Senior Project Manager

firstPRO US; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstPRO US in Massachusetts is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead a portfolio of projects from initiation through completion, ensuring on-time delivery, budget adherence, and minimal disruption to operations.

You will manage resources, schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications while driving process improvements and successful rollouts across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with project/financial reporting preferred.
• Strong PM fundamentals and methodologies.
• Familiarity with operational systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, resources, schedules, forecasting, and performance.
• Provide status updates to leadership including risks, issues, and decisions.
• Identify conflicts and risks and develop corrective actions.
• Lead and allocate project team resources for delivery.
• Maintain documentation, approvals, permits, and reporting.
• Continuously improve PM processes, technologies, and methodologies.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

MS Office

Project management software

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

This role is responsible for leading a portfolio of projects and project teams from initiation through completion, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with minimal operational disruption. The position manages resources, schedules, budgets, risks, documentation, and stakeholder communications while identifying opportunities to improve project processes and business efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project budgets, resources, schedules, forecasting, and overall project performance.
• Provide clear status updates to senior leadership and key stakeholders, including risks, issues, and decisions.
• Identify resource conflicts, scheduling challenges, and project risks, and develop corrective actions.
• Build strong relationships with business teams, consultants, architects, and other stakeholders.
• Lead and allocate project team resources to ensure successful delivery.
• Maintain project documentation, approvals, permits, and reporting.
• Continuously improve project management processes, technologies, and methodologies.
• Lead project and program initiation, including charters, objectives, assumptions, risks, resource planning, and dependencies.
• Develop business cases for new initiatives focused on cost savings, innovation, and minimizing operational disruption.
• Manage changes to project scope, criteria, and objectives in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Support change management strategies, communications, and successful operational rollouts.
• Promote best practices, collaboration, safety, environmental responsibility, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of project management experience.
• Experience with project and/or financial reporting preferred.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals and methodologies.
• Knowledge of operational systems and processes relevant to the project area.
• Familiarity with company policies and procedures.
• Strong Microsoft Office and project management software skills.