Manager-Project/Product II

Title: Senior Project Manager-Safety Culture Transformation
Location: Irwindale, CA (Hybrid-2 days onsite per week)
Type: Contract
Duration: 12+ Months (Possible Extension)
Pay rate: $75/hr on W2 (All inclusive)

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide safety initiatives and drive the organization's Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap. This role will oversee complex, high-impact projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure successful execution of strategic safety programs aligned with organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise-wide projects and initiatives that support the client's safety priorities and strategic goals.
• Develop project objectives, strategies, business cases, proposals, and comprehensive project plans.
• Oversee project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and performance metrics.
• Lead cross-functional teams and drive projects from initiation through successful completion.
• Develop and maintain integrated master project plans, including timelines, dependencies, milestones, and communication requirements.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings, presentations, and discussions to drive collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Identify project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and ensure timely resolution of project challenges.
• Provide regular project status updates, performance reports, and recommendations to management.
• Coordinate business readiness and change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, training, and communications.
• Support the execution of the client's Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap and other strategic safety initiatives.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing projects, programs, or contracts.
• Experience implementing large-scale programs or enterprise-wide projects.
• Strong experience leading and facilitating cross-functional teams.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing project budgets, scope, schedules, resources, and performance reporting.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders, senior management, internal departments, and external vendors.
• Experience with business readiness, change management, stakeholder engagement, training, and communications.
• Strong ability to influence stakeholders, negotiate solutions, and drive desired outcomes.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize activities, monitor assignments, and ensure team accountability.
• Strong risk management, organizational, team-building, and project execution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, adapt to change, and maintain high ethical standards.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
• Project Management Certification (PMP or equivalent).

About Trident Consulting
Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we've partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.