Job Title: Sr Project Manager
Location-Type: Remote - Austin, TX or anywhere in TX highly preferred
Start Date: 3-4 weeks from verbal offer
Duration: Contract, 6 months with potential to extend
Compensation Range: $48-$71/hr W2
Benefits: Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K
Visa Sponsorship: Not eligible for visa sponsorship
Job Description
This role serves as a customer-facing project manager within the client's Professional Services team, responsible for delivering implementation, migration, and professional services engagements across the organization's products and solutions.
Job Summary
- Manage a portfolio of 15-20 concurrent customer engagements from kickoff through formal closure
- Own scope, schedule, and budget against a Statement of Work or Service Delivery Description, tracking hours, burn rates, and changes through a formal change request process
- Select and apply the appropriate delivery methodology (waterfall, agile, or hybrid) for each engagement in alignment with PMI standards
- Run customer-facing governance including kickoff meetings, project plans, status reports, RAID logs, and executive updates
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including consultants, solutions engineers, account executives, CSMs, support, and partners to remove blockers and keep work on track
- Manage risks and escalations, including migration and cutover risks, raising issues early with clear options and recommendations
- Maintain accurate project data in Jira, Salesforce, and PSA tools to provide leadership with visibility into project health, utilization, and forecasting
Minimum Requirements
- 5 years of project management experience, including 3 years managing customer-facing projects in professional services, consulting, or implementation delivery at a technology or SaaS company
- Proven experience managing 10 concurrent projects with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and customer satisfaction
- Hands-on experience delivering against an SOW or service description, including managing change requests and project financials (hours, burn rate, and forecasting)
- Working knowledge of waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery methodologies, as well as PMI/PMBOK practices
- Technical literacy in networking and security concepts (e.g., DNS, CDN, WAF, DDoS, Zero Trust/SASE) with the ability to follow technical discussions and understand migration dependencies
- Proficiency with Jira, Salesforce, and a PSA tool (e.g., Certinia, Kantata, ServiceNow SPM), alongside Smartsheet or MS Project
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP or CAPM certification; agile certification (e.g., PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe)
- Delivery experience at a cybersecurity, networking, or cloud provider
- Experience migrating customers from competing CDN, security, or SASE vendors
- Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, a related field, or equivalent experience