Senior Project Manager - EPMO

Sunstate Equipment

Phoenix, AZ

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SKILLS

Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Budgeting, Business Operations, Business Strategy, Business Transformation, Cadence, Change Management, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Document Management, Documentation, Due Diligence, Employee Assistance Plan, Equipment Rentals, Finance, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Legal, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operations Processes, Organizational Skills, People Management, Performance Analysis, Problem Solving Skills, Project Execution, Project Lifecycle, Project Management Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Software, Project Planning, Project Schedule, Project Tracking, Project/Program Coordination, Project/Program Management, RAID Storage, Risk, Risk Management, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Status Reports, Technical Support, Time Management, Vision Plan, Waterfall Model of Software Development

LOCATION

Phoenix, AZ

POSTED

13 days ago

Senior Project Manager

Sunstate Equipment Co.: Where Safety and People are Core Values

We care about our People and it shows!

Sunstate's Advantages

Remote
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including plans with no employee premiums (plus HSA options with employer contribution)
401(k) with company match
Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
Paid time off, paid holidays, and sick time
Weekly pay
Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources
Wellness Program
Strong culture to grow from within
Free equipment rentals

About the Position

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading large, complex, cross functional initiatives that support the company's strategic priorities. This role leads enterprise level projects and provides guidance and support for department-led initiatives to ensure consistent project management practices and successful delivery of business outcomes.

This position has a strong focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration, including due diligence support, integration planning, and post-close execution. The Senior Project Manager ensures alignment of newly acquired entities and drives successful post-merger operational readiness across people, processes, systems, and culture.

The role partners closely with Executive Sponsors, functional leaders, subject matter experts, operational teams, and Change Management to ensure initiatives are strategically aligned, operationally ready, and effectively implemented across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Leadership

Lead the planning and execution of large, complex enterprise initiatives, ensuring delivery of intended business outcomes aligned to strategic objectives.
Lead M&A integration initiatives, including integration planning, Day 1 readiness, and post‑integration stabilization.
Manage cross‑functional integration workstreams (e.g., IT, People Services, Operations, Finance, Legal).
Define and manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery.
Coordinate cross‑functional project teams and ensure accountability for milestones and deliverables.
Identify impacted stakeholders and ensure appropriate engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
Facilitate project planning sessions, stakeholder alignment, and cross‑functional coordination
Track project performance and proactively address risks, issues, constraints, and interdependencies.
Maintain accurate project documentation and provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and stakeholders.
Partner with Change Management to incorporate change enablement, communications, and training into project plans.

Department Project Support & Governance

Promote and provide guidance and support to ensure consistent project management methodologies, tools, and reporting practices are executed as defined by the EPMO.
Establish and facilitate integration governance (cadence, updates, workstream reporting) to ensure alignment, transparency, and timely decision-making.
Promote and provide guidance to ensure consistent project management methodologies, tools, and reporting practices are executed as defined by the EPMO.
Establish and facilitate M&A and enterprise governance structures, including cadence, executive updates, workstream reporting, and decision escalation.
Drive transparency, alignment, and timely decision‑making across stakeholders

Operational Readiness & Implementation

Ensure projects are operationally ready prior to launch and that implementation plans consider the full organizational impact.
Ensure all acquired operations, systems, processes, and teams are prepared for integration milestones (Day 1, Day 30/60/90, full integration).
Identify potential operational gaps and coordinate mitigation plans across impacted teams.
Verify data, systems, and process harmonization efforts across legacy and acquired business units.
Ensure sustainable adoption of new processes and ways of working post-implementation

Documentation & Knowledge Management

Create, maintain, and organize core project execution documentation, including project charters, project plans, risk and issue logs, status reports, decision logs, and implementation plans that adhere to the EPMO standards.
For M&A integration projects, create and maintain integration plans, RAID logs, decision logs, and synergy/value capture trackers, document dependencies and transition activities.
Ensure operational documentation created during projects is properly developed and transitioned to operational teams, including but not limited to SOPs, Processes & Procedures, Job Aids and Training Materials
Confirm operational documentation accurately reflects new processes prior to project completion.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in business, Operations, Organizational Leadership, or related field preferred.
Project management certification (PMP, PgMP, or equivalent) required.
5+ years of experience managing large, complex projects or cross-functional initiatives, including enterprise-wide implementations and/or business transformation.
2+ years managing M&A integration or organizational transformation initiatives preferred.
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and lead through ambiguity in dynamic, high-change environments.
Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and identify interdependencies across projects.
Experience with operational readiness, transformation programs, or enterprise system implementations.
Experience with formal project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid)
Experience coordinating projects with senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Experience working in or alongside a PMO or Enterprise PMO environment.

Skills

Strong project planning and execution capabilities.
Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously as well navigate ambiguity and lead through high-change, high-velocity environments
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities.
Strong risk, issue, and dependency management skills
Ability to navigate organizational complexity and drive alignment across teams.
Strong organizational and documentation management skills.
Ability to lead cross-functional integration workstreams and manage interdependencies across people, process, and technology.
Expertise in integrating disparate operational processes, technologies, and organizational structures.
Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information, facilitate decision-making, and present to senior leaders.

Why Choose Us?

At Sunstate, every employee is valued, respected, and fairly compensated. More importantly, every employee has a voice that deserves to be heard. We are working hard to challenge the typical ways of business and develop an environment where our employees feel safe, comfortable, and look forward to coming to work. No matter which location you visit, you can't help but feel the close-knit work-family environment.

We have strategically and organically grown our company from within, promoting from the ground up and providing employees with opportunities to explore their different passions within our own walls. This culture allows our people to develop valuable, marketable skills they can use throughout their career. Plus, with benefits like Baby Bonding, My Holiday vacation time, and discounts on everything from movie tickets to cell phone bills, we're constantly evolving our resources to provide our people with tools to make their lives easier!

Be YOU at Sunstate

At Sunstate Equipment, we are actively fostering a workplace culture where individuals of all identities and life experiences feel genuinely valued, respected, and appreciated. As a proud equal-opportunity employer, we wholeheartedly welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We recognize and celebrate the unique perspectives they bring, with the understanding that they are the fuel for the innovative ideas that drive the evolution of our industry

Sunstate is a proud Second Chance employer that evaluates every candidate on a case-by-case basis.

Sunstate Equipment Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

A Drug Free Workplace and Participates in E-Verify

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