Senior Project Manager

Aston Carter; Johnston (IA); Remote; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee complex projects, ensuring timely completion and high client satisfaction. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, PMP certification, and the ability to communicate and negotiate effectively in a remote environment.

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of project management experience.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from start to finish, ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence.
• Develop and maintain risk and project plans.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Effective communication

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage moderately complex to complex projects from start to finish, ensuring the delivery of business outcomes. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to a high level of client satisfaction. You will be required to develop and maintain detailed, robust, and high-quality risk and project plans, adjusting as necessary throughout the project lifecycle. Effective communication and negotiation skills are essential as you will interact with various levels within the team and stakeholders.

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager, you will manage moderately complex to complex projects from start to finish, ensuring the delivery of business outcomes. You will be responsible for ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to a high level of client satisfaction. You will be required to develop and maintain detailed, robust, and high-quality risk and project plans, adjusting as necessary throughout the project lifecycle. Effective communication and negotiation skills are essential as you will interact with various levels within the team and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects end-to-end to ensure timely delivery, budget adherence, and client satisfaction.
• Develop and maintain risk and project plans, including resources, scope, schedule, and cost.
• Understand and adjust project plans based on scope changes, ensuring communication of changes.
• Maintain ongoing communication with team and stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of roles and responsibilities.
• Negotiate resource requirements with management when faced with priority conflicts.
• Conduct regular work streams and project meetings, documenting and following up on actions and risks.
• Assign work to entry-level professional and support staff, adhering to departmental standards and procedures.
• Review significant project proposals of high complexity, validate project requirements, and recommend changes as needed.
• Explore and recommend solutions to project requirements without identified precedent.
• Recommend new standards and procedures based on project experience and results.
• Provide project/program management expertise and guidance to regional, divisional, and global project management communities.
• Facilitate regional/divisional governance and portfolio oversight.
• Guide development and implementation of standards, methods, tools, and templates for project management, execution, and reporting.
• Manage regular project/program assessments through toll gate reviews and health checks.
  
  

Essential Skills

• Strong project management skills
• Experience in program management
• Familiarity with PMO functions
• PMP certification
• Understanding of project life cycle
• 5-10 years of project management experience
• Bachelor's Degree
  
  

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• PMP certification preferred
  
  

Work Environment

This position is 100% remote and can be performed across all time zones. The role requires flexibility and adaptability to work in a virtual environment.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

Available For This Temporary Role May Include The Following

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
  
  

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 16, 2025.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Accounting

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