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The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the oversight and successful completion of multiple concurrent projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitment, and goals with minimal oversight. The Senior PM holds a leadership role within the PM group, which entails providing guidance and support, maintaining positive professional relationships with leadership and other project managers, and demonstrating understanding of and adherence to professional standards and values. The Senior PM will develop and provide solutions to clients while working with diverse and potentially remote teams. The Senior PM oversees all phases of a project and is responsible for project performance through foresight and critical thinking; collaboration with subject matter experts to solve problems; and effective management of project constraints, including scope, schedule, and budget. Responsibilities include project portfolio setup, progress tracking, kickoff and status meetings, and deliverable product quality verification. The Senior PM will report financial metrics on a weekly basis and proactively take steps to flag and prevent budget variances. The Senior PM works closely with production team leads to assign labor and closely manage level of effort and timelines. 

At NV5, We are a collaboration of intelligent, innovative thinkers who care for each other, our communities, and the environment.  We value both heart and head, the diversity of our people, and their experiences because that is how we continue to grow as a leader in our industry and expand our individual and collective potential.

NV5 is a global technology solutions and consulting services company with a workforce of over 4,500 professionals in more than 100 offices worldwide.  NV5’s continued growth has been spurred through strategic investments in firms with unique capabilities to help current and future customers solve the world’s toughest problems.  The NV5 family brings together talent across a wide range of markets and fields, including Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, Architects, Photogrammetrists, GIS Professionals, Software Developers, IT, Project Management Professionals, and more.

Project Management:

• Initiation: Assist project sponsor to collect initial client requirements, identify assumptions, assess project feasibility, estimate costs and schedule, business development and proposal, develop objectives and project charter, engagestakeholders 

• Planning: Create project portfolio, develop PM plan, prepare for procurement, kick off meeting 

• Executing: Project documents, procurement, supervise project work, implement changes, perform quality assurance and audits, manage and evaluate project and team performance, conduct status meetings, maintain communication with stakeholders 

• Monitoring and Controlling: Measure project performance, perform quality control, maintain project information databases, verify scope, collaborate with accounting 

• Closing: Ensure final delivery of product to the client, seek feedback on the product and process, conduct project retrospective, communicate findings to PS Leadership, and update the lessons learned and process improvement database 

Project Leadership:

• Project management guidance and problem solving 

• Excellent example of professional conduct 

• Business development support 

• Cross-group collaborative problem solving 

• Client Management 

• Team Building 

• Project Administration 

• Consultant Management 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Exceptional communication skills & professionalism 

• Strong writing skills 

• Initiative and follow-through 

• Problem solving skills and critical thinking 

• Familiarity with project management processes and tools 

• Successful evaluation skills and good judgment 

• Ability to maintain a professional and positive demeanor in times of stress 

• Ability to interact professionally and effectively with clients 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience 

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite and Google Drive 

• 5+ years’ experience in a professional environment 

• 2+ years’ experience in a technical environment 

Preferred Qualifications: