Sr. Project Manager

HDJ + Associates, Inc.

$100K — $130K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, or similar field
  • 10+ years leading high-stakes consulting and IT or data services projects
  • PMO or PMI (PMP) certified
  • Proven expertise navigating government or regulated environments
  • Ability to manage structured project lifecycles and complex dependencies
  • Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams under pressure
  • Preferred: Experience in finance transformation and billing knowledge

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate daily activities of Analysts to keep projects on schedule
  • Manage resource allocation to boost productivity across technical and business teams
  • Develop and maintain detailed project schedules tracking key milestones
  • Manage transitions between project phases with stage-gate governance
  • Produce comprehensive reports for executive leadership, including RAID logs
  • Ensure compliance with government standards and PMI practices
  • Act as primary contact for stakeholders, facilitating requirement meetings
  • Identify and escalate project roadblocks to senior leadership

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Exposure to high-stakes government projects
  • Engagement with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Collaboration with executive leadership
  • Work in a structured project environment that emphasizes compliance
Full Job Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to coordinate the daily workflow of the project team, drive the requirements process through a structured project lifecycle and ensure seamless communication between internal and external stakeholders. This role requires a senior leader with 10+ years of experience managing complex consulting programs, specifically within government environments. The coordinator ensures all deliverables align with PMO/PMI standards and strategic program milestones.

Key Responsibilities

Program Orchestration & Workflow:

  • Workstream Coordination: Directs the daily activities of Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Technical Analysts to ensure all project streams remain on schedule and within scope.
  • Resource Allocation: Manages team assignments and task distribution to optimize productivity across multi-disciplinary technical and business workstreams.

Traditional Milestone & Deliverable Management:

  • Project Scheduling: Develops and maintains detailed project schedules, tracking progress against critical path milestones and key deliverables.
  • Stage-Gate Governance: Manages the transition between project phases (Initiation, Planning, Execution, and Closure), ensuring all requirements are met before proceeding to the next gate.
  • Formal Reporting: Produces comprehensive status reports, including RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, and Dependencies), for presentation to executive leadership.

Government & PMO Compliance:

  • Regulatory Alignment: Ensures all project activities, reporting, and documentation meet the specific compliance and transparency standards required for government-facing projects.
  • PMI Standard Execution: Operates as a subject matter expert on PMI best practices, enforcing standardized project management methodologies across the program.
  • Requirements Traceability: Oversees the requirements repository (e.g., Jira/Confluence), maintaining a rigorous Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that is audit-ready and linked to the program roadmap.

Stakeholder Management

  • Strategic Liaison: Acts as the primary point of contact between technical teams and high-level business stakeholders, facilitating formal requirements & review meetings.
  • Roadblock Escalation: Proactively identifies project bottlenecks and escalates critical risks to the API Technical Lead or senior program leadership.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • Senior Consulting Leadership: 10+ years of experience leading high-stakes consulting programs and managing large-scale IT or data services projects.
  • Professional Certification: Must be PMO or PMI (PMP) certified.
  • Government Sector Expertise: Proven experience or deep functional knowledge of navigating government agencies or highly regulated public sector environments.
  • Structured Project Management: Demonstrated ability to manage formal project lifecycles, Gantt charts, and complex dependency mapping.
  • Team Leadership: Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams in a high-pressure, deliverable-based environment.
  • PMO/PMI certified
  • 10+ years managing consulting programs
  • Government experience / knowledge
  • Nice to have - finance transformation, billing, AR, collections knowledge


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Finance Transformation Knowledge: Experience in large-scale finance modernization initiatives, specifically regarding Billing, Accounts Receivable (AR), and Collections.
  • Financial Services Background: Prior experience at the intersection of government regulation and financial data integrity.

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