Senior Project Controls Leader (Hybrid)

CDM Smith; Stamford (CT); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead enterprise project controls across a diversified portfolio. You will drive governance, platforms, analytics, and talent development for safe, profitable, and predictable project delivery.

The role requires deep design-build experience, strong leadership of cross-functional teams, and a focus on modernization of controls workflows, AI-enabled forecasting, and data-driven decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 15 or more years of related experience.
• PMP or PgM certification required.

Responsibilities

• Enterprise Leadership and Governance: Define strategy, standards, and governance; drive adoption across units.
• Integrated Design-Build and Alternative Delivery: Establish approaches for delivery models; align controls end-to-end.
• Cost, Schedule, and Commercial Controls: Strengthen budgeting, earned value, forecasting, and change management.
• Portfolio Performance and Risk: Develop dashboards and insights for margin, cash flow, risk, and delivery.
• Digital Transformation and Innovation: Modernize controls platforms; promote AI-enabled forecasting and reporting.
• Information and Document Controls: Set standards for documents, data quality, and traceability.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with leaders to improve predictability and client outcomes.
• Team and Capability Development: Lead distributed team of schedulers, cost controllers, and document staff.

Skills

Leadership

Project controls

Digital transformation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Team development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

EcoSys

Acumen Fuse

Oracle

Textura

Power BI

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Controls to lead enterprise project controls across a diversified portfolio. You will drive governance, platforms, analytics, and talent development for safe, profitable, and predictable project delivery.

The role requires deep design-build experience, strong leadership of cross-functional teams, and a focus on modernization of controls workflows, AI-enabled forecasting, and data-driven decision support.