Senior Project Manager

Stellix; Town of Clifton Park (NY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible spending account

Health savings account

Unlimited vacation

Birthing leave (12 weeks)

401(k) plan

Employee stock ownership plan

Pet insurance

Referral bonus

Tuition reimbursement

STD/LTD and Life insurance

Job summary

Stellix is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our PMO, leading a rolling portfolio across multiple accounts and industries. You will guide cross-functional teams, maintain budgets and schedules, and drive automation and digital capabilities for clients.

The role requires strong business acumen, leadership, and the ability to mentor team members while delivering high-quality project outcomes. Travel and on-site collaboration are part of the role, with a remote work option where applicable.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience, including 5+ years as Project Manager.
• Experience on External and/or Client Facing projects.
• Experience managing matrixed teams on enterprise level projects.
• Technical Training and/or Education is preferred.
• Knowledge of Engineering Services and Solutions and Consulting experience is preferred.
• Experience participating in the sales process to scope and help sell the value of delivery services.
• Experience leveraging data and analytics (EVM, WBS) to review and improve project performance.

Responsibilities

• Drive all areas of project execution for highly complex projects.
• Manage customer relationships, team leadership, and high level technical direction.
• Oversee budgets, schedules, and resource plans; maintain issue logs and risk plans.
• Coordinate communication and reporting; site visits; travel up to 50% within Greater Boston area or remote work.
• Create and deliver presentations to all levels of the organization.
• Improve PMO effectiveness by updating SOPs and processes.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional

Analytical thinking

Communication

Budgeting

Delivery excellence

Education

Technical training/education preferred

Job description

About Stellix

The Stellix Group of companies share a common mission of providing transformative solutions at the intersection of science and technology that enable our customers to deliver a healthier and more sustainable future. Our unique portfolio of companies is focused on helping life sciences and industry manufacturers build, connect, and transform operations and IT to make real progress in breakthrough therapeutics, food, energy, and more.

• Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts
• Unlimited Vacation Time
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 12 Paid Weeks Birthing Parent Leave
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company Paid STD, LTD, and Life Insurance

About Our Team

The Project Management Office (PMO) is comprised of a team of experienced project management professionals and critical thinkers who are passionate about delivering successful client projects in a structured and efficient manner. We use analytics to measure project progress and performance, set goals and metrics to stay on course, and adhere to project standards to keep projects organized and well governed. We strive to exceed customer and company expectations every day and are looking for the right person to join our rapidly expanding team.

The Role

We are currently recruiting a Senior Project Manager to join our PMO team. This individual must be a critical thinking, resourceful and driven team players with a competitive spirit and strong business acumen to help our customers reach new levels of automated and digital capabilities while managing a range of projects in a rolling portfolio across several customer accounts and industries.

As the Senior Project Manager, you will be expected to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team setting and must possess the leadership and mentoring skills to effectively delegate, support, and drive project team members and outcomes. You must provide credible leadership to all aspects of automation and automation related projects/operational activities. You will be responsible for maintaining project budgets, schedules, resource plans, issue logs, risk management plans, and overall project quality documentation delivery.

How You’ll Be Successful

• Ability to facilitate solutions to tough problems that span cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate organizational skills through your attention to detail and your systematic approach to managing complex projects
• Have good instincts, a strong curiosity, and the drive to solve complex business and technology problems
• Demonstrate team leadership skills and represent the company and project team at an executive level as well throughout all levels of an organization.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with a diverse audience of both technical and nontechnical backgrounds
• A commitment to excellence, and a sense of purpose and pride in a job well done; our projects are challenging, timelines are aggressive, and determination and a sense of ownership is at the core of being successful here

What You’ll Do

• Drive all areas of project execution to successfully deliver highly complex and time sensitive projects. Our projects generally include multiple technical deliverables being orchestrated in parallel.
• Delivery responsibilities such as customer management, team management, high level technical direction, commercial management (contracts/POs), and schedule/resourcing management.
• Detailed budget management including planning and financial management of both lump sum and time & materials projects
• Resource planning, estimating, coordination, communication, and reporting skills are integral
• Site visits and direct client interface. Travel can be up to 50%-day travel within the Greater Boston area, or can go stretches with zero travel (remote work). Occasional project assignments may require full time on-site presence.
• Create and deliver presentations to all levels of the organization
• Continuously improve the effectiveness of the PMO through creating and/or updating operations SOPs.
• Management of traditional waterfall-based contracts via established PMI norms, management of software/product development via agile/scrum methodologies, management of outcome-based contracts and management of mixed methodologies.
• Some pre-execution responsibilities (e.g., sales support, proposal generation, planning, and estimating activities) as needed; these activities lead to well-defined deliverables with associated work plans that provide a solid starting point for all work.
• Some post-project activities (e.g., continuous improvement, customer satisfaction, project to site transition, training, mentoring, customer adoption services, outcome delivery).

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience including 5+ years as Project Manager.
• Experience working on External and/or Client Facing projects.
• Experience managing matrixed teams on enterprise level projects.
• Technical Training and/or Education is preferred
• Knowledge of Engineering Services and Solutions and Consulting experience is preferred
• Experience participating in the sales process to scope and help sell the value of delivery services
• Experience leveraging data and analytics (EVM, WBS, etc.) to review and improve project performance is an important aspect of this role
• Critical thinking skills – Ability to process complex information quickly, then summarize clearly and concisely.

Compensation:

This position offers a base salary range of $125,000 to $155,000, based on experience and qualifications. The role is also eligible for a variable compensation plan.

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Policy on Third-Party Unsolicited Resume Submissions:

Please note that any third-party unsolicited resume submissions will immediately become the property of Stellix and its affiliates. Stellix and its affiliates will not pay any fee to a submitting employment agency, person, or entity unless a signed agreement is established.

Please Note:

Stellix and its affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.