Sr Project Manager

Strategic Staffing Solutions; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month W2 contract in Denver, CO. The role is hybrid—onsite three days a week (Tuesday–Thursday)—with USC/GC eligibility.

The PM will lead complex, enterprise-level projects, overseeing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies, and will report to senior leadership. The ideal candidate has eight+ years of progressive project management experience, strong stakeholder management, and expertise in governance,

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of progressive project or program management experience.
• Leadership of complex, enterprise-level, high-visibility initiatives.
• Experience coordinating multiple teams, vendors, and senior leadership stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-visibility projects from initiation to closure.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and change control across multiple workstreams.
• Facilitate governance meetings and executive decision-making.
• Mentor less-experienced project managers and promote delivery best practices.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Project governance

Risk & issue management

Scheduling & forecasting

Communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

PM certifications (PMP/CSM/SAFe/ITIL/Prosci)

Degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for an Sr Project Manager, for a W2 contract opportunity.

Sr Project Manager

Location

Denver, CO, 80205

Work Arrangement

Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite (Tuesday-Thursday)

Employment Type

12-month W2 Contract

Work Authorization

USC/GC holder

Top Skill

• Strong written and verbal communication, including concise leadership-level status reporting.
• Demonstrated ownership of scope, schedule, budget or financial tracking, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Strong facilitation, organization, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and leadership-through-influence skills.
• Experience coordinating business teams, technical teams, vendors, and shared resources in a matrixed environment.
• Proficiency with project schedules, financial forecasts, status reports, RAID logs, decision logs, and change control.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex or high-visibility initiatives with multiple workstreams, vendors, or business units.
• Experience presenting delivery options, financial impacts, escalations, and recovery plans to director-level or executive stakeholders. Communication, Leadership/Team Management, Problem Solving, Stakeholder Management

Requirement

Minimum of eight years of progressive project or program management experience, including at least three years leading complex, enterprise-level, high-visibility, or multi-workstream initiatives. The candidate must demonstrate successful delivery involving multiple teams, significant dependencies, vendors, financial accountability, and senior leadership stakeholders. Experience supporting end-user technology services is preferred.

Certifications & Education

Project management or delivery-related certifications, such as PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, ITIL, or Prosci, are considered beneficial but are not required. Selection will be based primarily on demonstrated past performance, the complexity of work previously led, level of accountability, and relevant business and technology delivery experience.

A degree or equivalent practical experience is acceptable.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for managing complex and high risks projects. Oversees project budgets and schedules. Manage day-to-day aspects of project scope. Minimizes project risk. Creates and manages project work plans and work breakdown structures.

The Project Manager III will lead complex, high-visibility, cross-functional business and IT initiatives from initiation through closure. The role operates with limited direction and is accountable for establishing project structure and managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, vendors, risks, issues, and interdependent workstreams. The PM III will partner with senior leaders to resolve competing priorities, present delivery and financial options, and drive timely decisions.

The position focuses on enterprise coordination, leadership through influence, and predictable delivery rather than hands-on technical execution.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for:

• Complex initiative leadership:
  • Establish the delivery structure for large, ambiguous, multi-workstream, or enterprise initiatives and lead them from initiation through closure.
• Integrated planning:
  • Build and maintain integrated roadmaps, schedules, critical paths, dependency plans, decision logs, and recovery plans across teams and vendors.
• Financial and commercial ownership:
  • Manage project budgets, forecasts, actuals, accruals, purchase orders, vendor invoices, change requests, and material variances; present impacts and options to leadership.
• Executive stakeholder management:
  • Facilitate governance and decision forums with directors, senior leaders, business owners, IT leaders, and strategic vendors.
• Enterprise risk and dependency management:
  • Anticipate systemic risks, resolve cross-project conflicts, and drive decisions involving shared resources, competing priorities, and release dependencies.
• Delivery recovery:
  • Diagnose challenged initiatives, establish corrective actions, and lead schedule, scope, financial, vendor, or governance recovery efforts.
• Organizational leadership:
  • Mentor less-experienced project managers and contribute to consistent delivery practices, templates, reporting, and governance.

Day To Day

Seeking a highly motivated facilitator, collaborator and delivery owner. The PM III will direct multiple workstreams, validate integrated plans and financials, facilitate executive and vendor decisions, resolve cross-team constraints, coach project team members, manage high-impact risks and dependencies, and lead corrective action when delivery targets are at risk. Daily priorities will vary based on portfolio and project needs.

Work environment / team culture (supportive/collaborative, teamwork or individual contributor)

The environment is collaborative and delivery-focused. The project manager must work effectively across multiple IT teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and end users while maintaining clear accountability and professional communication.

Work hours/shift (standard, evening, full time/part time, OT required, on-call for 24/7 operation)

Full time during regular corporate hours. Overtime is not routinely required, although occasional flexibility may be needed for critical project milestones or releases.

What is the likelihood that the position will convert to a permanent opportunity?

Possible but unlikely at this point in time.