Job Description
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
ABOUT OUR CLIENT
Our Client is an innovative and rapidly growing software company headquartered in Houston, Texas. As customer demand continues to expand, the organization is investing in experienced leadership to help scale implementation excellence, strengthen customer relationships, and drive successful project delivery across the business.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you a seasoned Project Manager who thrives on leading high-impact software implementations while mentoring others and improving delivery operations?
Our Client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead its most strategic and complex customer implementations from kickoff through go-live. This is a highly visible role that offers the opportunity to work directly with executive stakeholders, influence organizational processes, and help shape the future of project delivery within a growing technology company.
In addition to managing critical customer engagements, you will serve as a mentor and trusted advisor to fellow Project Managers, helping elevate project execution standards and support company-wide growth.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
ABOUT OUR CLIENT
Our Client is an innovative and rapidly growing software company headquartered in Houston, Texas. As customer demand continues to expand, the organization is investing in experienced leadership to help scale implementation excellence, strengthen customer relationships, and drive successful project delivery across the business.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Are you a seasoned Project Manager who thrives on leading high-impact software implementations while mentoring others and improving delivery operations?
Our Client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead its most strategic and complex customer implementations from kickoff through go-live. This is a highly visible role that offers the opportunity to work directly with executive stakeholders, influence organizational processes, and help shape the future of project delivery within a growing technology company.
In addition to managing critical customer engagements, you will serve as a mentor and trusted advisor to fellow Project Managers, helping elevate project execution standards and support company-wide growth.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Lead the companys large software implementation projects
- Serve as the primary point of contact for executive stakeholders and customer leadership teams
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, resource requirements, and communication strategies
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and obstacles while proactively driving resolution plans
- Manage project scope, change requests, and stakeholder expectations throughout the implementation lifecycle
- Drive accountability across customer and internal teams to ensure successful project outcomes
- Mentor and support Project Managers across the organization
- Provide guidance on project planning, issue resolution, customer escalations, and cross-functional coordination
- Partner closely with Product, Development, Quality Assurance, Customer Success, and Support teams
- Coordinate resources and priorities across multiple concurrent implementations
- Help improve project management standards, implementation methodologies, and delivery best practices
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance customer onboarding, implementation efficiency, and operational scalability
- Support leadership with implementation forecasting, resource planning, and strategic prioritization
- Bachelors degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- Eight or more years of experience leading software, SaaS, or technology implementation projects
- Experience managing complex, customer-facing software implementations
- Proven ability to mentor, coach, or provide leadership to project teams
- Strong knowledge of SaaS implementation methodologies and software delivery processes
- Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent customer-facing communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
- Experience collaborating closely with software development and product teams
- Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project management methodologies
- Proficiency with Jira, Azure DevOps, Monday.com, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or similar tools
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
- Self-motivated mindset with the ability to thrive in a high-growth environment
- PMP certification
- Additional experience supporting organizational project management process improvement initiatives
- Houston, Texas
- Hybrid work environment with a combination of in-office and remote work each week
- Occasional travel for customer meetings, implementation activities, and company events
- Work directly with executive leadership and key customer stakeholders
- Lead high-visibility projects that have a direct impact on company growth and customer success
- Influence project management standards and implementation best practices
- Mentor and develop fellow Project Managers
- Join a growing software company where your contributions will help shape future delivery operations
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 50 to 99 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | http://www.searchsvc.com/ |
About Company
With well over 100 combined years of recruiting experience, Search Services remains Houston's premier search firm focusing on Accounting & Finance, IT, and office administrative positions. Whether you're actively engaged in a job search or are passively looking for the next step in your career progression, let us be your eyes and ears in the Houston marketplace. Our services cost you nothing and we like to approach your job search in a consultative and highly discreet manner.
Skills
- Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Atlassian JIRAunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Escalationsunmatched
- Customer Relationsunmatched
- DevOpsunmatched
- Establish Prioritiesunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- High Tech Industryunmatched
- Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Microsoft Projectunmatched
- Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Onboardingunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- People Managementunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
- Project Planningunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Software Developmentunmatched
- Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
- Strategic Planningunmatched
- Waterfall Model of Software Developmentunmatched
- Work From Homeunmatched
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