Senior Project Manager, Data & AI

American Electric Power•Columbus, OH
•$98,993 - $128,688•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager manages or assists with base, intermediate, and complex projects in a matrix team environment, with progressive development toward managing intermediate projects. The role provides leadership, direction, coordination, and communication throughout project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure, using a safe, efficient, economical, and risk-balanced approach to achieve organizational goals and customer satisfaction. The position establishes and runs program status reporting, including weekly status reports, executive dashboards, and steering committee materials that consolidate workstream milestones, financials, risks, and issues. It manages demand intake by triaging, scoping, and sizing requests, developing business cases, and setting priorities with leadership to align approved work with strategic priorities, capacity, and budget. The role directs PMO activities such as resource tracking, change control, and maintaining delivery standards, templates, and tools. It also oversees contractor onboarding by coordinating statements of work, purchase orders, and system access. The Senior Project Manager promotes continuous improvement, ensures project transparency, and builds effective relationships and communication with stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in project management, computer science, or a related technical field.
  • Five years of relevant work experience; an equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and run program status reporting, including weekly status reports, executive dashboards, and steering committee materials.
  • Consolidate milestones, financials, risks, and issues from workstreams into a consistent view that supports decision-making.
  • Manage demand intake by triaging, scoping, and sizing requests, building business cases, and setting priorities with leadership.
  • Ensure approved work aligns with strategic priorities, available capacity, and budget.
  • Direct PMO activities, including resource tracking, change control, and delivery standards, templates, and tools.
  • Coordinate contractor onboarding, including statements of work, purchase orders, and system access.
  • Manage or assist with the management of base, intermediate, and complex projects in a matrix team environment.
  • Lead and coordinate project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closure.
  • Provide project transparency and communicate effectively with internal and external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers.
  • Enable and promote team-level continuous improvement activities that increase quality and optimize delivery of value.
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