Senior Project Manager, Industry Specialty Services

BDO USA; Potomac (MD); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA, LLP in Maryland is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex ERP implementations and government contracting programs for clients across sectors. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets and schedules, ensure contract compliance, and drive governance and risk management to deliver measurable outcomes.

The role emphasizes business development, proposal support, client relationships, and adoption of project management standards within Industry Specialty Services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience required.
• 5+ years managing complex cross‑functional technology or business transformation projects required.
• 3+ years ERP implementation project experience required.
• 3+ years supporting government contracts or public sector clients required.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, and vendor relationships, required.

Responsibilities

• Manages complex ERP implementations and strategic projects from initiation through closeout.
• Develops project charters, integrated plans, budgets, and resource plans.
• Coordinates activities across stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, and vendors.
• Applies government contracting requirements to planning, execution, and reporting.
• Establishes governance, escalation paths, and reporting standards.
• Monitors budgets, labor utilization, and financial performance.
• Leads requirements workshops, design reviews, and status meetings.
• Coordinates change management, training, and stakeholder adoption.
• Reviews deliverables for quality and contractual compliance.
• Prepares executive briefings, proposals, and contract deliverable packages.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Governance

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

ERP platforms (SAP, Oracle, MS Dynamics)

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Senior Project Manager manages complex projects for government contractor and commercial clients, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, business process transformations, technology deployments, M&A integrations, and other strategic initiatives. This position coordinates project delivery across cross-functional teams, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, budgets, schedules, quality standards, and organizational priorities. The Senior Project Manager applies project management, government contracting, and ERP implementation expertise to manage risks, resolve issues, support governance, and deliver measurable outcomes. This position also contributes to business development, proposal activities, client relationships, and project management standards within Industry Specialty Services.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager manages complex projects for government contractor and commercial clients, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, business process transformations, technology deployments, M&A integrations, and other strategic initiatives. This position coordinates project delivery across cross-functional teams, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, budgets, schedules, quality standards, and organizational priorities. The Senior Project Manager applies project management, government contracting, and ERP implementation expertise to manage risks, resolve issues, support governance, and deliver measurable outcomes. This position also contributes to business development, proposal activities, client relationships, and project management standards within Industry Specialty Services.

Job Duties

• Manages complex ERP implementations, technology programs, business transformations, post-transaction integrations and other strategic projects from initiation through closeout
• Develops project charters, integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and communication plans
• Coordinates project activities across client stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, technical teams, and business process owners
• Applies government contracting requirements to project planning, execution, reporting, documentation, compliance, and change management activities
• Establishes project governance structures, decision rights, escalation paths, meeting cadences, and reporting standards
• Defines project scope, objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestones, dependencies, and performance measures
• Manages ERP implementation activities across requirements gathering, business process design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization
• Evaluates project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities
• Develops and maintains risk registers, issue logs, action plans, decision logs, change logs, and lessons-learned records
• Monitors project budgets, labor utilization, subcontractor costs, invoices, forecasts, and financial performance
• Tracks project schedules, deliverables, milestones, resource assignments, quality measures, and client commitments
• Leads requirements workshops, design reviews, status meetings, steering committee meetings, testing sessions, and project retrospectives
• Coordinates organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities
• Reviews project deliverables for accuracy, completeness, quality, contractual compliance, and alignment with approved requirements
• Manages scope changes through documented impact assessments, approvals, contract modifications, and updated project baselines
• Prepares executive briefings, client presentations, progress reports, performance dashboards, and contract deliverable packages
• Supports proposal development, solution design, pricing activities, oral presentations, and project mobilization efforts
• Builds trusted relationships with government clients, executive sponsors, program leadership, delivery teams, and external partners
• Promotes consistent use of project management methodologies, templates, tools, controls, and quality practices
• Identifies opportunities to improve project delivery, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and financial performance
• Conducts project closeout activities, including final reporting, transition planning, contract deliverables, benefits assessment, and lessons learned

Supervisory Responsibilities

Other duties as required

• Coaches project team members in project management practices, delivery standards, documentation, risk management, and client engagement

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Public Administration, or another specified discipline, required
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Public Administration, or another specified discipline, preferred

Experience

• Eight (8) or more years of project management experience, required
• Five (5) or more years managing complex, cross-functional projects involving technology, business process transformation, systems implementation, or organizational change, required
• Three (3) or more years managing ERP implementation projects involving requirements, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, or stabilization, required
• Three (3) or more years supporting government contracts, government agencies, public-sector clients, contract deliverables, compliance requirements, or contractor oversight, required
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, issues, scope changes, vendors, and subcontractors, required
• Experience managing projects with multiple workstreams, complex dependencies, executive stakeholders, and formal governance structures, required
• Experience with proposal development, contract transition, task order execution, or program mobilization, preferred
• Experience within a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or government contracting organization, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s)

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, required
• Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Certified Practitioner, or comparable Agile certification, preferred
• ERP platform certification, preferred

Software

• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, required
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams, required
• Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday, or Infor, required
• Experience with project portfolio management, collaboration, scheduling, reporting, or workflow platforms, preferred
• Experience with Power BI or comparable project reporting and dashboard tools, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of government contracting principles, contract deliverables, task orders, compliance requirements, and client reporting expectations
• Knowledge of ERP implementation lifecycles, business process redesign, systems integration, data migration, testing, training, and deployment
• Knowledge of project governance, change control, risk management, quality management, and earned value concepts
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, workstreams, clients, and contractual commitments
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable project plans and measurable deliverables
• Ability to analyze project data, identify trends, evaluate impacts, and recommend corrective actions
• Ability to facilitate decisions among executive sponsors, technical teams, business stakeholders, contractors, and government representatives
• Ability to communicate complex project information clearly through written reports, presentations, dashboards, and meetings
• Ability to negotiate scope, schedule, budget, resource, quality, and contract issues
• Ability to identify and resolve project risks, issues, conflicts, and delivery barriers
• Ability to maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready project documentation
• Ability to manage confidential client, contract, financial, personnel, and project information
• Ability to lead geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings as required
• Ability to work within established contract, security, ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements
• Ability to mentor project managers, project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
National Range: $155,000 - $185,000
Maryland Range: $155,000 - $185,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $155,000 - $185,000

About Us

At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.
Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact.
BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity.
As technology continues to shape how we work, BDO values the ability to apply generative and agentic AI solutions to develop work products, improve workflows and identify potential risks. Across our firm, we emphasize professional judgment in validating AI-generated outputs for accuracy, quality, and compliance.
We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together.

• Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

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