Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager - Data & Analytics

Location: Birmingham, AL (Hybrid - 4 days onsite, 1 day remote)

Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract

Experience Level: Senior (5+ Years)

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a portfolio of strategic data, analytics, and technology initiatives. This role will be responsible for driving project execution from planning through delivery, ensuring projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized and proactive leader who excels at managing multiple concurrent projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. This individual will serve as a critical liaison between business partners, technical teams, leadership, and external vendors to ensure successful project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Project & Portfolio Management

• Lead multiple complex projects simultaneously across data, analytics, and technology initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and roadmaps.
• Monitor project performance related to scope, budget, schedule, and quality.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, and resource constraints; develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive project governance, reporting, and change management activities.
• Support project prioritization and alignment with strategic business objectives.

Stakeholder Communication

• Serve as the primary point of coordination between business stakeholders, technical teams, leadership, and external partners.
• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, planning sessions, and workshops.
• Create and distribute meeting agendas, project updates, decision logs, and action items.
• Provide executive-level reporting on project health, milestones, risks, and key decisions.
• Build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

Vendor & Partner Coordination

• Coordinate activities with third-party vendors, consultants, and external partners.
• Monitor deliverables, timelines, and contractual commitments.
• Escalate issues and drive timely resolution when necessary.
• Ensure external resources remain aligned with project goals and business priorities.

Budget & Resource Management

• Monitor project budgets, forecasts, and expenditures.
• Assist with resource planning and capacity management across multiple projects.
• Identify staffing needs, resource gaps, and potential conflicts.
• Support leadership with investment planning and project prioritization decisions.

Process Improvement

• Promote project management best practices and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain project templates, standards, and reporting frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, communication, and collaboration.
• Support organizational adoption of new processes, technologies, and tools.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading technology, analytics, software development, or business transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success delivering projects on schedule and within budget.
• Strong planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience developing project roadmaps, schedules, executive presentations, and status reporting.
• Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Monday.com, or similar platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or similar certification.
• Experience supporting data analytics, business intelligence, reporting, data platform, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing external vendors and consulting partners.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.

Desired Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership and team coordination abilities.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.
• Effective problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Ability to manage ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Results-driven mindset with a focus on delivering measurable business value.
• Ability to build consensus and drive accountability across teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Successfully managing a portfolio of strategic projects from initiation through delivery.
• Maintaining clear visibility into project status, risks, budgets, and resource needs.
• Driving collaboration between business teams, technical teams, and external partners.
• Delivering projects that support business objectives and provide measurable value.
• Establishing repeatable project management processes and reporting standards.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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