Senior Project Manager, Complex Ops & Tech

FedEx Freight; Southwind (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Freight seeks a Project Manager to lead high-complexity projects spanning multiple business units. You will coordinate resources, schedules, and financials with the Operations Support and Engineering (OSE) organization and drive on-time delivery.

You will manage engagements, vendor relationships, budgets, risks, and changes, while reporting results and building partnerships across FedEx Freight. The role requires leadership, problem-solving, and strong communication with senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Communication/Journalism or related quantitative discipline, plus seven years PM experience.
• Certification such as SAFe Program Consultant (PC), Scaled Agilist (SA), Prosci Change Management, Project Management Professional (PMP), Lean Six Sigma, or QDM Expert highly preferred.
• Strong Leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down the FXF organization.
• Advanced Experience with business analysis techniques in a wide range of projects and complexities.
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, problem solving, leadership, project management, and training skills.
• Superb time management, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Experience and ability to use Microsoft Office Software, including but not limited to; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Lead project(s) of high complexity, highly sensitive and/or with complex technical elements to ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plans and procure adequate resources to achieve objectives within planned timeframe; ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope.
• Establish priorities and milestones for project(s) with interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs.
• Manage all aspects of project engagement from day-to-day activities to vendor relationships, budget, changes, risks and issues.
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand.
• Work creatively and analytically to solve problems with teamwork and excellence.
• Analyze needs to provide recommendations including ROI and cost-benefit analysis for strategy.
• Report on project results, metrics, test and deployment management activities including milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues.
• Build and maintain solid relationships with management and process owners across FedEx Freight and the FedEx organization.
• Comply with laws/regulations and company policies; perform other duties as required.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Time management

Education

Bachelors in business or related field

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

FedEx Freight seeks a Project Manager to lead high-complexity projects spanning multiple business units. You will coordinate resources, schedules, and financials with the Operations Support and Engineering (OSE) organization and drive on-time delivery.

You will manage engagements, vendor relationships, budgets, risks, and changes, while reporting results and building partnerships across FedEx Freight. The role requires leadership, problem-solving, and strong communication with senior management.