Sr Manager, Project Management

Aspentech; Medina (MN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AspenTech, a global software leader, seeks a Senior Manager, Project Management to lead a portfolio of complex customer delivery programs across regions. You will guide delivery teams responsible for implementing AspenTech's Digital Grid Management solutions and ensuring successful outcomes.

You will collaborate with executives across Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Finance and Customer Success to shape methodologies, optimize performance, and scale delivery capabilities while driving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in project management, program management, professional services, or customer delivery leadership.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience, including managing Project Managers, Program Managers, and customer-facing delivery organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, enterprise software implementation programs with significant business and operational complexity.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers and delivery leaders, building a high-performing organization focused on accountability, collaboration, and customer success.
• Oversee a portfolio of large, strategic, and highly complex customer programs, ensuring successful execution, financial performance, and achievement of business objectives.
• Establish and execute portfolio delivery strategies aligned with organizational goals and business priorities.
• Drive project governance, operational excellence, and standardization of project management practices across the organization.
• Partner with senior customer stakeholders and executive leadership to manage strategic relationships, drive issue resolution, and ensure successful business outcomes.
• Provide executive oversight of project financials, including forecasting, revenue recognition, margin performance, resource utilization, and risk management.
• Lead resource planning and workforce strategy activities to ensure effective staffing and capacity management across multiple projects and regions.
• Guide project managers through complex program challenges, escalations, contractual issues, and customer negotiations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to improve delivery quality, operational efficiency, scalability, and customer experience.
• Drive organizational change and process improvement initiatives that enhance project execution and business performance.
• Support business development activities, including executive customer discussions, proposals, delivery strategy reviews, and contract negotiations.
• Develop succession plans and talent strategies to strengthen leadership capabilities within the project management organization.
• Identify emerging market trends, customer needs, and business opportunities to support future growth initiatives.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, innovation and operational excellence.

Skills

People leadership

Strategic planning

Executive stakeholder management

Operational excellence

Program management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways - from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization, and management of complex energy networks.

As a Senior Manager, Project Management, you will provide strategic leadership for a global portfolio of complex customer delivery programs and lead a team of Project Managers responsible for implementing AspenTech' s Digital Grid Management solutions. This role is accountable for project execution excellence, portfolio financial performance, resource strategy, customer satisfaction, and organizational scalability.

You will serve as a senior leader within the Professional Services organization, partnering closely with executive stakeholders, Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Customer Success to drive successful customer outcomes and support business growth. In addition to leading delivery teams, you will shape project management methodologies, develop organizational capabilities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across the business.

This role requires a strong combination of people leadership, operational excellence, strategic planning, and customer engagement experience, with a proven ability to lead large-scale, highly complex technology implementations.

Your Impact

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Project Managers and delivery leaders, building a high-performing organization focused on accountability, collaboration, and customer success.
• Oversee a portfolio of large, strategic, and highly complex customer programs, ensuring successful execution, financial performance, and achievement of business objectives.
• Establish and execute portfolio delivery strategies aligned with organizational goals and business priorities.
• Drive project governance, operational excellence, and standardization of project management practices across the organization.
• Partner with senior customer stakeholders and executive leadership to manage strategic relationships, drive issue resolution, and ensure successful business outcomes.
• Provide executive oversight of project financials, including forecasting, revenue recognition, margin performance, resource utilization, and risk management.
• Lead resource planning and workforce strategy activities to ensure effective staffing and capacity management across multiple projects and regions.
• Guide project managers through complex program challenges, escalations, contractual issues, and customer negotiations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to improve delivery quality, operational efficiency, scalability, and customer experience.
• Drive organizational change and process improvement initiatives that enhance project execution and business performance.
• Support business development activities, including executive customer discussions, proposals, delivery strategy reviews, and contract negotiations.
• Develop succession plans and talent strategies to strengthen leadership capabilities within the project management organization.
• Identify emerging market trends, customer needs, and business opportunities to support future growth initiatives.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, innovation and operational excellence.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in project management, program management, professional services, or customer delivery leadership.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience, including managing Project Managers, Program Managers, and customer-facing delivery organizations.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale, enterprise software implementation programs with significant business and operational complexity.
• Experience managing portfolios consisting of multiple concurrent projects, strategic customer accounts, and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong financial acumen, including portfolio forecasting, revenue management, budgeting and profitability oversight.
• Proven ability to develop and execute organizational strategies that improve delivery effectiveness and business performance.
• Expertise in project governance, risk management, resource planning, and executive stakeholder management.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and influencing