Senior Project Manager, IT - Project, Program & Portfolio Mgmt

builders; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Builders in the United States seeks a project manager to handle large, complex, multi-platform projects. You will collaborate with leadership to define scope, goals, and milestones, aligning with business objectives and driving outcomes through disciplined execution.

Role emphasizes collaboration, risk management, and progress tracking against metrics. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor’s degree, 4+ years of relevant experience, and certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• 4+ years relevant work experience
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Certification

Responsibilities

• Provides subject matter expertise by following appropriate implementation plans and delivering scope, goals, scheduling, and deliverables
• Implements plans to scale processes and integrates milestones with related initiatives
• Monitors progress against success metrics and manages risks with mitigation plans
• Identifies stakeholders and collaborates with all required functions to plan and execute assignments
• Implements change approaches and plans for assigned initiatives throughout the delivery lifecycle

Skills

Bachelor's degree

4+ years experience

Certification

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Scope of role:

Project: Typically manages large and/or complex, multi-platform projects or programs.

The primary focus of each role can be different depending on the role but may include some combination of each of the responsibilities outlined below. Team members should work with leadership to define the "composition" of their specific role to drive impact and generate outcomes. Career progression does not require demonstration of all accountabilities below.

Delivery and Execution:

Provides subject matter expertise by following appropriate implementation plans. This may include scope, goals, scheduling, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with management.

Planning and Alignment:

Implements plans to scale processes within assignments.

Integrates milestones for own deliverables with related initiatives.

Seeks opportunities to improve productivity, cost containment and improve project performance.

Status Updates and Progress:

Delegates deliverables and reviews progress against established success metrics. Manages business needs and risks and implements established risk mitigation plans.

Collaboration:

Identifies appropriate stakeholders and collaborates with all required functions and groups to effectively plan and execute defined assignments.

Change Management:

Implements change approach, strategy, and plan for assigned initiatives. Manages change plan throughout the delivery lifecycle.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• 4+ years relevant work experience.
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certification

COMPETENCIES

• Evaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.
• Technical Communication/ Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.
• Adjusting and Driving Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism. Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives.
• Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.
• Demonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business.
• Agile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle. Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market.
• Bias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.

BFS COMPETENCIES

• Business and Financial AcumenDemonstrates depth of understanding for the P&L and financial analysisTeaches business and financial acumen to others.Understands KPIs and how BFS makes money.Knows the different business segments and how they relate to one another.Understands customer sales and engagement.Demonstrates functional and/or technical expertise.Understands complex issues and demonstrates problem solving skills.Understands how to maximize business results regardless of industry cycle.
• Results DrivenHolds self and others accountable.Communicates and sets clear goals with plans to deliver.Manages competing priorities effectively.Demonstrates appropriate urgency.Drives to exceed expectations in alignment with our BFS SPICE values.Embraces and follows best practices.Demonstrates self-starter, can-do attitude.
• Strategic Thinking and Decision MakingLeverages resources and teams around them to solve problems and create mutually beneficial outcomes.Demonstrates willingness and courage to make tough decisions in a timely manner.Balances short-and-long term prioritiesDemonstrates proactive versus reactive thinking.Asks questions to identify root cause and analyze situations more accurately.
• Servant LeadershipDemonstrates humility by putting others first.Builds trust-based relationships.Leads by example with kindness and respect.Collaborates well across all areas of the business.Advocates for othersActively listens to understand the meaning and intent of what the other person is communicating.Demonstrates authenticity and encourages others to do the same.
• Emotional IntelligenceDemonstrates situational awareness – knows when and how to adjust leadership style in different situations.Demonstrates self-awareness – understands strengths and weaknesses.Demonstrates empathy – puts themselves in other’s shoes.Assumes positive intent.
• Develops and Leads OthersDrives alignment through clear communication of vision, goals, and expectations.Invests time on a regular basis in performance feedback and developmental conversations.Fosters a respectful and inclusive environment.Empowers, motivates, and inspires others.Coaches and mentor others for their development.Guides and persuades others to deliver positive outcomes.
• Growth MindsetDemonstrates a growth mindset; takes appropriate risks, fails fast and forward, learns from mistakes.Perseveres and champions growth, even in the face of resistance, ambiguity, or possible failure.Thinks like an owner with an entrepreneurial spirit.Demonstrates and encourages intellectual curiosity.Continuous learner; seeks opportunities and knowledge for personal and professional growth.Sees possibilities over problems – actively seeks solutions.
• InnovationEncourages out-of-the box thinking to create new ways of doing things.Continuously seeks to improve and simplify pain points in the business.Anticipates, embraces, and leads change.Develops and executes breakthrough strategies.
• IntegrityDoes the right thing even under challenging circumstances?Communicates with honesty.Consistently treats others fairly and equitably.Demonstrates reliability and does what they say they will do.Conducts tough conversations and delivers difficult messages with kindness and respect.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations.

Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Occasional travel may be required.