Sr Professional Services Project Manager

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Ohio; On-site; USD 88,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Charitable giveback day

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Job summary

AspenTech is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead planning and execution of complex customer projects with significant business impact. You will develop schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource plans while coordinating cross-functional teams and maintaining strong customer relationships.

You will monitor financial performance, manage risks, and ensure delivery within scope, schedule, and quality. The role offers growth within the Digital Grid Management portfolio and opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading customer-facing projects.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, schedules, risk management, and change control processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional project teams and influence project outcomes.
• Experience coordinating technical project activities and managing competing priorities.
• Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies, including Microsoft Project and PERT/CPM.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of complex customer projects with significant operational and business impact.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource requirements to ensure successful delivery.
• Monitor project financial performance, including revenue forecasting, cost management, and change order tracking.
• Coordinate project resources and proactively identify and address delivery risks and resource constraints.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while driving timely resolution of issues.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with customer stakeholders, project sponsors, and internal teams.
• Provide regular project status updates and communicate project progress, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Ensure projects are delivered according to approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer expectations.
• Facilitate project governance activities, including status reviews, risk reviews, and project milestone approvals.
• Manage project change requests and ensure appropriate alignment between customer requirements and project delivery.
• Support project estimating, project reviews, delivery planning, and implementation strategy discussions.
• Mentor junior project managers and share project management best practices across the organization.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes, methodologies, and delivery standards.
• Ensure projects are properly tested, documented, approved, and transitioned to customers and support organizations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Travel up to 10%

Planning and problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, CS, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft Project

PERT/CPM

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 fast-paced, growing, high technology company, headquartered in Medina, Minnesota. As a world leader in the Operations Technology (OT) field, AspenTech develops and supplies state-of-the-art energy management, optimization, and control software solutions to energy utility companies worldwide. In this position, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of customer projects, ensuring achievement of project objectives, customer satisfaction, and business goals. You will manage multiple projects from initiation through completion, coordinating cross-functional teams and serving as a primary point of contact for customers and internal stakeholders. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be accountable for project execution, financial tracking, schedule management, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and successful project delivery. This role requires strong project management expertise, customer relationship skills, and the ability to effectively manage project teams in a dynamic environment.

Your Impact Lead the planning and execution of complex technical customer projects with significant operational and business impact.

Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource requirements to ensure successful delivery.

Monitor project financial performance, including revenue forecasting, cost management, and change order tracking.

Coordinate project resources and proactively identify and address delivery risks and resource constraints.

Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while driving timely resolution of issues.

Build and maintain strong working relationships with customer stakeholders, project sponsors, and internal teams.

Provide regular project status updates and communicate project progress, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders.

Ensure projects are delivered according to approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer expectations.

Facilitate project governance activities, including status reviews, risk reviews, and project milestone approvals.

Manage project change requests and ensure appropriate alignment between customer requirements and project delivery.

Support project estimating, project reviews, delivery planning, and implementation strategy discussions.

Mentor junior project managers and share project management best practices across the organization.

Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes, methodologies, and delivery standards.

Ensure projects are properly tested, documented, approved, and transitioned to customers and support organizations.

This role is a valuable part of our Digital Grid Management team at AspenTech. Learn more about the team here: Together We Build the Utility of the Future | Digital Grid Management | AspenTech

The salary range for this role is $87,700.00 - $109,600.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.

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, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real-time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head-on with unmatched expertise, cutting-edge AI-powered technology and a passion to innovate.

AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading customer-facing projects.
• Demonstrated success managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and business objectives.
• Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, schedules, risk management, and change control processes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional project teams and influence project outcomes.
• Experience coordinating technical project activities and managing competing priorities.
• Strong organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies, including Microsoft Project and PERT/CPM.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience in electrical utility, SCADA, automation, or energy industries.
• Experience managing customer-facing software, technology, or implementation projects.
• Experience supporting project estimates, proposals, and delivery planning activities.
• Ability to work effectively across geographically dispersed teams.
• Track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and with high customer satisfaction.

Work Authorization

AspenTech will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.