Senior Project Manager

Company

Pacific Program Management (PPM) provides clients the leadership and management oversight of their work space strategy, space development, and space transitions for their people and business across the U.S. and Internationally.

PPM is a fast-growing, real estate project and program management firm that helps companies reimagine their workspace to enable the potential of people through a personalized, resourceful, and connected approach. Our people-centric ethos guides everything we do to create, implement, and operationalize customized workplace strategies to help clients achieve their business goals. Delivering an integrated solution through our three service lines of: Work Space Consulting, Capital Project Management, and Transition and Relocation Management, PPM gives clients the confidence to focus on what they do best.

People are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in building savvy, diverse teams that thrive in fast-paced, collaborative, agile and fun environments. Every member of the team has an integral role to play and has a direct impact on our future success, as well as the success of our clients and partners. Diversity to PPM means having a team that represents our communities and the clients we serve. Our people have different backgrounds and histories, experiences and expertise, and perspectives and opinions. We are not one piece of fabric, but many different pieces of fabric seamlessly stitched together. Our teams embody our STIHL values of Service, Trust, Integrity, Honesty & Leadership in our everyday actions, and our culture thrives on our balance of care with accountability. We are One PPM.

While we are committed to achieving success for our clients, we are also committed to our communities - and each other. With a company commitment to donate 1% of all revenue to non-profits serving communities where we work, our team regularly participates in philanthropic events and volunteerism. And in everything we do, we have fun! Because we recognize the mission of reimagining the potential of people starts with reimagining our own.

Key Company Info

• Founded in 2009 to provide value driven outcomes, and impeccable service to our Partners (Clients) and People in a personalized, resourceful and connected relationship
• Our diverse team of over 150 People allows for us to connect and build trust with a diversity of Clients and Communities
• Our Vision is to be the Partner of choice anywhere we can provide high quality outcomes and experiences with sustainable growth
• Our Mission is to continue to grow and help improve our people, partners and communities helping them define and guide them to greatness
• Our core PPM values are: Service, Trust, Integrity, Honesty, & Leadership.
• Our priorities and decision-making start with our People and Partners (Clients) followed by PPM Performance

We believe in building great teams that thrive in a collaborative and welcoming environment. Our approach is entrepreneurial and scalable, with the highest level of quality and professionalism. We balance care with accountability.

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager (SPM) manages the Project Management Team to ensure that large, complex projects are planned, implemented, and completed in accordance with the client’s strategic business goals and objectives. The Senior Project Manager, reporting to PPM’s Account Manager, will be responsible for the delivery of a portfolio of projects in accordance with the PMO. They will review and report contract performance and associated reporting across all services performed for the constituent projects of the account. The Senior Project Manager will review, analyze, and help prepare project dashboard information periodically and will reconcile any issues or discrepancies to provide to the PMO.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Management Compliance
• Set clear goals and objectives for project planning, implementation, and delivery for the entire lifecycle of multiple projects occurring simultaneously.
• Understand and communicate program changes during the PMO lifecycle, training project team leaders as necessary and updating project-level dashboards and document templates for project team use.
• Project Planning, Implementation, and Delivery
• Understand and communicate established key performance indicators for the PMO and work with project teams to incorporate KPIs into overall project plans.
• Host project-level meetings with all project teams and stakeholders. Create, record, and memorialize all meeting agendas, minutes, and documents.
• Define and track program scope, including all constituent projects, activities associated with the program, governance for financial performance, risk analysis and mitigation.
• Initiate, develop and review project team schedules and align with the overall PMO master schedule.
• Represent any project-level highlights, issues or risks that affect PMO performance at the PMO meetings.
• Risk Management, Project Administration, and Reporting
• Monitor progress, provide direction to update program plans as required, manage change and risk.
• Maintain overall project administration organization for project teams. Communicate and track project team deliverables, deadlines, and standards in accordance with the PMO.
• Establish processes and procedures to maintain project management oversight and decision-making support for application policies and practices throughout the entire program life cycle.
• Lead a team of 2+ direct reports and provide day-to-day leadership to various technical, professional, and/or administrative personnel engaged in specified project activities.
• Assist in business development efforts to create project proposals, RFPs, estimates, and schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Business, Construction Management, Engineering or similar.
• 15+ years’ experience in the tenant advisory, development, architecture, engineering, or construction management.
• MCR, PgPM, or PMP certification(s) preferred.
• High level of process and problem-solving skills in ambiguous environment. Strong analytic abilities, consistent and methodical in reporting, anticipates risks and issues.
• Experience in a Project Management Office (PMO) model, including oversight of a portfolio of simultaneous projects.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to move within and between client buildings more than 50% of the day.
• Must be available evenings and weekends depending on project deadlines.
• The person in this role needs to be able to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Able to travel as needed for individual projects within North America.

EEOC

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Last updated on Sep 20, 2024