Senior Consultant - Program & Project Management

Who we are

Plaster Group LLC is a business and technology consulting company. We are looking to hire a Senior Consultant to join our team and lead our client projects. Senior Consultants lead highly complex projects and phases of complex projects for a business unit, department, or functional area. The ideal candidate is an experienced IT professional who has the soft skills to navigate competing stakeholder interests, motivate a highly capable delivery team, and implement a quality solution in a timely, predictable manner.

Our consultants are thought partners who seek challenging and interesting engagements. We work with integrity and strive to do the right thing. We prioritize our clients' best outcomes while showing compassion and empathy in all our interactions. We create strong relationships with our clients and with one another. Join our team and create impactful solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage all phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, implementation, documentation, training, and closure.
• Gather, organize, analyze, and report information in support of projects to improve profitability, reduce costs, and streamline operations.
• Ensure that the project achieves the expected results within time and on budget.
• Maintain project documentation and prepare activity reports on the project's status, timeline, and budgets.
• Ensure effective ongoing communication throughout the project.
• Meet with key project leads and stakeholders to coordinate meetings, assignments, and deadlines.
• Communicate changes to appropriate parties, identify issues, and resolve or escalate as needed.
• Ability to define objectives, scope, resources, and KPIs for projects.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field. MBA or equivalent desirable.
• Must be physically located in the Greater Seattle area.
• Minimum of 10 years direct work experience in a project leadership capacity.
• Experience implementing SAP/ERP systems
• Experience with structured project management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall.
• Proven experience leading complex projects from conception to completion with limited guidance.
• Ability to leverage past experiences to provide recommendations, solutions, or strategic guidance to project leaders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate and influence senior level leaders.
• Strong executive presence, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Consulting mindset and ownership mentality with motivation to work and drive toward client solutions and needs.
• Ability to articulate business case of your project.
• Opportunities to engage with internal Plaster Group account team and management activities.
• Experience implementing enterprise systems, systems integration, or application development.
• Experience across the entire software delivery lifecycle (SDLC).

Preferred Skills

• PMP/PMI certification or equivalent is desirable.
• Relevant industry certifications such as CSM, CSPO, and/or Prosci are a plus.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, and/or MS Project.
• Ability to use critical thinking to find insights and opportunities in data.

Compensation

The annual salary range for this position is from $140,000 - $170,000 depending on overall skillset and experience.

Benefits

Plaster Group, LLC is proud to offer a robust benefits package to support the well-being of its employees and their families. Our benefits package includes the following:

• 100% matching of 401k contributions up to 3% of employee's salary when you contribute up to 3% of your salary. No wait period, and fully vested upon initial contribution.
• Eligible for annual bonus on hire date anniversary.
• 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, vision, and dental coverage for employees and eligible family members.
• 100% employer-paid premiums for Life, AD&D, short term, and long-term disability insurance for employees.
• Employer contributed HRA (Healthcare Reimbursement Account) with preloaded funds for healthcare expenses. Employees may also contribute towards their healthcare spending using pretax dollars via FSA (Flexible Spending Account).
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending program.
• Generous time off of 4 weeks, accrued annually.
• 10 paid holidays, which includes 1 floating holiday.
• Annual Training & Development reimbursement program, plus an additional 16 hours of training time.
• Annual Health & Wellness reimbursement program.
• Monthly technology allowance automatically added to your paycheck.
• Employee Assistance Program, with 4 free counseling sessions.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Plaster Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a culture of inclusion and diversity. We do not discriminate against a job applicant or an employee on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information or protected veteran status.