Principal Project Manager

The Principal Project Manager is a hands-on position responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of multiple complex program level efforts ensuring consistency with company vision, strategy, commitments, and goals.

Requirements

• Accountable for the project team, resources and the success or failure of the project against Scope, Schedule, and Budget.
• Accountable for the program team, resources and the success or failure of the program against expected outcomes and benefits.
• Responsible for leading the planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closing of assigned projects or programs.
• Identifies and tracks key project or program milestones (base-lining critical path).
• Works with project or program stakeholders and management to determine necessary skill sets and assemble the project or program team based on scope and expectations, including, as necessary, cross-department and outsourcing coordination.
• Negotiates and influences cross-functional teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels are engaged and maintained throughout the course of the project or program life cycle.
• Pro-actively anticipates project or program risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints and ensures adequate response strategies are put in place to ensure delivery or outcomes and benefits are not compromised. Tracks, manages and reports as required.
• Ensures change control procedures and processes are efficiently and effectively used to maintain control of scope, resources, schedule, and cost.