Principal Project Manager

Aurigo Software Technologies; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurigo Software Technologies is seeking a seasoned Engagement/Account Leader to drive enterprise implementations and client success across North America. You will manage relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure project success from planning to adoption.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in IT consulting, SaaS adoption experience, and a track record of executive-level communication.

Qualifications

• Progressive project/program management experience in enterprise systems with large budgets.
• Experience in IT consulting focusing on enterprise apps and engagement leadership.
• Ability to lead conversations with executive teams and government officials.
• Proven track record mentoring project managers and handling multiple engagements.
• Experience with SaaS software adoption and client leadership throughout lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise implementations end-to-end from planning through go-live and adoption.
• Serve as senior point of contact for clients, driving renewals and expansions.
• Assume Engagement Manager role as needed for cross-project alignment and risk.
• Represent Aurigo in steering committees and executive business reviews; balance profitability with outcomes.
• Drive cross-team collaboration, manage risks, and document changes and outcomes.
• Encourage platform configuration with business-case justification; avoid unnecessary customization.
• Identify renewal opportunities; partner with sales on SOIs and strategy.
• Oversee contract changes and risk escalations; ensure status reporting to executives.
• Lead distributed project teams; ensure milestones and documentation are current.
• Coach Senior/Project Managers to raise the PM organization’s performance.
• Ensure milestone sign-offs and customer acceptance across projects.
• Travel up to 30% annually.

Skills

Executive presence

Client relationship

Communication skills

Portfolio management

Mentoring

Remote/on-site leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or Business

MBA a plus

Job description

Aurigo is an AI-native capital program management platform trusted by over 300 customers managing more than $450 billion in capital programs across North America. With over 40,000 projects delivered, Aurigo helps organisations in transportation, water and utilities, healthcare, higher education, and government plan, build, and manage infrastructure with confidence. Recognised as one of the Top 25 AI Companies of 2024 and a Great Place to Work for three consecutive years, we leverage artificial intelligence to create smarter, more connected outcomes. At Aurigo, we don't just build software — we help shape the future of infrastructure.

Location: Austin, Texas or Anywhere in US

Work Mode: Hybrid (Austin) or Remote (Anywhere in the US)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise implementations, owning outcomes end-to-end — from project management planning through go-live and adoption.
• Serve as the senior leadership-level point of contact for clients, building the kind of trusted relationships with project sponsors and stakeholders that drive renewals, expansion, and referenceability.
• Step into an Engagement Manager role as needed — collaborating to ensure overall account health, commercial strategy, and cross-project alignment.
• Represent Aurigo in steering committees, executive business reviews, and escalations, balancing profitability with customer outcomes.
• Act decisively under uncertainty — escalating cross-team, contractual, or company-wide risks. Partner across delivery, support, and sales as one team — owning the customer relationship holistically, not just the individual project.
• Drive the customer to leverage platform configuration over customization; personally defend customization decisions with a clear, outcomes-based business case.
• Identify and support expansion and renewal opportunities. Partnering with sales on commercial strategy and the statement of work.
• Identify, negotiate, and document change orders, and own risk management and escalation for high visibility engagements.
• Provide concise, decision-ready status reporting to internal leadership and client executives — calibrated to what each audience needs to know and decide.
• Lead project teams distributed across multiple locations, ensuring project documentation, milestones, and risks stay visible and current.
• Coach and mentor Senior Project Managers and Project Managers, raising the bar for the broader PM organization.
• Ensure project documentation is completed and signed off by customers at each milestone.
• Travel up to 30% annually

Candidate Profile

Required

• Minimum 7 years of progressive project/program management experience implementing enterprise systems, with budgets over $3M.
• Minimum 10 years in IT consulting focused on enterprise applications, including experience in an engagement or account management capacity.
• Demonstrated executive presence — comfortable leading conversations with executive leadership teams and senior government officials.
• Proven experience running engagement management or account leadership responsibilities alongside or in place of direct project delivery.
• Track record of managing multiple concurrent projects or a portfolio of client engagements. Experience mentoring and developing project managers.
• Demonstrated predisposition to action and calm under pressure; enterprising, self-driven, with a proven track record of uncompromising quality.
• Experience managing project teams comprised of remote and onsite staff.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, calibrated for executive audiences.
• Experience as the primary customer relationship owner throughout the full software engagement lifecycle.
• Experience implementing SaaS software, leading subject matter experts, project managers, and client leadership through the system adoption process.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, or Business; MBA a plus.

Preferred

• PMP, PgMP or CSM preferred.
• Background in transportation system construction, CIP Planning, Portfolio and Project Management, Construction Management, or Asset Management strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience executing and renewing contracts strongly preferred

Aurigo Software Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.