Strategic Project Manager: Delivery & Stakeholders

BDO USA; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to plan, coordinate, monitor, and support delivery of internal projects and client engagements. You will serve as the central contact for project teams, leaders, clients, and stakeholders to ensure objectives, timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables are managed with discipline and transparency.

You will promote quality, accountability, collaboration, and an exceptional experience for both BDO professionals and clients, driving continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; focus in business, accounting, finance, management, information systems preferred.
• Five or more years of work experience in a professional setting.
• Experience managing projects, programs, client engagements, operations, transformation initiatives, or client-facing professional services work preferred.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, Lean Six Sigma or similar project management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and monitors detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, workstreams, dependencies, deliverables, and resource needs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinates project execution from initiation through close, establishing roles, responsibilities, decision points, communication routines, and expectations.
• Tracks project tasks and deliverables to promote timely completion and visibility into progress.
• Supports project budget management by monitoring budget-to-actual performance and resource utilization.
• Helps teams apply project management practices that support quality, timely delivery, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement.
• Serves as a primary project management contact for assigned projects or client engagements, coordinating with internal teams, clients, and leaders.
• Identifies, documents, monitors, and escalates risks, issues, decisions, changes, and dependencies to leaders or stakeholders.
• Prepares and distributes project communications, meeting agendas, notes, status reports, dashboards, and executive updates.
• Facilitates internal and external project meetings, documenting outcomes and action items.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with engagement teams, clients, management, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Smartsheet

Planner

Job description

BDO USA is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to plan, coordinate, monitor, and support delivery of internal projects and client engagements. You will serve as the central contact for project teams, leaders, clients, and stakeholders to ensure objectives, timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables are managed with discipline and transparency.

You will promote quality, accountability, collaboration, and an exceptional experience for both BDO professionals and clients, driving continuous