Senior Project Manager
The Emily Program · St Paul, MN · 1 mo ago
Information Technology$93k–$120k/yrFull-time
Position Summary
The Senior Project Manager leads the full lifecycle of highly complex, cross-functional organizational and IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and successful delivery of business outcomes. This role provides leadership in project management, change management, and process improvement, driving enterprise-wide initiatives that improve operational effectiveness, mitigate risk, and deliver measurable business value.
How Senior Project Managers Empower Recovery
- Lead and deliver large-scale, complex IT and organizational initiatives from initiation through closure, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and achievement of intended business outcomes.
- Manage programs consisting of multiple projects, workstreams, stakeholders, and dependencies to drive coordinated execution and value realization.
- Partner with executive leadership to align initiatives with organizational priorities and strategic objectives.
- Lead strategic initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, system implementations, and EHR integrations.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and governance documentation to support successful project and program delivery.
Change Management
- Lead organizational change management efforts to support stakeholder engagement, business readiness, adoption, and sustained outcomes.
- Implement and mature project and portfolio management processes that improve visibility, resource planning, and organizational decision-making.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership, to drive alignment, transparency, and informed decision-making.
Risk and Issue Management
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies that may impact delivery, outcomes, or value realization.
- Manage scope, budget, schedule, and resource changes through established governance and change control processes.
- Escalate critical risks, issues, and decisions appropriately, providing recommendations and options for resolution.
Collaboration and Communication
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements, milestones, dependencies, success criteria, and business outcomes.
- Develop and execute communication strategies that provide visibility into project status, risks, decisions, and value delivery.
- Cookordination activities across internal teams, vendors, consultants, system integrators, and external partners to ensure successful execution and outcome achievement.
Process Improvement and Governance
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of PMO standards, methodologies, governance practices, and project delivery frameworks.
- Facilitate project and portfolio prioritization discussions to support organizational decision-making and resource allocation.
- Lead post-implementation reviews and benefits realization activities to measure outcomes, capture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement.
- Mentor and coach project managers, project teams, and stakeholders on project management best practices, tools, and methodologies.
Education Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher required, OR high school diploma and minimum of 5 years direct experience.
- Professional Qualifications: 5–7 years of project management experience, including leading large-scale, complex programs.
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet).
- PMP certification is strongly preferred.
- Experience leading enterprise application implementations (e.g., ERP, EHR, TMS, or similar platforms).
- Knowledge of IT infrastructure and systems integration.
- Experience establishing and executing IT PMO processes.
Workplace Environment
- Collaborative and dynamic environment requiring flexibility and adaptability to evolving priorities.
- Long periods of time spent working on a computer, including tasks such as data analysis, report preparation, and project planning.
- Regular interaction with cross-functional teams/leadership, requiring strong virtual and in-person collaboration skills.
- Able to manage multiple deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment with shifting requirements.
- Potential need for extended hours during critical project phases or deadlines.
- Occasional travel to project sites or stakeholder locations for meetings, system implementations, or training sessions.
What We Offer
- Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.
- HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
- Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
- Vision insurance (EyeMed)
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) plan available two months after start date
- Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation
- Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period.
- Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.