Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Project Management Office (PMO) at Burwood Group, now part of Sikich, is a dynamic team of professionals dedicated to leading, coordinating, and delivering complex projects that drive business transformation for clients across diverse industries. As a Senior Project Manager aligned to our Data and Application Cloud Services (DACS) team, you will lead complex, high-impact client engagements involving 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. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you'll serve as a trusted advisor to clients, an internal leader within the PMO, and a partner to the DACS team Leaders, providing Portfolio Management insights and ongoing delivery optimization recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-phase and multi-disciplinary client engagements.
• Manage dependencies and coordination across multiple workstreams.
• Own project financial performance including forecasting, margin protection, revenue recognition, and proactive recovery planning.
• Partner with Practice Leadership to optimize delivery and profitability while maintaining client satisfaction.
• Drive disciplined scope management and profitability alignment.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks before they impact delivery.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders and DACS Leadership.
• Present project status, risks, and recommendations to client executive audiences.
• Present Portfolio and project status, risks, and recommendations to internal executive audiences.
• Contribute to project management standards, methodologies, and best practices across the organization.
• Utilize delivery health indicators to proactively identify emerging risks and recommend corrective actions before client outcomes are impacted.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of project management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex client engagements.
• Strong financial governance and executive communication skills.
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-workstream projects.
• PMP certification or equivalent credential strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise cloud deployments, specifically utilizing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies strongly preferred.

Skills

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to drive complex engagements from initiation through completion.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and solve problems in fast-paced environments.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing project profitability.
• Passion for mentoring others and elevating team performance.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive decision making through clear communications, data-driven recommendations, and trusted partnerships.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting Organizational Change Management (OCM) initiatives, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, business readiness, training coordination, and user adoption strategies.
• Familiarity with Organizational Change Management frameworks such as Prosci ADKAR or similar methodologies.
• Prosci Change Management Certification or equivalent experience.
• Experience partnering with business and technical teams to drive successful adoption during enterprise technology and cloud transformation initiatives.