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Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Work Location: Onsite – Springfield, Illinois
Employment Type: Full-Time
Overview
We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Senior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects across cross-functional teams. This role plays a critical part in ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational goals through structured project governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
Key Responsibilities
Project Planning & Coordination
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables
- Coordinate project activities across multiple teams, vendors, and stakeholders
- Track task dependencies, resource allocations, and overall project progress
- Organize and facilitate project kickoff meetings, sprint planning sessions, and status reviews
Risk & Issue Management
- Identify, document, and monitor project risks, issues, and dependencies
- Maintain and update risk and issue logs, escalating concerns as appropriate
- Support the development and execution of mitigation and contingency plans
- Track resolution status and ensure timely closure
Stakeholder Communication & Reporting
- Serve as a central point of coordination for project communications
- Prepare and distribute project status reports, dashboards, and executive summaries
- Facilitate regular status meetings and document action items and decisions
- Ensure consistent communication of project progress, risks, and changes
Scope & Change Control
- Support scope management to ensure deliverables align with approved requirements
- Document and manage change requests, including impact analysis
- Maintain change control logs and support governance review processes
- Help enforce project standards and prevent scope creep
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong understanding of project management planning, execution, and control
- Demonstrated experience coordinating cross-functional teams
- Experience with risk and issue management, including escalation and mitigation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills with attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting enterprise or public-sector initiatives
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, or hybrid delivery methodologies
- Experience working in regulated or governance-heavy environments
- PMP, CAPM, or other project management certification (or in progress)