Senior Project Manager

Swagelok Company•Solon, OH

17d•Onsite

About The Position

Using existing knowledge and expertise of internal or external business issues, the senior project manager anticipates issues and problems, proactively defines risk management measures, and works to continually apply best practices for the improvement of overall methodologies with minimal guidance. The role also requires clear, concise communication - both horizontally across project teams to drive alignment and remove ambiguity, and vertically to executive stakeholders to ensure decisions are well-framed, risks are surfaced early, and status is objective and fact-based. The Sr. PM must translate complex delivery realities into simple, decision-ready language that supports executive prioritization and trade-off decisions.

Requirements

College or university degree typically required or equivalent work experience that has provided 5+ years of leading large departmental or mid-size corporate projects
Has expert knowledge and insight of the theories, methodologies, practices, and procedures related to project and risk management
Fully capable of understanding and analyzing data trends
Expert awareness of industries served and product applications
Fully capable of performing effectively with limited supervision

Nice To Haves

Effective Communication
Initiative
Problem Solving/Analytical Ability
Resourceful
Creative mind-set
Teamwork & collaboration
Adaptability
Organizational Awareness
Leadership
Change Management

Responsibilities

Contributes to the evolution and development of Swagelok project management methodologies and processes
Solves complex problems, taking a new perspective on existing solutions
Interprets customer needs, assessing requirements and identifying solutions to non-standard requests
Explains difficult issues and works to build consensus
Provides coaching and mentoring to other project managers
Makes decisions within guidelines and policies
Impacts a range of standard and non-standard customer, operational, process, project, or service activities
Leads project or programs with significant resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Develops budgets and manages costs and resources for large and complex projects
Demonstrates a strong understanding of the products, systems, and processes within own functional area and a good understanding of those deployed across Swagelok Company
Integrates best practices and thinking into tasks, work products, and processes
May mentor and coach others about best practices and functional concepts
Knows patterns and trends in data and selects from a range of problem solving techniques
Consults with experts to solve advanced problems
May lead the identification of patterns and trends in data
Participates in the technical/professional community through industry groups, and/or professional affiliations
Stays ahead of the curve on functional area trends, including product/technical advancements and environmental trends
Demonstrates understanding of the competitive landscape and implications for the customer’s experience
Proactively interacts with colleagues/customers to solve problems, educate them on Swagelok functions and or business
Balances a variety of ideas, experiences, and innovations with prudence and good judgment to develop significant improvements
Recognizes interdependencies among products, processes, programs, and services and leverages them to the benefit of Swagelok
Anticipates and initiates change, responding resourcefully and constructively to overcome barriers to change
Actively maintains network of contacts across functional and geographic boundaries
Recognizes and values collaboration and is able to effectively leverage different opinions and experiences to help solve problems and accomplish tasks