Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Work Location: Frankfort, KY (Hybrid Preferred, Remote Considered)

Engagement Type: Full-Time Contract

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead strategic technology and business transformation initiatives for a client of ours. This role will oversee multiple concurrent projects and coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that improve operational efficiency, business processes, technology capabilities, and constituent services.

The ideal candidate is a proven project leader with experience managing complex technical projects involving multiple stakeholders, vendors, business units, and government partners. Success in this role requires strong project delivery discipline, executive communication skills, risk management expertise, and the ability to drive alignment among both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This individual will partner closely with leadership, the Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT), agency executives, and project teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with program objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery & Execution

• Lead the full project lifecycle from initiation through planning, execution, implementation, and closeout.
• Manage multiple technology and business initiatives simultaneously across varying levels of complexity.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, roadmaps, budgets, resource plans, and milestone tracking.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget while meeting defined success criteria.
• Drive project governance processes, including project reviews, stage gates, status reporting, and executive updates.

Stakeholder Management & Communications

• Build strong relationships with executive leadership, business partners, technical teams, vendors, and external stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, steering committee meetings, and executive briefings.
• Translate technical concepts into business-focused communications for leadership audiences.
• Proactively manage stakeholder expectations, priorities, and project communications.
• Prepare project status reports, presentations, meeting documentation, and executive summaries.

Program Governance & PMO Leadership

• Champion project management best practices, methodologies, standards, and documentation.
• Develop project artifacts including charters, business cases, risk registers, communication plans, and issue logs.
• Establish project governance frameworks to improve accountability, visibility, and decision-making.
• Monitor project performance through KPIs, milestones, and project health metrics.

Risk, Issue & Change Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Escalate critical issues and recommend resolution strategies to leadership.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, and resource changes through formal change control processes.
• Develop contingency and recovery plans when project risks threaten delivery.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Coordinate efforts across business, operations, application development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and vendor teams.
• Facilitate collaboration between technical and business stakeholders to achieve project objectives.
• Support organizational change management efforts and user adoption initiatives for new processes and technologies.
• Lead project teams in a matrixed environment where resources may not have direct reporting relationships.

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons learned sessions.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes and organizational effectiveness.
• Promote a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Public Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent professional experience.
• 7 years of project management experience leading medium-to-large-scale technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects involving business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery best practices.
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and vendor relationships.
• Proven success communicating with executive leadership and facilitating decision-making among diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong organizational, leadership, problem-solving, and facilitation skills.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting public sector, government, health and human services, or child support programs.
• Experience managing application modernization, cloud transformation, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, or enterprise platform initiatives.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Experience working with third-party vendors, system integrators, and technology partners.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large stakeholder groups and navigate complex organizational environments.
• Strong change management and organizational transformation experience.

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• SAFe Certification
• Prosci Change Management Certification (preferred)
• ITIL Foundations (preferred)

EEO:

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Benefits & Perks:

Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care, FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer:

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.