Project Manager | Lead Delivery & Growth

Direct Companies; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Direct Companies is seeking a Project Manager to join our PMO in Sioux Falls, SD. You will lead projects from kickoff through closeout, owning scope, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, and client expectations while helping evolve the PMO and strengthen delivery across the organization.

The role is full-time and in-office in Sioux Falls, SD, requiring collaboration with clients, internal teams, vendors, and subcontractors to keep work organized and advancing.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional project management experience, including leading projects through planning, execution, and closeout.
• Strong understanding of project scope, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, and quality.
• Ability to coordinate multiple teams, resources, priorities, and project dependencies.
• Strong client communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience addressing project risks, changes, issues, and escalations.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and communicate project status clearly.
• Strong organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A collaborative approach to leadership, accountability, and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from kickoff through closeout while maintaining accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and overall outcomes.
• Develop project plans, milestones, resource schedules, and delivery priorities.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation activities.
• Serve as the primary client contact, providing clear communication and managing expectations throughout delivery.
• Coordinate internal teams, vendors, subcontractors, and other project resources.
• Manage change orders, scope adjustments, stakeholder approvals, and project governance activities.
• Monitor project workloads, resource utilization, subcontractor performance, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate project closeout, managed services handoffs, and client satisfaction reviews.
• Support portfolio reporting, resource visibility, and capacity planning within the PMO.
• Help evolve the PMO by improving project management tools, templates, processes, reporting practices, and delivery standards.
• Identify and recommend improvements that increase consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness across project delivery.

Skills

Project management experience

Client communication

Leadership

Organizational skills

Risk management

Meeting facilitation

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Direct Companies is seeking a Project Manager to join our PMO in Sioux Falls, SD. You will lead projects from kickoff through closeout, owning scope, schedules, budgets, quality, risks, and client expectations while helping evolve the PMO and strengthen delivery across the organization.

The role is full-time and in-office in Sioux Falls, SD, requiring collaboration with clients, internal teams, vendors, and subcontractors to keep work organized and advancing.