Project Manager

Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc. seeks a Project Manager to own end-to-end project delivery, balancing PMP governance with Agile flexibility. You will bridge technical teams and executives, ensuring on-time, within-budget results aligned to strategic goals.

You will drive Scrum cadences, manage baselines, and turn strategic goals into executable plans in a collaborative, integrity-driven environment. Strong leadership and client engagement are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; college degree preferred.
• PMI-PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent is required.
• CSM (Certified Scrum Master) or equivalent Agile certification is required.
• 3–5+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional projects using both waterfall/predictive and Agile/iterative frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own project life cycles from initiation to closing with baselines for scope, schedule, cost, and quality.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and remove impediments to ensure sprint delivery.
• Act as Scrum Master/Agile delivery lead across cross-functional teams.
• Serve as the primary contact for internal and external stakeholders and manage relationships.
• Mentor Project Coordinators and Project Assistants in Agile and traditional PM practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Critical thinking

Budgeting

Advanced computer skills

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

PMI-PMP certification

CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

Tools

Excel

Adobe Acrobat

Google Workspace

Internet Research tools

Job description

Intro / Job Brief

The Project Manager is to own and drive the end-to-end delivery of our projects. This high-impact role balances structured PMP governance with Agile flexibility. You will act as the primary bridge between technical teams and executive stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in full alignment with our strategic business goals. A resilient, adaptable leader who excels at running Scrum cadences, managing PMP project baselines, and transforming strategic goals into executable plans in a collaborative environment that values integrity.

Responsibilities

1. Own project life cycles from initiation to closing. Manage project baselines (scope, schedule, cost, quality) and maintain oversight for portfolios with aggregate budgets of $1M+.
2. Ensure the objective, scope, budget, and schedule are clearly defined. Ensure deliverables match scope and quality baselines by facilitating team accountability, monitoring sprint completion, and driving end-to-end milestone delivery.
3. Act as Scrum Master or Agile delivery lead across cross-functional teams. Facilitate Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and actively remove impediments.
4. Utilize risk management frameworks before impact occurs.
5. Serve as the central point of contact for internal and external stakeholders. Partner with building SMEs, to investigate, understand, create, and execute solutions to complex and contentious building problems by applying our project management method including focus on a well defined minimum viable product (MVP).
6. Optimize resource allocation and team capacity across Sprints. Conduct peer reviews of artifacts, user stories, charter documents, and deliverables to ensure consistency across the portfolio.
7. Provide direct mentorship to Project Coordinators and Project Assistants. Share Agile and traditional project management best practices, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
8. Client Engagement & Project Delivery Lead:
   1. Serve as the primary Relationship Manager for assigned clients, driving long-term relationship health, organizational alignment, and revenue growth regardless of original sales source.
   2. Ensure high-value clients maintain relationships with multiple team members by bringing additional company representative(s) to key meetings, rotating secondary attendees to broaden firm exposure.
   3. Designate and prep named secondary relationship holders (backups) for high-value accounts, and execute formal transition plans whenever account ownership shifts.
   4. Facilitate required strategic touchpoints based on client volume, including quarterly/semiannual executive sponsor check-ins, quarterly internal health reviews, and standardized post-engagement reviews.
   5. Maintain comprehensive, up-to-date account and engagement documentation in the system to ensure full organizational visibility into relationship status and risks.
   6. Identify cross-selling and internal referral opportunities within existing accounts to support broader firm growth.

Qualifications

Skills

1. Leadership to inspire and motivate project teams to complete the project.
2. Effective communication that includes the ability to write, speak, and listen to the needs of the client and management of project activities.
3. Time and Task Management skills to be able to identify and communicate how the project team is spending their time to ensure the project meets every deadline throughout the life-cycle.
4. Critical thinking to be able to state the facts, analyze situations and find solutions to problems.
5. Budgeting and cost management skills creating viable budgets, reviewing budgets, managing and allocating resources throughout the project life cycle.
6. Advanced computer skills, including proficiency in Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Google Workspace, and Internet Research tools.

Attributes

1. Act with Integrity to exhibit hard work, honesty, respect, dependability and trustworthiness.
2. A very high attention to detail to notice every aspect of the project and daily tasks to ensure completeness and accuracy.
3. Ability to adapt to the changing needs of the projects, the clients, and the company.
4. Organized and detail oriented, show up to meetings on time, and able to proficiently keep track of large amounts of information across multiple projects.
5. Proactive and take the initiative on projects.
6. Ambitious and willing to exceed with daily tasks to successfully grow with company and help reach new goals.

Requirements

1. High School Diploma or equivalent required, college degree preferred.
2. Certifications: Active PMI-PMP (Project Management Institute-Project Management Professional) certification, CSM (Certified Scrum Master), or equivalent Project Management certification.
3. 3–5+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional projects using both waterfall/predictive and Agile/iterative frameworks.

$80,000 - $120,000 annual salary estimated, based upon experience.

Pete Fowler Construction Services, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.