Remote Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Systems

Padmore Global Connections LLC; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic technology deployments across enterprise systems. You will drive projects to meet scope, schedule, and budget while collaborating with researchers, staff, and partners.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of PM experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and a track record in Agile environments, UAT, and web development with Java/Drupal.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years job-related experience.
• Effective analytical and presentation skills.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills; ability to tailor communication to different audiences, such as management, stakeholders, users, SMEs, developers, and others.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with both functional area experts and technical team members.
• Demonstrated experience using JIRA and other project management tools.
• Experience being both a Project Manager and Business Analyst on the same project is strongly preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile Software Development Lifecycle Process, including incremental/iterative and Waterfall methods.
• Ability to manage work on multiple projects with competing priorities.
• Experience overseeing user acceptance testing and providing test cases/test scenarios for UAT.
• Experience working with web application development teams who use technologies such as Java and Drupal.
• Excellent organizational experience and professionalism.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Experience working in research/educational institutions or small IT companies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and monitor project work and deliverables.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and communications; negotiate scope and schedule changes.
• Identify and mitigate project risks; monitor progress against budget and schedule.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including researchers, staff, and developers.
• Shape client expectations and ensure successful project execution.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder communication

Multi-project management

UAT experience

Agile SDLC

Independent work

Research/education experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

PMP certification preferred

Tools

JIRA

Project management tools

Job description

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic technology deployments across enterprise systems. You will drive projects to meet scope, schedule, and budget while collaborating with researchers, staff, and partners.

The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of PM experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and a track record in Agile environments, UAT, and web development with Java/Drupal.