Senior Project Manager

Clean Energy•Newport Beach, CA

2d•$140,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Project Manager will collaborate with senior leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic business objectives. This role will be responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex cross-functional enterprise-wide projects focused on business process modernization, operational efficiency, and enterprise application optimization. This role requires an individual who can effectively lead diverse teams, influence stakeholders at all organizational levels, manage competing priorities, and drive measurable business outcomes. This position will report to the Business Applications Manager.

Requirements

Proven success delivering medium-to-large scale transformation initiatives.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Strong budgeting, forecasting, and resource management skills.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Planner, or similar project management tools.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
8-10 years of experience managing enterprise business and technology projects; experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Possess excellent communications and customer service skills.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, or Power Platform solutions.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
Experience implementing D365 Finance & Operations, Customer Engagement, or Power Platform solutions.
Experience leading ERP, CRM, or enterprise application modernization projects.
Familiarity with Power BI, Dataverse, Azure Integration Services, and Microsoft Power Platform.
Experience managing external consulting firms and system integrators.
Change Management certification (Prosci or equivalent) preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple concurrent enterprise transformation initiatives from initiation through implementation and post-deployment stabilization.
Develop and manage project charters, detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, and delivery milestones.
Establish project governance structures and facilitate steering committee, executive, and stakeholder meetings.
Manage project scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
Maintain RAID logs, project status reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
Ensure project deliverables meet governance standards and business objectives.
Drive accountability across business and IT teams to achieve project commitments.
Manage projects involving Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Power Platform, integrations, reporting, and related technologies.
Coordinate business, functional, technical, testing, training, and deployment activities.
Collaborate with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, and third-party implementation partners.
Ensure alignment between technology solutions and business objectives.
Support release planning, cutover activities, user acceptance testing, and organizational readiness efforts.
Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications.
Provide regular status updates to executive sponsors and leadership teams.
Present project progress, risks, mitigation plans, and business impacts to senior management.
Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Sales, Customer Service, and IT.
Manage relationships with consulting partners, systems integrators, and software vendors.
Review Statements of Work (SOWs), project estimates, and vendor deliverables.
Monitor project budgets, forecasts, invoicing, and change requests.
Ensure vendors meet contractual obligations and project commitments.
Partner with stakeholders to develop communication, training, and adoption strategies.
Support organizational change initiatives associated with new business processes and technology deployments.
Measure project success and ensure realization of business value after implementation.
Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills.
Other Duties as assigned.