Senior Project Manager, Industry Specialty Services

Job Summary:

The Senior Project Manager manages complex projects for government contractor and commercial clients, including enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations, business process transformations, technology deployments, M&A integrations, and other strategic initiatives. This position coordinates project delivery across cross-functional teams, contractors, vendors, and client stakeholders while maintaining alignment with contractual requirements, project objectives, budgets, schedules, quality standards, and organizational priorities. The Senior Project Manager applies project management, government contracting, and ERP implementation expertise to manage risks, resolve issues, support governance, and deliver measurable outcomes. This position also contributes to business development, proposal activities, client relationships, and project management standards within Industry Specialty Services.

Job Duties:

Manages complex ERP implementations, technology programs, business transformations, post-transaction integrations and other strategic projects from initiation through closeout

Develops project charters, integrated project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and communication plans

Coordinates project activities across client stakeholders, government agencies, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, technical teams, and business process owners

Applies government contracting requirements to project planning, execution, reporting, documentation, compliance, and change management activities

Establishes project governance structures, decision rights, escalation paths, meeting cadences, and reporting standards

Defines project scope, objectives, deliverables, acceptance criteria, milestones, dependencies, and performance measures

Manages ERP implementation activities across requirements gathering, business process design, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, and stabilization

Evaluates project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities

Develops and maintains risk registers, issue logs, action plans, decision logs, change logs, and lessons-learned records

Monitors project budgets, labor utilization, subcontractor costs, invoices, forecasts, and financial performance

Tracks project schedules, deliverables, milestones, resource assignments, quality measures, and client commitments

Leads requirements workshops, design reviews, status meetings, steering committee meetings, testing sessions, and project retrospectives

Coordinates organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities

Reviews project deliverables for accuracy, completeness, quality, contractual compliance, and alignment with approved requirements

Manages scope changes through documented impact assessments, approvals, contract modifications, and updated project baselines

Prepares executive briefings, client presentations, progress reports, performance dashboards, and contract deliverable packages

Supports proposal development, solution design, pricing activities, oral presentations, and project mobilization efforts

Builds trusted relationships with government clients, executive sponsors, program leadership, delivery teams, and external partners

Promotes consistent use of project management methodologies, templates, tools, controls, and quality practices

Identifies opportunities to improve project delivery, operational efficiency, client satisfaction, and financial performance

Conducts project closeout activities, including final reporting, transition planning, contract deliverables, benefits assessment, and lessons learned

Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Coaches project team members in project management practices, delivery standards, documentation, risk management, and client engagement

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Public Administration, or another specified discipline, required

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Public Administration, or another specified discipline, preferred

Experience

Eight (8) or more years of project management experience, required

Five (5) or more years managing complex, cross-functional projects involving technology, business process transformation, systems implementation, or organizational change, required

Three (3) or more years managing ERP implementation projects involving requirements, configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, training, deployment, or stabilization, required

Three (3) or more years supporting government contracts, government agencies, public-sector clients, contract deliverables, compliance requirements, or contractor oversight, required

Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, issues, scope changes, vendors, and subcontractors, required

Experience managing projects with multiple workstreams, complex dependencies, executive stakeholders, and formal governance structures, required

Experience with proposal development, contract transition, task order execution, or program mobilization, preferred

Experience within a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or government contracting organization, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s)

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, required

Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Certified Practitioner, or comparable Agile certification, preferred

ERP platform certification, preferred

Software

Proficiency with Microsoft Project, required

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams, required

Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Workday, or Infor, required

Experience with project portfolio management, collaboration, scheduling, reporting, or workflow platforms, preferred

Experience with Power BI or comparable project reporting and dashboard tools, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of government contracting principles, contract deliverables, task orders, compliance requirements, and client reporting expectations

Knowledge of ERP implementation lifecycles, business process redesign, systems integration, data migration, testing, training, and deployment

Knowledge of project governance, change control, risk management, quality management, and earned value concepts

Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects, workstreams, clients, and contractual commitments

Ability to translate business requirements into actionable project plans and measurable deliverables

Ability to analyze project data, identify trends, evaluate impacts, and recommend corrective actions

Ability to facilitate decisions among executive sponsors, technical teams, business stakeholders, contractors, and government representatives

Ability to communicate complex project information clearly through written reports, presentations, dashboards, and meetings

Ability to negotiate scope, schedule, budget, resource, quality, and contract issues

Ability to identify and resolve project risks, issues, conflicts, and delivery barriers

Ability to maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready project documentation

Ability to manage confidential client, contract, financial, personnel, and project information

Ability to lead geographically dispersed and multidisciplinary teams

Ability to travel to client sites, project locations, and business meetings as required

Ability to work within established contract, security, ethics, confidentiality, and compliance requirements

Ability to mentor project managers, project coordinators, business analysts, and project team members

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography. National Range: $155,000 - $185,000 Maryland Range: $155,000 - $185,000 NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $155,000 - $185,000

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