Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Taylor Transportation Search Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager – Systems for an unspecified client. The role leads complex, customer-facing systems projects from proposal through completion, overseeing project delivery, finances, stakeholders, cross-functional teams, risks, and change management.
Responsibilities
- Project Leadership: Direct all phases of project planning, execution, and delivery, managing scope, schedules, resources, milestones, and contractual obligations
- Financial Management: Develop and manage project budgets, forecast costs, monitor financial performance, and implement corrective actions to protect project profitability
- Customer & Stakeholder Management: Serve as a key point of contact for customers, government agencies, internal leadership, and project stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and effective issue resolution
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Lead technical, operational, and commercial teams to achieve project objectives, often without direct reporting authority
- Risk & Change Management: Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, manage change orders, resolve escalations, and maintain project documentation and reporting
- Team Leadership: Foster a collaborative, accountable, and results-oriented environment while managing multiple priorities and competing demands
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in systems project management, systems integration, or complex technical project delivery
- Experience managing projects for transit authorities, public transportation organizations, or government agencies
- Demonstrated success managing complex systems projects with responsibility for schedules, budgets, contracts, and deliverables
- Strong financial management, analytical, negotiation, and problem-solving capabilities
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, build customer relationships, and communicate effectively with senior executives and public-sector stakeholders
- Experience applying formal project management methodologies
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline
- Equivalent education and experience considered
- Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent)
Benefits
- Remote position for candidates based in the Eastern or Central (Midwest) time zones.
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