Senior Project Manager – Enterprise PMO

Jobtailor; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Cleveland, OH is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead and coordinate enterprise-wide initiatives. You will define success criteria, manage risks, and align stakeholders across teams to deliver complex programs from inception to closure.

The role requires PMP or ScrumMaster, 6+ years of experience, strong leadership, budgeting, and communication skills, plus the ability to drive process improvements with PMO policies and vendor management.

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent required.
• 6 years related experience.
• PMP or related certification.
• Experience with PMO, budgets, risks.
• Ability to lead and coordinate team activities.
• Experience with Agile practices.
• Experience with vendor management and mergers & acquisitions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, monitor, and oversee complex projects from inception through closure.
• Provide leadership, structure, and visibility across related projects.
• Define success criteria and deliverables with stakeholders.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Develop and maintain project charters, plans, schedules, and status reports.
• Forecast expenses and manage budgets.
• Lead vendor management and contract-related deliverables.
• Lead sprint planning sessions, backlogs, reviews, and retrospectives.

Skills

PMP

Agile Methodologies

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

College Degree or equivalent

Tools

SharePoint

Smartsheet

Dashboards

Reporting Tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, monitor, and oversee complex projects from inception through closure
• Provide leadership, structure, and visibility across related projects
• Partner with stakeholders, sponsors, and project teams to define success criteria and deliverables
• Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, conflicts, scope changes, and decisions
• Apply advanced project management methodologies, documentation standards, tools, and best practices
• Develop and maintain project charters, plans, schedules, status reports, communication plans, risk and issue logs, and change control documentation
• Develop communication plans and provide updates to sponsors, leadership, stakeholders, and project teams
• Forecast project expenses and manage project budgets
• Manage third-party vendors, resources, contractual deliverables, and financial deliverables
• Lead project team and stakeholder meetings, including agendas, presentations, minutes, and follow-up communications
• Monitor project progress and communicate issues, risks, and decisions
• Identify process improvement opportunities and recommend solutions
• Develop, implement, and recommend Enterprise PMO policies, procedures, practices, and standards
• Provide leadership, mentoring, coaching, training, and guidance to project team members or less experienced staff
• Work with minimal supervision from Enterprise PMO leadership
• Independently manage complex project activities and priorities

Requirements

• College Degree or equivalent required
• 6 years related experience
• Expert technical knowledge
• Knowledge of industry regulations
• Ability to lead and coordinate the team activities of others
• Ability to formulate, document and recommend new policies and procedures
• Able to work in and lead a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of an organization, both internally and externally
• Ability to travel as required by business and on-call availability
• Experience using project management tools, methodologies, dashboards, reporting tools, SharePoint, Smartsheet, or similar platforms
• Strong collaborative, conflict management, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• PMP, Agile, Certified ScrumMaster, or related project management certification
• Must be able to create and manage work breakdown structures, project schedules, project budgets, project risk registries, and issue logs at an advanced level
• Must be able to lead sprint planning sessions, organize and refine backlogs, lead sprint reviews and retrospectives, and guide teams new to Agile
• Must be able to manage vendors from contract negotiation through transition to operational support
• Proven experience in business process improvement using information technology and organizational change management related to new technology introduction
• Knowledge of common business operations applications such as CRM and ERP
• Experience managing Merger & Acquisition projects focused on technology transition and integrations is a plus

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced project management capabilities, including expertise in managing complex projects, leading teams, and applying methodologies such as Agile and PMP. Proficient in developing project documentation, managing budgets, and improving business processes through technology.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Agile Methodologies
• Advanced Project Scheduling
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Business Process Improvement

Hard Skills

• Project Management
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Project Budgets
• Risk Management
• Issue Logs
• Change Control Documentation
• Project Charters
• Project Plans
• Project Schedules
• Technical Knowledge

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Conflict Management
• Collaboration
• Mentoring

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP
• Certified ScrumMaster

Industry Keywords

• Enterprise PMO
• Merger & Acquisition Projects
• Industry Regulations
• Business Operations Applications
• Organizational Change Management

Tools & Technologies

• Project Management Tools
• SharePoint
• Smartsheet
• Dashboards
• Reporting Tools