IT - Senior Project Manager

• Coordinate multiple departments, vendors and assets to ensure timely and cost-effective execution of major scope milestones
• Establish collaborative partnership among stakeholders to enable scoping, financial and resource decisions
• Identify, document and elevate cross-organizational and vendor-driven dependencies, and work with managers and peers across the organization to develop and implement appropriate dependency management processes
• Establish appropriate project governance structures and processes by engaging executive sponsor and key stakeholders to develop appropriate thresholds and cadence for governance discussions.
• Mentor and coach junior level Project Management staff and matrixed team members, and provides guidance on adherence to the Project Management practices.
• Work with senior leaders to contribute relevant data to support annual planning activities
• Provide financial project performance and forecasting reports to senior executives and government regulators
• Identify and evaluate the risks associated with project activities and work across organization to establish and monito mitigation plans
• Identify, document and spear-head evaluation of changes based on cost, schedule, risk and scope impacts as well as cross-functional dependencies. Ensure appropriate packaging of relevant information to support appropriate project change and governance decision processes
• Develop and maintain required project management artifacts in accordance with Amtrak Project Management standards and applicable regulations
• Identify efficiencies and present recommended improvement opportunities at various levels of management.

• Strong project management skills with prior experience managing complex cross-functional projects in a highly matrixed environment
• Experience with identifying, organizing and successfully leading cross functional multidisciplinary project teams
• Experience with vendor management and integration of multiple project components performed by internal parties and vendors
• Strong Written and Oral communication skills with ability to present complex information and respond to complex needs of a large and visible project or program
• Ability to network with internal and external stakeholders, and leverage relationships to resolve complex project issues
• Effectiveness working diplomatically across teams with varying objectives.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project),
• Bachelors degree and a minimum of 9 years of project management experience with emphasis on large scale implementations, or any equivalent combination of education and work experience
• PMP (Must be willing to obtain within 12 months of date of hire)
• Must have work authorization in the United States.

Preferred skills & work experience:

• Transportation industry experience
• Specific subject matter expertise in large scale construction management or technology transformation implementations with vendor integration components
• Engineering certifications
• Technology certifications
• Direct or matrixed people management experience is a plus.