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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAS PROJECT MANAGER - **Company:** Sas Institute Inc. - **Location:** Raleigh, NC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** JIRA, Software Design Documents, Knowledge Management, Microsoft Project, SAS (Software), Oracle Fusion Middleware - **Published:** June 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.hireblazer.com/jobs/projectmanager-sas-nc ## About the Role * Project Management Professional, known as PMP, certification is required. * MS Project experience is preferred. * Jira or the like * Experience with Project documentation (Charters, RACI, Design docs, etc) * Excellent facilitation skills, including meeting content/agenda and proactive/creative management of issues. * Very good domain and industry expertise as well as an understanding of SAS internal processes and organization. * Travel as business requirements as required by management discretion. Education & Experience: * Bachelor's degree, preferably in Business, Marketing, Accounting or related field. * A minimum of 7 years of customer project management experience. Equivalency: * Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience may be considered in place of the requirements stated above, including military service. * The level of this position will be determined based on the applicant's education, skills and experience ## Description This role will be responsible for all aspects of project management: the direction, planning and budgeting, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with SAS' overall strategy, commitments, and goals., Financial Forecasting * Own an accurate monthly revenue forecast for each project, keeping the Estimate at Completion (EAC) aligned to current scope, schedule, and resources. * Maintain project financials in Oracle Fusion - budgets, contract values, and role assignments - so system records, signed contracts, and the forecast stay consistent. * Capture all new and changed contract value in the forecast, and resolve any unforecasted backlog. * Monitor profitability and budget burn, flagging overruns or margin risk to PMO leadership with a recommended action, and meet all forecast and reporting deadlines. * Assumes fiscal responsibility for the portions of the projects managed, including managing budget, expense management, timely invoicing, receivables tracking and monitoring /managing subcontractor expenses as applicable. * Identifies, documents, and escalates any project issues and potential dependencies to the project team to the appropriate management team. * Manages assigned projects against key business targets and time-to-value key performance indicators to help ensure high quality and high customer satisfaction. * Prepares sample or high-level project plans to satisfy customer requirements to close deals, identify potential implementation options and provide recommendations on implementation approaches. * Participates and leads in project review sessions with stakeholders, customers, and senior management. * Completes risk assessment documents for projects, meeting articulated criteria (sizeable financial concerns, heavy use of subcontractors, implementation of new solutions, etc.). * May support Senior Project Managers or Program Managers on large projects and may independently manage small to medium scale projects. * Manages internal or external customer expectations fully and acts as customer liaison. * Manages implementation projects throughout the project life cycle. * Monitors performance and recommends schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions. * Identifies and matches skills of project team members with the implementation requirements and tasks, including subcontractors if required, and verifies that team members know and understand their assignments. * Ensures quality assurance and test plans are developed for the project. * Maintains an accurate project plan, adheres to deadlines and communicates weekly project status reports, issues, alerts, signoffs and closure to the team, management and the customer. * Forecasts revenue and resource requirements for the duration of the project. * Follows established change management procedures should project plans or schedules be adjusted. * Ensures project designs and specifications provide a reliable blueprint for implementation. * Resolves any conflict between the project and other organizational units in a satisfactory manner, including engaging management as necessary. * Communicates project goals to those outside the project and engages management or leadership in other units as needed to ensure customer success. * Completes engagement/project summary, project closeout procedures and skills inventory updates, when applicable, at end of project. * Assures overall customer satisfaction through project health checks, surveys and Delivery Excellence agreements according the governing Project Management Methodology. Additional Responsibilities: * Leverages methodologies, enablers and best practices to accelerate project delivery. * Oversees knowledge management activities of the delivery team using knowledge server or comparable tool. * Builds relationships with clients that characterize partnership, cooperation and trust. * Provides leadership and drives customer success while overcoming barriers and satisfying staff, management, and stakeholder commitments. * Performs other duties, as assigned. ## Related Videos - [SRE Methods In an Agency Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/348-sre-methods-in-an-agency-environment) - [ WeAreDevelopers LIVE - the weekly developer show with Chris Heilmann and Daniel Cranney](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1365-wearedevelopers-live-the-weekly-developer-show-with-chris-heilmann-and-daniel-cranney) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Times of (climate) crisis - How and why sustainable software is a must!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/988-times-of-climate-crisis-how-and-why-sustainable-software-is-a-must) - [A Developer's Framework for Any Tool Migration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2035-a-developer-s-framework-for-any-tool-migration) - [AI Boss Deletes Emails with AI, Stopping Ageing & Battery Life Breakthrough - Kumar McMillan](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1820-ai-boss-deletes-emails-with-ai-stopping-ageing-battery-life-breakthrough-kumar-mcmillan) ## Related Articles - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Should Tech Managers Be Developers First? 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