
Senior Project Manager, Operations
Great Minds
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: District of Columbia • United States
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Salary
💰 $86,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Applying established procedures and basic project management methodologies as defined by PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge.
- Working with Great Minds teams across the organization to document project specifications and develop detailed scope documentation for each project.
- Coordinating within the Operations department to determine resources needed to accomplish project goals within negotiated project timeline.
- Creating and maintaining detailed project plans in Smartsheet with dependencies.
- Documenting project risk and ongoing coordination of efforts to mitigate risk throughout project duration.
- Conducting ongoing project status meetings and acting as liaison between all project teams to creatively manage and negotiate schedule adjustments as needed to achieve project goals.
- Managing project change requests (e.g., scope, timeline) including documentation of requirements changes and negotiation of revised timelines given resource availability.
- Ensuring continuous communication around the project as required by the established communication plan.
- Planning for and reporting project metrics to document and evaluate the success of assigned projects.
- Conducting pre-project launch training as needed and post-project debrief meetings.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in project management, leading multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated experience working with third-party logistics providers (3PLs), including warehousing, fulfillment, and shipping partners.
- Strong understanding of order-to-cash, fulfillment, logistics, and inventory workflows.
- Highly results oriented and demonstrates personal accountability, urgency, and persistence in completing high-quality work products.
- Manage activities for multiple medium/large and/or complex projects simultaneously without missing critical deadlines.
- Anticipate project roadblocks and develop creative solutions both within and across projects to meet goals.
- Lead project teams to maintain and adhere to establish processes and procedures.
- Incorporate the latest project information, make quick decisions, and keep the appropriate management and project staff informed of rapidly occurring developments.
- Strong technical understanding and experience with various SDLC methodologies (Agile & Waterfall).
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Smartsheet, or similar project management software, JIRA, Microsoft SharePoint/Sites or other similar distributed storage and collaboration systems, & 10,000 ft. or similar resource allocation/scheduling software.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementSDLC methodologiesAgileWaterfallproject planningrisk managementscope managementchange managementresource allocationmetrics reporting
Soft Skills
results orientedpersonal accountabilityurgencypersistencecreative problem solvingcommunicationnegotiationleadershipteam collaborationadaptability
Certifications
PMI certification