Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GXO Logistics, Inc. is a rapidly growing global logistics company that engineers innovative technology solutions to power data-driven business transformation. The Senior Project Manager will lead complex IT and Data Platform initiatives across the full project lifecycle, including data lake, cloud, and product-driven projects. The role partners with business and technology stakeholders to manage delivery, governance, risks, suppliers, and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute comprehensive project plans aligned with business and product objectives
- Define project scope, goals, deliverables, success criteria, and business outcomes in partnership with key stakeholders
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT and Data Platform projects from planning and execution through governance, monitoring, and successful operational handoff
- Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, forecasts, milestones, dependencies, and risk registers
- Partner with business stakeholders to balance requirements, priorities, costs, resources, and delivery trade-offs while identifying win-win solutions
- Ensure adherence to project governance standards, raising risks and issues to management and stakeholders as required
- Apply Agile methodologies to project delivery by coordinating sprints, iterations, and incremental product value delivery
- Deliver projects within agreed scope, quality, timeline, budget, and customer expectations
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while developing contingency plans and maintaining comprehensive risk registers
- Manage project change requests, approvals, documentation, meeting minutes, and decision traceability in accordance with governance standards
- Oversee third-party supplier engagements, including contract negotiations, performance management, and accountability for contractual obligations
- Serve as the primary liaison between project teams, business stakeholders, technology teams, and external suppliers
- Prepare and deliver project status reports, executive updates, and presentations for governance and steering meetings
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business language for executive and non-technical audiences
- Obtain formal customer acceptance of project deliverables and ensure successful project closure
- Track and maintain project performance metrics to support continuous improvement in delivery quality, demand management, and operational effectiveness
- Lead, organize, and motivate cross-functional matrix teams comprised of internal resources, application experts, and third-party suppliers
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in project management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field
- Proven experience delivering complex IT projects with a strong emphasis on Data Platforms, including Snowflake, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or similar technologies
- Demonstrated experience leading projects with a strong product management focus
- Experience preparing, presenting, and obtaining approval for project business cases
- Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, dependencies, and supplier performance throughout the project lifecycle
- Experience managing third-party suppliers, contracts, and vendor relationships
- Ability to build strong relationships with end users, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deliver system improvements
- Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, and budget optimization
- Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- Executive-level communication skills with the ability to simplify technical concepts for business audiences
- Ability to apply sound judgment and make informed decisions in fast-paced environments with limited information
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and make an immediate impact
- Strong understanding of data lake architecture, data governance, and modern product development principles
- Experience working within Agile delivery environments and applying Agile project management methodologies
- Experience leading enterprise cloud transformation or modern data platform initiatives
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to drive organizational improvements
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders across complex organizations
- Experience leading matrixed teams across multiple business functions and external partners
Benefits
- Full health insurance (medical, dental and vision)
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Opportunity to participate in a company incentive plan
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