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Senior Project Manager

Paramus, NJ 07652

Posted: 01/27/2026 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Project Management Job Number: 643248 Is job remote?: No

Job Description


Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Paramus, NJ 07652
Pay: $65/hr - $65.52/hr
Senior Project Manager Qualifications 
  • Experience in Utilities (water or electric) industries preferred
  • Experience in major infrastructure and application deployment projects
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related field
  • PMP, ITIL, Lean/Six Sigma certifications preferred
  • At least 5 years of technology project management experience working closely with technology teams, the business and third parties
  • Experience leading business technology discussions, projects and programs including coordinating meetings and presenting project deliverables
  • Experience working in a PMO structured environment with standard documentation and tools
  • Exceptional verbal and written communications; persuasive and motivating
  • Ability to drive discussions to elicit vision, goals, requirements and other business information from executives and teams
  • Strong understanding of project and software development life cycles (i.e. PMLC, SDLC; Waterfall, Iterative; SCRUM, etc.)
  • Understanding of infrastructure systems, networks, Cloud, personal computing, system engineering, information risk and security guidelines, and architecture standards
  • Ability to quickly troubleshoot problems that may arise in work products as well as manage a range of activities in a busy, fast-changing operating environment
  • Strong analytical skills applied to understanding business functionality, technical solutions and support requirements
  • Proficient in Google Suite of Applications, especially Google Slides and Sheets as well as Project Management tools 
Senior Project Manager Description 
  • Work with executives and senior leaders to create and maintain a plan to achieve the strategic vision and objectives of the project
  • Partner with business and technology partners to define project scope, design solutions and create other deliverables that support business goals
  • Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
  • Draft and submit budget proposals, track financials and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
  • Identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues or escalate through proper channels
  • Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths
  • Plan, schedule and maintain project milestones using appropriate tools and project team meetings
  • Produce regular status and ad hoc reports for the Steering Committee and other audiences
  • Partner with business to coordinate user acceptance testing, communications and training
  • Ensure and/or develop required documentation on projects, including deliverables to describe installation, support model and operating procedures
  • Knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma and continuous improvement processes
  • Other duties as required or directed to ensure the achievement of project and other business objectives
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