Sr. Project Manager

About the role

We're looking for a Sr. Project Manager to serve as the execution backbone of our project management function, owning day-to-day schedule tracking, cost performance reporting, and program status reporting across Nscale's active datacenter and manufacturing programs.

Responsibilities

• Own the action log: assign owners, set due dates, track follow-through, and escalate overdue items with context and recommended next steps.
• Flag schedule risks, dependency conflicts, and delivery gaps in advance — never after the fact.
• Run weekly program status meetings and produce concise, structured status reports on program health.
• Track program progress across strategic initiatives, surfacing blockers early.
• Maintain Linear/Procore as the authoritative source for task status across all active programs — keeping tasks assigned, sequenced, prioritized, and closed on cadence.
• Own the program change control log, capturing every scope, cost, or schedule change with documented impact assessment and approval status.
• Produce burn rate analysis and estimate-to-complete reports on a regular cadence, flagging cost trends and variances before they become material.
• Maintain the cost performance reporting layer for all active programs, tracking actuals against approved budgets.
• Cover weekly integrated cost-schedule reconciliation, ensuring schedule changes are reflected in cost impact assessments.
• Support cost data for QBR packages and board-level reporting.
• Prepare executive briefing materials, pre-reads, and agendas, ensuring every forum is well-prepared and action-oriented.
• Maintain an internal KPI tracking system across support functions (e.g., Legal, Procurement, Recruitment), logging response times, SLA adherence, and cycle times.
• Produce internal performance reports on cadence, flagging anomalies and emerging bottlenecks with supporting data.

Requirements

• 6+ years in project management, PMO operations, or program coordination within infrastructure or hardware-intensive environments.
• Hands-on experience with project and task management tooling — Linear/Procore, Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent.
• Excellent organizational skills — able to manage multiple concurrent programs with no slippage.
• Strong documentation and communication skills — able to write clear status reports, briefings, and escalation summaries.
• Experience supporting executive communications and briefing preparation in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working with KPI data and SLA metrics, able to identify trends and surface insights from operational data.
• Experience with cost performance reporting, burn rate analysis, and change control log management within capital programs or PMO environments; familiarity with earned value concepts a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• Nice to have: PMP or equivalent certification.

Qualifications

Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months. 🚀 Join the fastest-growing tech startup, your chance to push boundaries, collaborate with brilliant minds, and make your mark on cutting-edge AI. ✨

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Equal Opportunities Statement At NScale, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace. We believe that a variety of perspectives enriches our work environment, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.