Senior Project Manager

Position Summary

Using existing knowledge and expertise of internal or external business issues, the senior project manager anticipates issues and problems, proactively defines risk management measures, and works to continually apply best practices for the improvement of overall methodologies with minimal guidance. The role also requires clear, concise communication - both horizontally across project teams to drive alignment and remove ambiguity, and vertically to executive stakeholders to ensure decisions are well-framed, risks are surfaced early, and status is objective and fact-based. The Sr. PM must translate complex delivery realities into simple, decision-ready language that supports executive prioritization and trade-off decisions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Contributes to the evolution and development of Swagelok project management methodologies and processes
• Solves complex problems, taking a new perspective on existing solutions
• Interprets customer needs, assessing requirements and identifying solutions to non-standard requests
• Explains difficult issues and works to build consensus
• Makes decisions within guidelines and policies
• Impacts a range of standard and non-standard customer, operational, process, project, or service activities
• Leads project or programs with significant resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
• Develops budgets and manages costs and resources for large and complex projects
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of the products, systems, and processes within own functional area and a good understanding of those deployed across Swagelok Company
• Integrates best practices and thinking into tasks, work products, and processes
• May mentor and coach others about best practices and functional concepts
• Knows patterns and trends in data and selects from a range of problem solving techniques
• Consults with experts to solve advanced problems
• Participates in the technical/professional community through industry groups, and/or professional affiliations
• Stays ahead of the curve on functional area trends, including product/technical advancements and environmental trends
• Proactively interacts with colleagues/customers to solve problems, educate them on Swagelok functions and or business
• Balances a variety of ideas, experiences, and innovations with prudence and good judgment to develop significant improvements
• Recognizes interdependencies among products, processes, programs, and services and leverages them to the benefit of Swagelok
• Anticipates and initiates change, responding resourcefully and constructively to overcome barriers to change
• Actively maintains network of contacts across functional and geographic boundaries
• Recognizes and values collaboration and is able to effectively leverage different opinions and experiences to help solve problems and accomplish tasks

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

• Required: Education/Experience: College or university degree typically required or equivalent work experience that has provided 5+ years of leading large departmental or mid-size corporate projects

Skills/Knowledge

• Has expert knowledge and insight of the theories, methodologies, practices, and procedures related to project and risk management
• Fully capable of understanding and analyzing data trends
• Expert awareness of industries served and product applications
• Fully capable of performing effectively with limited supervision

Critical Competencies

• Effective Communication
• Initiative
• Problem Solving/Analytical Ability
• Resourceful
• Creative mind-set
• Teamwork & collaboration
• Adaptability
• Organizational Awareness
• Leadership
• Change Management

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

Total Rewards

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards.

How to Apply

To apply: Click ‘Apply Now’ to the role of interest, upload your resume and complete the application. Those that match our qualifications will be contacted to schedule a phone interview.