Senior Project Manager

Pulte Home Company, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO and holidays

Retirement plan

Education and career development

Job summary

PulteGroup, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead enterprise-scale initiatives and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams. You will manage budgets, timelines, and risks while aligning with corporate standards.

Requires PMI certifications, a university degree, and 6–8 years of experience. Travel may be required. The role offers growth within a Fortune 500 company and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Requires deep knowledge of the discipline typically obtained through higher education combined with experience.
• Typically viewed as a subject matter expert within project management with broad knowledge of programs and projects.
• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent (GED) required; university degree or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiation activities including developing management and communication plans, identify stakeholders, and secure resources.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to plan releases, coordinate testing, and implement final products.
• Manage risks and issues to ensure goals, budgets, scope and quality are met.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

University degree or equivalent experience

Tools

PMI-PMP

PMI-ACP

PMI-PfMP

PMI-PgMP

Job description

Build a Career That Builds Your Future — with PulteGroup! Welcome to PulteGroup where we believe in building more than just homes— we believe in building inspired employees, meaningful careers, and a legacy of excellence. If you're looking for work that moves you, a team that values your ideas, and a company that brings you pride, you’ve come to the right place. As one of the nation’s largest and most respected homebuilders, PulteGroup offers opportunities to grow within a Fortune 500 company that’s consistently recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Company to Work For and a certified Great Place to Work. We’re driven by the bold purpose of Building Incredible Places for People to Live Their Dreams. For over 70 years, we’ve been building more than homes—we’ve been building trust, innovation, and a culture where every team member is empowered to thrive. Join a company that champions inclusion, celebrates diversity, and supports your personal and professional journey. Headquartered in vibrant Atlanta, Georgia, and operating in over 45 markets nationwide, we’re proud to build homes through our trusted family of brands—including Innovative Construction Group, Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West, and John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, Pulte Mortgage, PGP Title, Pulte Insurance Agency —all united under the PulteGroup name.

Job Description Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, facilitating and managing a broad range of highly complex and enterprise-scale projects and/or solution implementations. Manages a portfolio of projects and programs involving medium and large teams. Brings enterprise-level perspective to planning and organization of projects.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Manages project initiation activities including development of project management and communication plans, identify stakeholders, secure project resources, and facilitate project kick-off
• Interacts with cross-functional teams to plan solution releases, testing coordination and implementation of final product
• Manages project risk, issues and activities to ensure project goals, budget, deadline, scope and quality are achieved
• Remove blocks and assists with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed and serves as escalation point and coordinator for resolving highly complex, urgent, and non-routine product/solution issues
• Ensures project is progressing as planned through constant prioritization, cost, scope, change and quality management
• Completes project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance
• Hands over documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams
• Conducts a retrospective project review to identify areas of improvement
• Applies and holds team accountable to the use of Pulte’s standard project and functional practices, procedures, and use of tools
• Oversees and supports the creation of the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) for the project
• Participates in the discovery and selection of external staffing resources and evaluation of solutions and packages
• Contributes to and champions PulteGroup Project Management best practices, methods, standards, and processes
• Identifies and leads process improvement efforts within the Project Management team
• Identifies process improvement opportunities for other disciplines/teams
• Creates project/solution budget projections and manages budget through delivery Lifecycle
• Builds and fosters vendor partnerships and maintains on-going vendor relationships
• Ensures project deliverables are in alignment with compliance objectives and participates in audit processes
• Oversees escalated product support including on-call (after-hours, weekends, and holidays) for high priority issues
• Mentors peers with less experience and coaches project/product team members across all disciplines/roles
• Proves knowledgeable in the cross-functional tools, practices, and skills utilized through all phases of project/product delivery
• Participates in the continuous employee review process by providing specific input regarding team member performance
• Within project team, identifies process gaps or areas for improvement and recommends or implements solutions
• Coordinates and oversees onboarding of new project team members including system, tools and project methodology training
• Provides project status and KPI reports to IT leadership
• Perform other duties as assigned

Career Level (P4)

Organizational Impact: Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with major impact on the area of responsibility. Contributes to the development of goals the area and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.). Manages large projects or processes with moderate impact on the achievement of sub-family results. Work is performed with limited oversight. Typically responsible for coaching, reviewing and delegating work to lower-level professionals. Provides measurable input to new products, processes or standards in operational plans in order to implement operational objectives

Leadership & Talent Management: Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. Typically responsible for managing major/complex projects at this level, involving delegation of work and review of work products.

Knowledge & Experience

Requires deep knowledge of area typically obtained through higher education combined with experience. Typically viewed as a subject matter expert within discipline. May have broad knowledge of project or program management. Minimum high school diploma or equivalent (GED) required. Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 6-8 years of prior relevant experience.

Required Skills Not applicable

Required Licensing, Registration and/or Certifications PMI-PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PfMP, PMI-PgMP or recognized equivalent required

Physical Requirements

May require travel

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will provide a reasonable accommodation to a qualified applicant with a disability that will enable the individual to have an equal opportunity to participate in the application process and to be considered for a job.

This Organization Participates in e-Verify

Pulte Homes of Minnesota is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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PulteGroup Employee Benefits

At PulteGroup, we believe that our people are what makes us a good place to work and we strive to meet their health and welfare needs with a competitive suite of benefit offerings designed for their unique lifestyles.

• Comprehensive, Flexible and Affordable Healthcare Coverage Options
• Supplemental Healthcare Coverage Opportunities
• PTO and Work/Life Benefits
• Health Advocacy and Wellness
• Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Education and Employee Assistance Programs
• Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Benefits
• Mortgage Financing Discounts through Pulte Mortgage