Senior Project Manager (Non-Union)

Hewitt Young; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewitt Young in Rochester, NY seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a portfolio of high-complexity projects, protect profitability, and develop the next generation of PMs. The role requires a strong track record in GP and cash flow, plus advanced forecasting and financial reporting.

You will mentor Project Managers, standardize execution playbooks, and collaborate with operations and leadership on capacity planning and project awards.

Qualifications

• Sustained track record of hitting GP and cash flow targets across multiple projects.
• Advanced forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting mastery.
• Proven ability to coach, develop, and hold accountable other Project Managers.
• Strong executive-level communication and negotiation skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple concurrent, competing priorities under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of two or more concurrent projects, or one large/complex project, ensuring GP and cash flow targets are hit across the full portfolio.
• Mentor and coach Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, building bench strength for future PM promotions.
• Standardize and improve HY's project execution playbooks, sharing lessons learned and best practices across projects and divisions.
• Lead risk management and change-order strategy on the most complex or highest-risk projects in the portfolio.
• Partner with Operations and Executive leadership on capacity planning, staffing, and project award decisions.
• Step in on distressed or underperforming projects to stabilize financial, schedule, and team performance.
• Serve as the escalation point for client and subcontractor relationships beyond a single PM's authority.
• Represent HY in client-facing strategic conversations, including preconstruction, negotiations, and long-term partnerships.

Skills

Portfolio management

Forecasting & cash flow

Executive communication

Coaching Project Managers

Risk & change management

Job description

Description

Senior Project Manager

Rochester, NY, US

Professional - Salaried

At Hewitt Young, excellence is our standard. We look for Builders who take ownership, push through challenges, and care about results as much as their craft. When you join our team, you earn your edge every day, and we make sure it pays off.

Role Mission

The Senior Project Manager builds possibility by leading a portfolio of high-complexity or multiple concurrent projects, protecting and growing profitability at scale, and developing the next generation of Project Managers who can replicate that performance. This role turns individual project success into repeatable, teachable execution across Hewitt Young.

Core Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of two or more concurrent projects, or one large/complex project, ensuring GP and cash flow targets are hit across the full portfolio.
• Mentor and coach Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers, building bench strength for future PM promotions.
• Standardize and improve HY's project execution playbooks, sharing lessons learned and best practices across projects and divisions.
• Lead risk management and change-order strategy on the most complex or highest-risk projects in the portfolio.
• Partner with Operations and Executive leadership on capacity planning, staffing, and project award decisions.
• Step in on distressed or underperforming projects to stabilize financial, schedule, and team performance.
• Serve as the escalation point for client and subcontractor relationships beyond a single PM's authority.
• Represent HY in client-facing strategic conversations, including preconstruction, negotiations, and long-term partnerships.

Requirements

• Sustained track record of hitting GP and cash flow targets across multiple concurrent projects.
• Advanced forecasting, cost control, and financial reporting mastery.
• Proven ability to coach, develop, and hold accountable other Project Managers.
• Strong executive-level communication and negotiation skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple concurrent, competing priorities under pressure.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE AT HEWITT YOUNG:

At Hewitt Young, we don't just fill roles - we build careers!

Above all we take pride in our work. Every project reflects who we are, how we operate, and the standards we stand behind.

If you're driven, accountable, and ready to grow, you'll find your place here.

Hewitt Young is an equal opportunity employer and consider all applicants without regard to any legally protected status.