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Cogency Global, Inc.

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Sr. Project Manager

Full-Time Remote or Hybrid (up to 2 days in-office)

Reports to: Director, Project Management Office

Benefits Offered: 401K, Dental, Life, Medical, Vision

Hours: 9AM – 5PM

Salary: $100-125K

Travel Required: Minimal (up to 10%)

Role Summary

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for coordinating and supporting a portfolio of projects across Cogency Global, including organizational change initiatives, new technology implementations, workflow improvements, and acquisition integrations. This role ensures that projects are delivered effectively and is primarily focused on stakeholder alignment, decision facilitation, facilitating communication and risk visibility to ensure initiatives move forward efficiently and sustainably.

Approximately 70% of the role is centered on stakeholder engagement, aligning priorities, facilitating decisions, and maintaining momentum, while 30% leverages project management expertise to apply structure, discipline, and practical delivery approaches. Success in this role requires strong judgment, influence without authority, and the ability to navigate complexity across teams.

Major Goals

· Enable successful delivery of multiple concurrent projects within agreed scope, timeline, and budgets.

· Drive cross-functional alignment and decision-making to maintain momentum and minimize delays

· Identify and surface risks and issues early, supporting timely resolution.

· Strengthen project coordination practices that support organizational growth and change adoption.

Core Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Delivery

· Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and reporting templates.

· Facilitate project meetings, document outcomes, and track follow-up actions.

· Ensure clarity of roles, responsibilities dependencies, and timelines across teams.

· Monitor progress and escalate risks, issues, or blockers as appropriate.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

· Serve as the central coordination point between project sponsors, business stakeholders, and delivery teams.

· Communicate progress, risks, and decisions clearly, consistently, and transparently.

· Balance competing priorities by aligning stakeholders to shared outcomes.

Risk & Issue Management

· Proactively identify risks and dependencies across initiatives and ensure mitigation strategies are in place.

· Surface blockers promptly for sponsor or leadership resolution.

· Maintain clear documentation to track risks, issues, and resolution status.

Continuous Improvement & Change Support

· Capture lessons learned and share best practices across projects.

· Recommend process improvements to enhance project coordination and efficiency.

· Support change adoption through clear communication, consistency and team engagement.

Competencies & Behaviors

· Integrity: Transparent, accountable, and trusted by stakeholders.

· Collaboration & Influence: Builds alignment and drives outcome across diverse teams.

· Communication: Conveys information clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

· Organization: Manages multiple projects with strong prioritization and attention to detail.

· Problem-Solving: Anticipates risks and proposes pragmatic, actionable solutions.

· Continuous Improvement: Seeks feedback and actively refines processes to improve effectiveness over time.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in business or related field (or equivalent experience).

· PMP certification (required).

· 6+ years of professional project management experience across varied initiatives (business process, technology, or integrations).

· Strong facilitation, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

· Familiarity with project management methodologies (PMI, Scrum, PRINCE2, Agile).

· Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, SmartSheet, Asana).

Working Conditions

· Remote or hybrid arrangement (2 in-office days per week in a Cogency office).

· Minimal travel (up to 10%).

· Standard business hours with occasional flexibility.

Together, we live our Core Values

Integrity: Doing the Right thing even when no one will know and walking the talk

Fairness: We have an open-door policy with access to all including the CEO at any time in a friendly & collaborative environment.

Fun: We believe in a fun work environment & have many team events that support the ‘fun’ culture

...and to further support our staff, we offer:

• • 35-hour work week
  • Relaxed and Casual dress code for Summer months & Fridays
  • Educational assistance program for all of our eligible staff members
  • Continuous Learning is encouraged through our Quarterly New Hire Seminars & Knowledge Sharing sessions
  • An Organization that gives back to Society – We offer Paid community service days to all our eligible staff members and NYC Headquarters participates in number of charity drives throughout the year
  • A commitment to diversity & inclusion
  • 401k up to 5% price match, Access to FSA, Pre-Tax Transit benefit
  • 80% covered Medical Insurance & 80% covered Dental & Vision insurance

Cogency Global is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.