Senior Project Manager (Term-Limited)

American Red Cross • Statewide, NC

20h • Remote

About The Position

The American Red Cross is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Senior Project Manager. This is a full-time, term-limited role expected to last through one year, with a possibility of extension based on program needs, funding, and performance. The Senior Project Manager will support the Humanitarian Services (HS) Project Management Office (PMO) and manage complex, medium-sized projects with moderate resource requirements and risk. The role involves guiding project teams and senior leadership through all project phases, from concept to closeout. The Senior Project Manager will ensure project plans, scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, risk, budget, and deliverables align with project goals and objectives. This position also involves providing guidance and support to volunteers, performing duties in compliance with standard operating procedures and regulations, and reporting to the Director, Strategic Planning. The role operates in a matrixed environment and is 100% virtual/work from home, though occasional flexibility for east-coast schedules is required. The American Red Cross is a mission-driven organization where employees can make a significant impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required.
• Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop project plans, budgets, and strategies to achieve organizational goals.
• Proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to work on a remote team.
• Qualified candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. The American Red Cross does not sponsor employment visas.

Nice To Haves

• Volunteer management experience preferred.
• Experience working with executive leadership (VP and up).

Responsibilities

• Oversee project team members’ milestones and performance as compared to project plan, scope, budget, resources, and schedule.
• Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies proactively.
• Communicate project progress and information to senior sponsors, stakeholders, and field as appropriate.
• Facilitate executive steering committees and status updates.
• Develop and prepare written project plans for complex projects addressing tasks, roles and responsibilities, risk, budget and communications.
• Develop work breakdown structure and perform critical path analysis.
• Manage the change control within project, obtaining sponsor approval for changes to scope, budget and schedule that effect the critical path.
• Acquire a project charter from senior management and obtain sign off on the statement of work by the project sponsor.
• Ensure that scope, budget, and schedule targets are within variance and project delivery date is met.
• Navigate ambiguity in relationships across multiple departments to successfully bring people together when needed for project success.
• Coaching project team on how to use PM methodology, templates, and tools.
• Support portfolio-level planning and resource allocation.
• Provide input into business case development and prioritization.
• Help define and implement PMO processes, templates, and tools; and contribute to the development of project governance frameworks.
• Provide and promote project management best practices throughout Humanitarian Services.
• Collaborate within the Humanitarian Service PMO office to ensure there are clearly defined project dependency and interdependencies, lessons learned library, and monitoring risks spanning multiple projects.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior