Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure & Operations

Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure & OperationsClient is an audit, tax, and advisory firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with over 50 U.S. offices and access to a global network or member firms in over 135 countries. We offer a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, operations, technology and more across various industries. We have the experience and expertise to help our clients move forward in an evolving business environment.Specialties: Audit, Tax, Advisory Services, consulting, operations, supply chain, public sector, manufacturing, and strategy.Duration: Contract 4-6 monthsLocation: 100% remoteOverview:Senior Project Manager – Infrastructure & Operations will help lead the successful planning, execution, coordination, change management, and monitoring of a large-scale enterprise initiative to establish a global delivery center in the Philippines.The Senior Project Manager will report to initiative leaders in the U.S. and Ireland, and work closely with hired consulting firms and external experts.Senior Project Manager will help mobilize and oversee the activities across multiple operational teams and consultants in the U.S, Ireland and the Philippines on business requirement design, decision making, and execution of activities throughout the initiative to quickly and effectively establish and operationalize the center.Responsibilities:Support the development of initial plans and continuously improve/update throughout the life cycle of each workstream.Analysis of workstreams and plans to drive positive momentum and efficienciesEffectively build, develop and manage relationships across stakeholders (e.g., Facilities, HR/Recruiting, IT, Legal, Finance), including senior executives setting expectations on their role as stakeholders vested in the success of the initiativeActively support functional workstream leads, and their respective teams to help bring clarity on what key inputs and decisions are needed from them to move the initiative forwardEnsure collaboration and information sharing among workstreams/teams through transparency and effective communicationMonitor and track workstream progress and communicate status, including roadblocks, milestones, and successes with initiative stakeholdersSchedule meeting, prepares project documentation and presentations, and develop reports for milestones and report outs to stakeholdersMaintain regular, timely and accurate reporting to key stakeholders and leaderSenior Project Manager will focus time working with senior leaders and executive administrationQualifications:Has at least 10 years' applicable experience, including managing various projects of increasing responsibility, a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or relevant work experienceA strong professional or financial services background, specifically in Operations, M&A/Integrations.Professional services industry knowledge is highly valued but not requiredExpert level MS Office skills: Project, Vision, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePointProven success at influencing and leading resources across multiple functions, workgroups, and management levelsAbility to formulate the big picture while working on project detailsTolerance for ambiguity and flexibility to changing projects and prioritiesGood judgement (regarding who to involve in what workstreams and key decisions)Ability to maintain complete confidentiality and discretion in business relationships and exercise sound business judgmentHigh degree of business acumen and experienceDemonstrated excellent project management, communication, and teamwork skillsHas the ability to multi-task and manage tight deadlinesAbility to travel as needed including internationallyRequired Skills : Change managementBasic Qualification :Additional Skills :This is a high PRIORITY requisition.