Sr. Project Manager Enterprise Applications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible experience managing technology projects, including significant experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects involving multiple business departments, technical teams, vendors, and senior leaders.
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and vendor relationships.
• Strong knowledge of established project management methodologies, practices, and tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence individuals and teams without direct reporting authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating with senior and executive leadership.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex initiatives and competing priorities successfully.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in construction, engineering, architecture, real estate, or another project-based industry.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a similar professional certification.
• Experience applying traditional, Agile, and hybrid project management methodologies based on the needs of the initiative.
• Experience managing enterprise applications, enterprise resource planning (ERP), financial system, infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, integration, data, or construction technology projects.
• Familiarity with technologies that support construction office and field operations.
• Experience working within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience supporting or establishing project portfolio management and IT governance processes.

Skills

• Strong project leadership, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to bring structure and direction to complex or ambiguous initiatives.
• Ability to connect business objectives with technology investments and project decisions.
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to anticipate risks, manage competing priorities, and drive accountability across cross-functional teams.
• Sound judgment and effective decision-making in changing or incomplete situations.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently while maintaining appropriate communication with leadership.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Lead complex, enterprise-wide technology projects from initiation and planning through implementation, stabilization, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans that define scope, objectives, schedules, budgets, resources, milestones, dependencies, risks, and success criteria.
• Establish project governance, roles, responsibilities, decision-making processes, and communication expectations.
• Lead cross-functional teams consisting of IT professionals, business stakeholders, vendors, consultants, and other partners.
• Coordinate multiple technical and business workstreams to maintain alignment and effectively manage dependencies.
• Monitor project performance and proactively address issues that may affect scope, schedule, budget, quality, or business outcomes.
• Manage project changes and ensure impacts to scope, schedule, resources, costs, and business operations are appropriately evaluated and communicated.
• Establish and maintain accountability across project teams, escalating significant risks, issues, and decisions when appropriate.
• Ensure projects transition successfully from implementation to ongoing operational support.
• Lead project closeout activities, including documenting lessons learned and evaluating project outcomes against established success criteria.
• Partner with IT and business leaders to translate strategic priorities and operational needs into well-defined technology initiatives.
• Work with stakeholders to define business challenges, desired outcomes, requirements, and measures of success.
• Evaluate project feasibility, organizational readiness, dependencies, risks, resource requirements, and implementation approaches.
• Assist in developing business cases, estimates, implementation strategies, and recommendations.
• Facilitate decision-making among stakeholders with differing priorities, requirements, and perspectives.
• Provide recommendations and clearly communicate tradeoffs when projects encounter significant business or technology decisions.
• Develop strong working relationships across corporate functions, regional operations, and construction project teams.
• Provide clear, concise, and timely project reporting to IT leadership, executive sponsors, steering committees, and other stakeholders.
• Communicate project health, accomplishments, upcoming milestones, financial status, risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
• Plan and facilitate executive sponsor and steering committee meetings for significant initiatives.
• Present complex technology topics in clear business terms appropriate for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Escalate significant risks and issues early enough to support timely leadership action.
• Support IT leadership with project portfolio management, prioritization, resource planning, and governance activities.
• Participate in vendor evaluation and selection activities.
• Review vendor proposals, statements of work, implementation plans, estimates, schedules, and deliverables.
• Coordinate contractual and commercial discussions with appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Monitor vendor performance and hold external partners accountable for commitments, timelines, quality, and deliverables.
• Identify and proactively manage vendor-related risks and issues.
• Review project expenditures and invoices against approved budgets and contractual commitments.
• Lead implementations involving enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, integrations, data and reporting, and construction technologies.
• Coordinate business and technical activities, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, development, testing, data migration, integration, deployment, training, and operational transition.
• Partner with IT technical teams to ensure solutions align with established architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and support standards.
• Develop implementation and cutover strategies that minimize disruption to business and construction operations.
• Ensure appropriate testing, user acceptance, documentation, training, support readiness, and business approvals are completed before implementation.
• Actively contribute as a member of the Technology team, supporting shared goals and strategic initiatives.
• Participate in Lean improvement efforts and workflow optimization.
• Participate in enterprise and departmental initiatives that support organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Contribute to process improvement efforts that enhance governance, operational efficiency, and organizational effectiveness.
• Support cross-functional projects, system implementations, and organizational change management activities as assigned.
• Represent McGough on internal committees, working groups, or industry forums as appropriate.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to meet evolving business and organizational needs.

Pay

Base salary range: $135,000 to $159,000, excluding fringe benefits or potential bonuses. Final base salary determined by geography, location, skills, education, and experience, with consideration for pay equity among current team members.

Benefits

• Insurance coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, and disability
• Generous retirement plans
• Voluntary benefit plans
• Parental leave
• Substantial paid time off
• Holiday pay