Dynamics 365 Principal Project Manager

Role Description

Stoneridge is looking for a strategic, consultative Principal Project Manager to join our Project Management Office. As a Principal Project Manager at Stoneridge, you’ll lead complex Dynamics 365 projects while partnering closely with clients as a trusted advisor. You’ll go beyond traditional project management—helping clients navigate trade-offs, manage risk, and achieve real business outcomes. This role blends delivery excellence with consultative leadership, offering the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while building long-term client relationships. You’ll work directly with enterprise and corporate level clients, and you’ll partner with Solution Architects, Technical Architects, and Account teams to help our clients win.

A Day in the Life

• Successfully leads and manages large and/or complex Dynamics 365 projects, including multi-workload implementations including integrations, ISVs, and AI requirements, with a strong focus on client outcomes and value realization.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and thought partner to client leadership, guiding strategic decisions and helping clients navigate trade-offs related to scope, timeline, cost, and risk.
• Provides day-to-day and strategic leadership over project teams, balancing execution with proactive risk identification and outcome protection, rather than task completion alone.
• Leads project planning, monitoring, and reporting with an emphasis on anticipating risk, surfacing options, and framing decisions in terms of impact and trade-offs.
• Builds and maintains strong, trust-based relationships with client PMs and senior stakeholders; independently leads strategic conversations with director-level and executive client audiences.
• Proactively identifies risks, dependencies, and delivery challenges before they materialize, and brings forward recommended mitigation strategies and alternative paths.
• Challenges scope, sequencing, and delivery approach when necessary to protect business outcomes and delivery quality, while clearly articulating implications to clients.
• Adjusts communication style and level of detail based on audience and intent, ensuring stakeholders receive context, insight, and guidance - not just status updates.
• Anticipates organizational change impacts and helps prepare client stakeholders for adoption and transition, not just system delivery.
• Uses escalation strategically and early to protect outcomes, align expectations, and remove blockers.
• Identifies opportunities to improve client outcomes beyond the original plan, including delivery optimizations, sequencing changes, or process improvements.
• Organizes and facilitates steering committees and governance forums that focus on decision-making, alignment, and risk management, not just reporting.
• Maintains ownership of project financials, forecasts, and delivery health in Stoneridge tools, proactively communicating risks and variances with context and recommendations.
• Manages issues and escalations with empathy, professionalism, and strong interpersonal judgment.
• Mentors and coaches junior PMs and coordinators, modeling consultative behaviors, strategic thinking, and client partnership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years actively managing projects in a project manager role including all end-to-end project lifecycle execution and hands-on experience delivering projects through the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Has managed 3+ previous full lifecycle Dynamics 365 Implementations including at least 1 ERP project.
• Previous consulting experience.
• Direct experience and ability to develop detailed project plans, scope documents/backlogs, project schedules with dependencies, and resource forecasts and plans.
• Ability to successfully manage budgets and timelines, proactively identifying issues with the ability to effectively communicate solutions to budget and timeline issues with clients.
• Formal PM training/certification strongly preferred (PMP, CAPM, CSM, etc.).
• Formal Microsoft training/certifications preferred.
• Great leadership, communication, teamwork skills with proven ability to collaborate in group problem-solving situations.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and follows through on commitments.
• Deep understanding of project management principles and methodologies (Agile, Waterfall).
• Strong ability to quickly grasp complex and/or technical items and break them down into workable segments.
• Solid interpersonal skills, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within and outside Stoneridge.
• Ability to work primarily independently and concurrently manage multiple projects, and/or multiple workstreams across a large, complex project.
• Ability to work collaboratively for the best interests of the business and the team.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both spoken and written English.

Requirements

• Work Location: This position is available remotely in the United States or remotely in the following Canadian Provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario.
• Travel Required: Incumbent is expected to travel across the United States and Canada for industry events and, as needed, for onsite client, project, delivery, or in-person collaboration at company office locations in Fargo, ND and Minneapolis, MN. Travel is expected to be up to 25-50% of the role.
• Visa Sponsorship Information: Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. or Canada.

Compensation

• US (USD): $153,100-195,900
• Canada (CAD): C$159,800-C$206,400

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) contribution program (US) or RRSP Benefits (Canada)
• Life insurance
• Disability Benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Paid flexible time off
• Paid sick time (US) or floater days (Canada)
• Paid holidays
• Flexible work schedules
• Mobile/internet reimbursement
• Employee and family assistance program
• Learning and development funding
• Employer charitable contribution
• Paid business mileage
• Home office and wellness allowance (US Only)
• HSA contribution (US Only)