Senior Project Manager

Engagement teams range from three people to more than 200 on multi-year transformation programs. We work with Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies and large health systems. Founded in 1967, we now have 4,700 employees. We write a lot: proposals, status reports, slide decks and final reports.

Job summary

Magpiepost has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. The company is based in Birmingham, the UK. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in Greece, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. Working hours overlap with UK business hours.

Job duties

Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps. Oversee vendor statements of work and deliverables. Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log. Coordinate work across IT, operations, finance and vendors. Define scope, schedule, budget and resources with project sponsors. Report status to sponsors and steering committees. Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project. Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion.

Qualifications

5+ years of project management experience. Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods. Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool. Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders. Strong written status reporting.

Nice to have

PMP or CAPM certification. Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM).

Why work with us

Annual learning budget. Annual salary review. Public holidays observed per your country. 20 days paid time off. Company laptop. Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner. Paid sick days.

The posting will close once we have a strong shortlist.

Please mention your notice period and expected salary.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Magpiepost plc.