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Enterprise Project Manager
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Project Manager to orchestrate complex, enterprise-scale technical consulting projects (typically 750+ hours). This role demands a strategic-minded professional who can navigate intricate stakeholder landscapes and act as a critical partner in project success by providing the structure, governance, and analysis needed to keep implementations aligned with enterprise objectives.
Responsibilities
Project Governance & Leadership
- Build and maintain detailed project plan frameworks, including work breakdown structures, critical paths, and dependency tracking.
- Manage project governance processes such as steering committee protocols, escalation paths, and decision frameworks.
- Develop sophisticated project charters that connect technical deliverables to enterprise-level strategic objectives and clearly defined success metrics.
Client and Stakeholder Management
- Cultivate and nurture strong client relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and primary point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.
- Establish and manage client expectations and communication cadences, ensuring transparency regarding project scope, timelines, and deliverables.
- Facilitate steering committee meetings and executive reporting, ensuring C-suite stakeholders have clear visibility into progress, risks, and decisions required.
- Drive cross-functional alignment by coordinating communication across technical teams, business units, vendors, and geographically distributed delivery teams.
Budget Tracking & Forecasting
- Implement robust hours budget monitoring frameworks with real-time burn rate analysis, earned value management, and predictive forecasting models.
- Conduct variance analysis, develop corrective action plans for budget deviations, and provide executives with clear budget forecasts and performance-to-plan reporting.
- Manage scope modifications and change orders with full impact assessments on budget and timeline.
Risk Management
- Maintain comprehensive RAID logs with mitigation strategies, contingency planning, and early-warning indicators for high-impact scenarios.
- Ensure critical dependencies are actively tracked, communicated, and resolved across stakeholders.
Delivery Excellence & Quality Assurance
- Implement stage-gate reviews, milestone tracking, and acceptance criteria frameworks to safeguard delivery quality.
- Coordinate UAT and adoption readiness to ensure deliverables meet business and technical requirements.
- Support continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and best practices for future projects.
Communication & Reporting
- Develop executive-ready dashboards and status reports with KPI tracking, trend analysis, and budget performance insights.
- Facilitate structured stakeholder sessions including sprint planning, retrospectives, and weekly check-ins with clear agendas and tracked action items.
- Prepare and present project status updates to executive steering committees, including recommendations to inform strategic decisions.
- Maintain transparent communication channels through real-time project visibility tools and stakeholder portals.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10 years of enterprise project management experience in professional services or technical consulting environments.
- Proven track record managing large-scale technical projects (750+ hours, 10–30+ contributors) with multiple integration points and dependencies.
- Demonstrated success in client-facing roles with enterprise-level organizations (Fortune 1000 preferred).
- Expert proficiency in enterprise project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid) and tools (ClickUp), with the ability to adapt approaches to project requirements.
- Advanced financial management skills, including earned value management (EVM), forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Experience with professional services automation (PSA) tools and resource management systems.
- Strong technical understanding of software development lifecycles, system integrations, and data migration processes.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to present to C-level executives and steering committees.
- Exceptional executive presence and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate across senior stakeholder groups.
- Excellent organizational discipline to keep projects moving forward amidst competing priorities.
Required Qualifications
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification.
- Background in HubSpot ecosystem and CRM implementations.
- Prior consulting firm experience managing billable projects and client reporting.
- Agile/Scrum certifications (CSM, SAFe, etc.).
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