Senior Project Manager

New Balance•Boston, MA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role of Sr Project Manager, you will be leading complex, cross‑functional initiatives that deliver meaningful business outcomes and advance organizational strategy. This role drives the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple concurrent projects or workstreams using a best‑fit delivery approach (Agile, hybrid, or traditional), while adapting to evolving priorities and business needs. As a trusted partner to business, technology, and delivery teams, the Senior Project Manager fosters collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. As a senior member of the PMO, this role contributes to PMO standards, mentors other project managers, and proactively identifies opportunities to strengthen delivery effectiveness, governance, and operational maturity.

Requirements

B.S. with 5+ years’ project management experience in a relevant technical field
Understanding of/hands-on experience with software development life cycle
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or complex workstreams
Skilled in Agile, Scrum, or hybrid project management methodologies
Experience with project management tools such as Smartsheets
Ability to work within an Agile lifecycle tool such as ADO (Microsoft DevOps) or JIRA
Demonstrated influence without authority, self-motivated with the ability to work independently and willing to take a hands-on approach and help the team to drive success

Responsibilities

Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of multiple cross‑functional projects or workstreams, ensuring alignment to strategic objectives, timelines, scope, budget, and quality expectations
Apply and tailor delivery methodologies (Agile, hybrid, or traditional) to suit project needs while promoting agility and continuous improvement
Establish and maintain clear project plans, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics
Proactively manage project RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies), including mitigation planning and timely escalation when required
Facilitate project governance through structured status reporting, RAG indicators, milestone reviews, and leadership updates
Partner with business stakeholders, product, engineering, and technology teams to translate objectives into actionable requirements and execution plans
Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes, tooling, and ways of working across the PMO
Scheduling and facilitating necessary meetings at all project stages; managing decisions and tasks; and monitoring and reporting progress
Working with outside vendors and internal New Balance teams to plan and manage project activities, provide governance and oversight, provide status and other inputs to Business, IT, and Leadership
Providing mentoring and coaching to other project managers