Senior Project Manager: Cross-Functional Delivery Leader

New Balance Athletics, Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance options

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401K plan

Lifestyle reimbursement

Tuition reimbursement

Student loan support

Mentorship programs

4 weeks vacation

12 holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

New Balance Athletics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Boston to lead complex, crossfunctional initiatives and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

You will guide planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects, tailoring delivery approaches (Agile, hybrid, or traditional) to fit needs and driving continuous improvement. As a senior PMO member, you will mentor other project managers, contribute to PMO standards, and partner with business, product, and engineering

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience in a technical field.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or workstreams.
• Proficiency in Agile, Scrum, or hybrid PM methodologies.
• Experience with PM tools such as Smartsheets, ADO, or JIRA.
• Influence without authority and the ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple crossfunctional projects aligning with strategy, timelines, scope, budget, and quality.
• Tailor delivery methodologies to project needs while promoting agility and improvement.
• Maintain clear project plans, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Manage RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) with mitigation and escalation.
• Facilitate governance with status reporting, RAG indicators, milestone reviews, and leadership updates.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product, engineering, and technology to translate objectives into execution plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, tooling, and ways of working across the PMO.
• Schedule and facilitate meetings; track decisions and tasks; monitor progress.
• Coordinate with outside vendors and internal teams for governance and oversight.
• Mentor and coach other project managers.

Skills

SDLC knowledge

Multiple projects

Agile/Scrum

PM tools: Smartsheets

JIRA/ADO

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps (ADO)

Smartsheets

Job description

New Balance Athletics, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Boston to lead complex, crossfunctional initiatives and deliver meaningful business outcomes.

You will guide planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects, tailoring delivery approaches (Agile, hybrid, or traditional) to fit needs and driving continuous improvement. As a senior PMO member, you will mentor other project managers, contribute to PMO standards, and partner with business, product, and engineering