Senior / Principal Project Manager (Hybrid Role in Coppell, TX 75019)
The Fountain Group · Coppell, TX · 4 days ago
HybridOTHR$60–$75/hrContract
Job Description
Looking for a Senior / Principal Project Manager who will be managing Data projects.
Responsibilities
- Drive cross-program alignment, ensuring projects contribute toward strategic objectives, dependencies are actively managed, and roadmaps across domains remain synchronized.
- Act as escalation point for PMs and delivery teams, resolving issues related to scope, resources, sequencing, or stakeholder alignment while ensuring minimal disruption to critical initiatives.
- Lead daily team coordination and progress tracking, ensuring blockers are identified early and routed to the right technical or business owners for resolution.
- Lead project planning and portfolio-level forecasting, including capacity planning, resource strategy, and budget reviews in collaboration with finance and engineering leadership.
- Ensure consistent, high-quality status reporting across all PMs, synthesizing program-level insights for senior leadership and facilitating data-driven decision making.
- Partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and COE teams to align priorities, remove blockers, and maintain transparency of delivery outcomes.
- Facilitate key cross-team communications, supporting quarterly planning, roadmap reviews, and executive updates with well-prepared, accurate materials.
- Ensure compliance with delivery frameworks and controls, including SDLC, financial controls, regulatory requirements, and internal audit expectations across all managed projects.
- Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to other project managers, ensuring consistent delivery practices, effective risk management, and adherence to governance standards.
- Oversee the health of the full project portfolio, maintaining an up-to-date view of initiative status, financials, risks, interdependencies, and delivery progress across all squads and programs.
Required / Preferred Qualifications
- Senior / Principal Project Manager with at least 7 years of Project/Program Management experience required.
- Financial services/banking industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Must have prior experience managing data-related projects.
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred.
- PMP Certification will be NICE to have, not required.