Senior Project Management Specialist
About The Position
The Senior Project Management Specialist leads projects of varying complexity, organizational impact, risk, and visibility. The role develops and manages integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and implementation strategies, aligning scope, timelines, dependencies, delivery commitments, process impacts, and operational readiness with business objectives. The specialist may directly manage projects within larger programs and coordinates execution across business, product, technology, delivery, process, and change management teams. The role builds alignment with stakeholders and leaders, facilitates resolution of dependencies and competing priorities, and provides executive-ready updates on progress, risks, issues, trade-offs, dependencies, delivery confidence, outcomes, and decision needs. It also incorporates change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, process readiness, and adoption activities into project plans; develops mitigation strategies; and drives issue resolution. The specialist supports consistent project management methodologies, tools, reporting, governance, and cross-functional delivery practices, provides guidance and informal mentoring to project teams, and champions continuous improvement. The position may be performed remotely for candidates residing in the Des Moines, Iowa metro area. The hiring salary range is either $85,799–$118,545 or $94,826–$130,394, depending on geographic location. Actual salary depends on relevant education, skills, experience, geographic location, and business needs. EMC refers candidates to its careers website for information about team member benefits. All company locations are tobacco-free, including company vehicles.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Five years of experience in project management or a related field.
- Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies, governance practices, and delivery management principles.
- Ability to lead several concurrent projects and drive alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence decisions and resolve conflicts.
- Strong ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, process changes, and organizational impacts.
- Working knowledge of Agile, hybrid, and traditional delivery approaches, and the ability to apply appropriate practices based on project needs.
Nice To Haves
- Program or project management certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, or related credentials.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects with varying complexity, organizational impact, risk, and visibility through successful completion.
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, and implementation strategies.
- Directly manage projects within larger programs, integrating planning across business, product, technology, delivery, and process teams.
- Align scope, timelines, dependencies, delivery commitments, process impacts, and operational readiness in integrated project plans.
- Build partnerships and alignment among business leaders, technical teams, vendors, stakeholders, and leadership.
- Coordinate execution with Program Management, Digital Product Management, Agile Delivery, Business Process Management, and Change Management.
- Facilitate resolution of dependencies and competing priorities across business, product, delivery, process management, and technology functions.
- Identify, evaluate, manage, and escalate risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, trade-offs, and change impacts.
- Incorporate change management, communications, stakeholder engagement, process readiness, and adoption activities into project plans.
- Develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution of issues that may affect project outcomes.
- Provide executive-ready project updates communicating progress, risks, issues, trade-offs, dependencies, delivery confidence, outcomes, and decision needs.
- Provide guidance and informal mentoring to project teams.
- Support consistent project management methodologies, tools, reporting, governance practices, and cross-functional delivery partnerships.
- Champion continuous improvement in project management practices, governance, reporting, delivery partnership, and process alignment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
