Project Manager

Project Manager

Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm.

Elliott Davis is seeking a Project Manager to lead high-impact initiatives spanning technology modernization, AI adoption, and growth enablement. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, IT delivery, and change adoption, serving as a trusted partner to business leaders, internal stakeholders, and vendors.

This is a hands-on delivery role for an experienced PM who thrives in professional services environments and understands how to apply the right amount of governance, structure, and agility based on project complexity and risk. Over time, this individual is expected to help shape standards and potentially lead a growing project management function.

Responsibilities:

• Project Delivery
• Lead complex, cross-functional projects, with a focus on outcome value
• Own end-to-end delivery across planning, execution, risk management, and closure
• Apply fit-for-purpose delivery approaches (waterfall, agile, hybrid) tailored to each effort
• Manage interdependencies, milestones, budgets, and delivery commitments
• Stakeholder Leadership & Communication
• Serve as the primary facilitator and integrator across business leaders, IT teams, and external vendors
• Support converting business outcomes to technical requirements.
• Generate technical progress, risks, and decisions into clear, executive-level communication
• Drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups with differing priorities
• Maintain strong executive confidence through transparency, clarity, and follow-through
• Change & Adoption Enablement
• Partner with business and IT leaders to ensure solutions are adopted, embedded, and delivering value
• Incorporate organizational change considerations (training, communications, readiness) into delivery plans
• Track and report on adoption outcomes and usage indicators—not just delivery milestones
• Standards, Governance & Continuous Improvement
• Establish and evolve repeatable project management standards appropriate for innovation, IT, and transformation work
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery consistency
• Contribute to portfolio visibility, prioritization discussions, and delivery health reporting
• Mentor other PMs as the function matures and scales
• Technical & Vendor Collaboration
• Partner closely with solution and enterprise architects to ensure delivery plans reflect technical realities
• Be conversant in core concepts related to data platforms, cloud services, AI, and automation
• Manage vendor relationships, delivery commitments, and escalation paths effectively

Requirements:

• Required
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in professional services or consulting environments
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale, cross-functional initiatives
• Demonstrated success delivering projects involving technology, data, or digital transformation
• Strong stakeholder management skills with executive-level comfort and credibility
• Experience working with external vendors and implementation partners
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, evolving environments typical of innovation and transformation work
• Preferred
• Project management certifications (PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum, or equivalent)
• Experience helping establish or mature PM standards or governance models
• Familiarity with Microsoft-centric delivery environments, including:
• Microsoft Project
• Azure DevOps
• SharePoint / Teams
• Power Platform (conceptual understanding)
• Background in client-facing delivery or advisory roles

Why You Should Join Us

We believe that when our employees are able to thrive in all facets of life, their work and impact are that much greater. That's right – all aspects of life, not just your life as an employee, because we understand that there's life beyond your job. Here are some of the ways our work works for your life, your growth, and your well-being:

• Generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's
• Flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• First-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• One-on-one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• Access to Beyond: a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

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ADA Requirements The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Cognitive/Mental Requirements While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Use written and oral communication skills.
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Observe and interpret situations.
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.