Senior Project Manager

Mindlance; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A national recruiting company is seeking an experienced Project Manager in New Haven, Connecticut. The role involves overseeing multiple projects, creating detailed project plans and budgets, and managing a cross-functional team. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a strong background in project management, and expertise in tools like SAP and Microsoft Project. This position is key in ensuring project deliverables are met on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• 8+ years minimum experience in development and 6 years in project management.
• Strong experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to drive consensus among stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver multiple projects as a Project Manager.
• Create project plan, budget, and manage resources.
• Lead cross-functional team to identify schedule and resource interdependencies.

Skills

Project management

Fluent English

Interpersonal communication

Customer service orientation

Microsoft Project

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Finance, Accounting or equivalent

Tools

SAP

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Mindlance is a national recruiting company which partners with many of the leading employers across the country. Feel free to check us out at http://www.mindlance.com.

Job Description

• Plan and deliver multiple projects as a Project Manager; create project charter and business case.
• Create project plan and budget. Work with functions to commit resources to projects, identify resource constraints, and level resources.
• Develop and maintain an end‑to‑end project plan for all projects under your responsibility from requirements gathering through release—including development, testing, deployment, and archive.
• Ensure project plans are signed off by functional leads and relevant project managers.
• Lead and support a cross‑functional team to identify all schedule and resource interdependencies and associated risks.
• Establish a process or forum for raising and evaluating project issues and risks.
• Coordinate with functional managers to create an overall resource and work plan per project budget and schedule constraints.
• Review all schedule dependencies to the task level of detail; coordinate the production and review of project deliverables; ensure required inputs are delivered on committed dates or that change management is implemented.
• Own and manage project budgets—including frequent updates on overall status, internal and external pending amounts, spend by month, spend by program/phase, committed spend, SOW status, PO and invoice tracking, and approvals to agreed guidelines.
• Provide team management and communication: lead, motivate, manage, and support assigned team members to ensure adherence to processes and procedures, maximize effectiveness and efficiency, and provide improvement feedback when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing multiple projects concurrently, with an ability to move between high‑level overview and detailed component tracking and issue management.
• Fluent in English with excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to drive consensus among various internal stakeholders, including executive management and third parties.
• Customer‑service orientation with ability to manage relationships with internal and external customers.
• Strong Microsoft Project skills and experience creating management reports from projects.
• Strong presentation skills using PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Experience with SAP project implementation, with an emphasis on finance implementations.
• Desired: Experience with IT2, Dolphin, Anaplan, Tagetik, BPC or similar finance implementations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent; 8 years minimum experience in development and 6 years experience in project management, with expertise in building and tracking project plans, risk management, and project budgets.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.