If you're a high-performing Senior Project Manager with experience leading large-scale government projects, and you enjoy tackling complex challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we have your next role!
We are seeking a dynamic Senior Project Manager to lead complex projects, supporting the Coast Guard through a Navy partnership. You will be responsible for managing project scope, schedule, budget, and quality, ensuring on-time delivery, and fostering strong client relationships. This position carries significant responsibility as the Portfolio Manager's deputy, with a defined path to portfolio leadership.
Senior Project Manager – Your Job Duties:
In this role, you will be a leader to drive high-performing teams, ensure client satisfaction, manage strategic projects, and mitigate risks to achieve successful project outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership:
- Team Development and Empowerment: Lead, mentor, and develop project teams (90+ employees on team and growing) fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Define clear roles and responsibilities to maximize team contribution.
- Strategic Team Synergy: Oversee diverse teams (project managers, technical leads, support staff) driving alignment and synergy to achieve mission success.
Client Execution:
- Strategic Client Relationship Management: Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships, proactively addressing needs and exceeding expectations for seamless project execution.
- Contractual Compliance and Execution: Direct and execute task/delivery orders, ensuring strict adherence to contractual requirements and client specifications.
- New Business Development Support: Participate in key client meetings, contributing to opportunity evaluations and proposal efforts.
Project Oversight:
- Strategic Project Definition & Delivery: Define scope, objectives, and deliverables while ensuring on-time, high-quality execution aligned with client and organizational goals.
- Risk & Financial Management: Proactively manage risks, control budgets, and optimize resource utilization.
- Process & Communication Optimization: Drive efficient processes and facilitate clear communication across all stakeholders.
Senior Project Manager Required Qualifications:
You Have:
- Project Management experience within the USCG/DHS contracting environment
- Proven Leadership as a team lead or in a leadership position, coordinating tasking with a multitude of team members
- Strategic Project Oversight: Work directly with the Portfolio Manager to improve Change Management, Cost Control, and overall Project tracking/reporting.
- Advanced Project Tool Proficiency: Experience building POAMs within MS Project (intermediate to advanced).
- Ability to travel up to 20% (primarily to DC and Norfolk client sites)
- US Citizenship
- Possession of, or the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level Security Clearance
- Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, preferred or commensurate experience
- A Master's degree or equivalent experience (desired not required)
- Lean Six Sigma certification (desired not required)
Senior Project Manager - Compensation, Benefits, and Perks – For You
You will work at Company Headquarters in Charleston, SC. You decide how you manage engagements with customers and partners, including travel to satellite offices and customer locations. You will travel about 20% of the time to DC, Norfolk and other client sites as needed.
Your compensation will be a base salary range of $135,000 – $160,000 (flexible) depending on experience, plus an annual performance bonus.
In addition, you will be provided with a comprehensive benefit package including:
- Medical, dental, and vision plan with a generous company contribution for you and your dependents
- 401k starting with a 5% match that grows with tenure
- Generous paid time off (more after the first year), and 11 paid holidays.
- Company provided Health Savings Account and Health Reimbursement Account
- Health Incentive Account (deductible credit of up to $1250.00)
- Company provided Basic and Voluntarily Life Insurance and AD&D, short-term and long-term disability
- Will preparation, Employee Assistance Program, Pet Insurance, Travel Concierge
- Relocation assistance.