Project Manager, Professional Services

ABACUS; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k

Paid time off

Wellness program

Team events

Job summary

Abacus is a fast-growing technology company focused on cloud-based IT solutions for Hedge Funds, Private Equity and Healthcare clients. We are seeking an independent Project Manager who owns projects end-to-end and collaborates with global teams.

You will develop consolidated project plans, schedules, budgets, and metrics, lead status meetings, manage risks, and ensure delivery within deadlines while maintaining strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience delivering small to mid-sized technology projects (client infrastructure onboarding).
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills; decisive and flexible.
• Ability to manage multiple tactical and strategic initiatives under pressure.
• Experience in IT Service Provider environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource needs.
• Lead status meetings, track issues and risks, and prepare status reports.
• Coordinate with clients from initiation to completion and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Ensure on-time project delivery and alignment with customer goals.
• Interface with business and technical teams to resolve issues and priorities.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation skills

Office 365

SharePoint

Azure

Microsoft Project

Remote project management

Time management

Stakeholder management

Education

PM certification

Tools

Office 365

SharePoint

Azure

Job description

Job Summary

Abacus is a fast-growing technology company focused on providing Hedge Funds, Private Equity firms & Healthcare clients with cloud-based IT solutions. We are looking for an independent, motivated, and enthusiastic Project Manager.

If you are a self-starter with a strong sense of ownership and strong interpersonal skills, as well as an excellent understanding of project management approaches, we’d love to consider you for this opportunity. This position reports to theManager of Professional Servicesand interacts with global business, management, and technical teams to develop consolidated project plans, status reports, and metrics, spanning all project areas.

Responsibilities : (including but not limited to the following)

• Develop a full understanding of customer requirements, identifying project deliverables and outcomes.
• Working with clients from project initiation to completion, which encompasses the planning, organizing, and management of resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.
• Develop and monitor schedules to ensure that projects are completed within established deadlines.
• Assist with the development of project plans, including project timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Identifying project risks, mitigation strategies and communicating status and risk issues to stakeholders.
• Lead status meetings, tracks and maintains detailed issues and risks lists, and prepares appropriate project meeting minutes and status reports.
• Meet regularly with related service providers to ensure that integration issues are identified and resolved.
• Interfaces with all levels of business and technical management staff, as well as project teams to facilitate problem resolution and the resolution of competing priorities.
• Monitors team progress to ensure that project objectives are met.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Demonstrate experience in a project delivery environment.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Strong Presentation skills; able to collate and summarize meetings.
• An interest in Technology and/or business operational improvement.
• A self-motivated individual, able to work independently and part of a larger team
• Be flexible for evening and weekend work

Essential Skills and Experience Required:

• Must have 3-5years of experience in executing small to mid-sized technology projects focused on client infrastructure onboarding,
• Must possess strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. Must be motivated, decisive, flexible, and possess sound business judgment.
• Ability to handle and manage stressful situations in a professional manner.
• Strong presentation skills, both oral and written, with the ability to lead meetings.
• Strong proficiency in Office 365, SharePoint and Azure.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project or the equivalent.
• Ability to manage multiple tactical and strategic project initiatives.
• Ability to manage remote resources and projects.
• Ability to prioritize project requests from business and technical teams.
• Ability to protect project scope and set expectations with the customer.
• Experience within an IT Service Provider environment would be advantageous.
• Relevant Project Management certification a plus.

The Benefits of Working for Abacus:

• Exposure to diverse array of technologies
• Competitive compensation
• Robust benefitspackage:medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k, and PTO
• Positive, friendly, supportive team environment
• Workplace perks such as wellnessprogramand fun events

Salary

120K-140K