Senior Project Manager

BlastX Consulting•New York, NY

19d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Project Manager, you are the hub of every successful client engagement. You keep complex projects moving, teams aligned, and outcomes on track—connecting client goals to delivery execution and business value so your team doesn't just hit its targets, it exceeds them. This role calls for sharp judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and the confidence to influence decisions across stakeholders without leaning on a title. You'll lead day-to-day operations for our multidisciplinary consulting teams: smart, driven people doing some of the most interesting work in digital experience and analytics. You know what it takes to move a project from kickoff to impact—thoughtful resource planning, on-time delivery, proactive risk mitigation, and clear communication on status and progress. You'll partner with consultants across disciplines to deliver work that consistently exceeds client expectations. You bring an operational mindset, strong interpersonal skills, a passion for efficiency, and a proven track record leading complex initiatives. At BlastX Consulting, you have an opportunity to Make Your Mark every day by solving challenges and contributing to the positive impact our work has on clients and teams.

Requirements

Must have 4+ years experience directly interacting with B2B external clients.
PMP certification required or in-progress.
5+ years of project management experience within the consulting industry.
Familiarity with digital experience disciplines such as Analytics, MarTech, CX Strategy, Experimentation, or Tag Management.
Proven success delivering projects in Agile/Scrum environments.
Experience in resource planning, forecasting, and multi-team coordination.
Strong critical thinking, organization, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills and executive presence, with the ability to translate complex or technical information into clear plans.
Deep experience with Confluence/JIRA (or similar tools like Asana, Monday, ClickUp).
Experience with Microsoft Project or similar PM tools.
Ability to work effectively in a remote consulting environment.
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
Will require additional background checks for work with government clients.

Nice To Haves

This is a remote opportunity supporting clients on the Eastern or Central time zone preferred.
Due to the nature of our consulting agency, digital nomads will not be considered.

Responsibilities

Build strong relationships with clients to support measurable and impactful working relationships.
Serve as a key point of contact for project stakeholders, supporting the consulting team in communications with the client.
Ensure on-time, on-budget, and in-scope delivery of defined projects that deliver a high degree of client value and satisfaction.
Understand each client's business, goals and priorities, translating strategic plans into actionable project plans, tasks and timelines for the delivery team.
Work with consulting teams to ensure successful deliverables and outcomes are attained and that project value and impact are effectively tracked. Examples include Account Plans, scoped deliverables and client stories.
Assist in the coordination of high-impact meetings, developing detailed agendas and tracking action items and next steps.
Facilitate effective meetings focused on outcomes. Participate in discussions and ensure action items are identified, tracked and completed.
Partner with consultant teams to identify and present new client growth opportunities through the sales cycle.
Responsible for risk mitigation on all assigned projects: Identified risks and mitigation strategies and escalate as appropriate.
Act as the central traffic and resource coordinator for assigned clients, managing workflows, project plans and team assignments to ensure all commitments are delivered by their assigned dates.
Develop and maintain accurate resource projections and capacity plans, proactively identifying the need for an increase of decrease in assigned resources to maintain delivery excellence.
Effectively lead project ceremonies, including resource planning, prioritization, stand-ups and retrospectives and deliverable reviews to ensure quality and timeliness.
Manage and prioritize any project backlog in collaboration with consulting leads to ensure work aligns with client objectives and team capacity.
Identify, track, communicate and mitigate project risks, particularly those related to resource constraints, dependencies, timelines and cost overruns.
Help ensure the highest level of quality for all project deliverables by coordinating and managing quality assurance checks and review cycles.
Responsible for creating and maintaining clear project documentation, including project plans, resource forecasts, issue and task logs and status reports.