Senior Project Manager - Dynamics ERP Implementation

Hitachi Solutions•Chicago, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager is a delivery leader responsible for bringing structure, clarity, and control to complex Microsoft implementation engagements. The role is accountable for client outcomes, predictable execution, financial control, and alignment to business value using Hitachi Solutions’ delivery methodology. It calls for an experienced consulting project manager who can quickly stabilize delivery, lead transparently, and serve as a trusted client and internal governance lead. The Senior Project Manager brings together cross-functional delivery, architecture, functional, technical, offshore, PMO, and client teams. The role establishes ownership, maintains disciplined plans and forecasts, uses KPIs to drive proactive action, escalates early, manages scope and change through established processes, and applies commercial judgment to decisions affecting margin, risk, and client outcomes. The position is remote, but candidates must be U.S. citizens or able to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Requirements

At least 10 years of professional services project management experience, preferably in complex consulting delivery roles requiring rapid ramp-up and independent execution.
Project management experience implementing ERP, CRM, Dynamics 365, and/or broader cloud solutions in a client-facing consulting environment.
Experience managing multi-platform, multi-workstream projects across onshore, offshore, client, and delivery teams.
Ability to communicate effectively with senior management, business and IT executives, customers, vendors, and internal delivery leadership through clear, concise, action-oriented reporting.
Business acumen, commercial judgment, stakeholder leadership, and team leadership without relying on formal authority.
Applied experience with project management principles and approaches such as Agile, Scrum, SAFe, CPM, Waterfall, hybrid delivery, and standard governance controls.
Track record of measurable outcomes in consulting delivery, including predictable execution, client trust, scope control, and financial discipline.
Success leading teams of 20 or more consultants across multiple time zones, including offshore resources, with clear ownership, cadence, and accountability.
At least 5–10 years of ERP implementation experience.
At least 5 years of consultancy implementation partner experience.
Project controls expertise, including maintaining detailed project plans; managing scope, schedule, and budget baselines; tracking actual progress and financial performance; analyzing variances; and driving proactive corrective actions throughout the project lifecycle.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, CIS, Business Management, or a related field.
PMP certification.
Advanced proficiency with Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, and project delivery tooling.
Expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis, baseline control, forecasting, and project controls.
Experience with Power BI and KPI-driven delivery management.
Experience managing project financials, including EACs, margin management, variance analysis, and commercial forecasting.
Experience leading executive governance, project health reviews, and stage-gate processes.
Experience delivering Microsoft cloud, ERP, CRM, or digital transformation programs.
CSM, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent agile delivery certification.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of large, complex projects aligned with organizational objectives and client business outcomes, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, change management, and baseline control.
Establish clear ownership, decision rights, communication cadence, project goals, success criteria, and priority trade-offs with client and internal stakeholders.
Facilitate risk, issue, and dependency management; develop proactive mitigation and get-to-green plans, clarify business impacts, and escalate early when delivery or commercial outcomes are at risk.
Apply Hitachi Solutions’ delivery methodology, stage gates, project health reviews, and standard delivery practices while improving execution quality.
Manage project budgets of $10M or more, including forecasting, budget-versus-actual review, estimate-at-complete awareness, margin protection, and action on financial variances.
Identify scope movement, lead re-estimation when needed, and estimate, create, and deliver Change Orders with client alignment and commercial rationale.
Lead or support Steering Committee governance, stage-gate readiness, executive status reporting, decision management, and alignment to value and outcomes.
Communicate progress, risks, required decisions, delivery challenges, and corrective actions clearly and transparently to customers and internal stakeholders.
Contribute to PMO and Delivery Excellence improvements by capturing lessons learned, improving reusable practices, and adopting standard tools, templates, and reporting discipline.
Provide first-line project escalation support, establish accountability, coach delivery behaviors, resolve conflicts, and address capability or execution gaps.
Lead teams through ambiguity, maintain delivery control, drive timely decisions, balance competing priorities, and reinforce execution discipline under pressure.