Project Manager (PMO)

About the role

As a Project Manager aligned to our Data and Application Cloud Services (DACS) team, you will lead complex, high-impact client engagements that may involve multiple workstreams, diverse stakeholder groups, and cross-practice collaboration. You will ensure successful project delivery while aligning with client expectations, contractual commitments, financial targets, and strategic objectives. This role is ideal for a project management professional ready to take the next step in their consulting career by leading increasingly complex cloud transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage medium to large client engagements from initiation through successful delivery, partnering with PMO and Practice Leadership as appropriate.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams to achieve project objectives while maintaining alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Manage project plans, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items across multiple workstreams.
• Support project financial management, including forecasting, budget tracking, revenue recognition, and project profitability.
• Drive disciplined scope management and facilitate change requests in accordance with contractual commitments.
• Proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation plans before they impact delivery.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, delivery teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Present project status, financial health, risks, and recommendations to client and internal stakeholders.
• Utilize delivery health indicators to proactively identify emerging risks and recommend corrective actions.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management standards, methodologies, and delivery best practices.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for successful project delivery.
• Effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
• Communicate confidently with project teams, clients, and leadership.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of project management experience, preferably within consulting, professional services, or technology organizations.
• Experience leading medium to large technology implementation projects.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, and risks.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience supporting project financial management, forecasting, and reporting.
• PMP certification (or progress toward certification) preferred.
• Experience supporting cloud migration or cloud implementation projects is preferred.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience is a plus.
• Experience supporting stakeholder engagement, communication planning, business readiness, or user adoption activities during technology implementations.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Exposure to enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.

In addition, specific skills/experience required are as follows:

• Servant Leader – You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture.
• Solutions Focused – You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions.
• Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units.
• Instills Trust - You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible.
• Impact & Influence Thinking – You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives.

About Sikich

Sikich offers the public and private sectors a varied platform of professional services across consulting, technology and compliance. Highly specialized and hands-on teams deliver integrated solutions rooted in deep industry experience. Our approach is strategically and thoughtfully designed to help our clients, teams, and communities accelerate success.

Benefits

Sikich offers expansive benefits ranging from competitive compensation and insurance options to wellness programs and a flexible time off policy.

• Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy – activated on your first day, allowing you to utilize paid time off without waiting for accrual.
• Paid holidays, including time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• Comprehensive wellness program with rewards for participation.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options.
• HSA employer contribution.
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• Robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Generous employee referral bonus program.
• Client referral bonus program.
• Pet insurance.
• FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role is $71,139.25 - $116,104.63 - $161,070. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on several factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Compensation ranges for roles in our Government Services pillar are determined by contract with the specific government agency Sikich is servicing.