Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Hybrid 4 onsite in Maryland Heights, MO

 

Our client seeks a Project Manager to coordinate cross-functional delivery, drive schedules, and maintain executive-ready reporting. The role will facilitate meetings, manage scope and risks, and ensure accurate status in Jira or Nexus while advancing milestones from definition through implementation.

 

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $53.00 to $63.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate across engineering, product, marketing, and vendor partners to align scope, hand-offs, and dependencies, including testing windows, deployment schedules, and data pulls.
• Track status, dates, and risks by updating committed dates, executive status fields, and health indicators in Jira or Nexus. Monitor milestones, flag slips, and maintain hot topics and risk logs.
• Run stand-ups, program reviews, and breakout sessions. Capture decisions and action items, assign owners, and follow through to closure.
• Manage scope and escalations by assessing change impacts on schedule and resources. Escalate with clear options when budget, timeline, or partner triggers are met.
• Prepare stakeholder reporting that highlights production release dates and business value milestones. Finalize and distribute updates ahead of executive reviews.
• Own the project lifecycle from definition through implementation while meeting scope, cost, schedule, and quality measures.
• Develop and manage project plans, drive milestones, and maintain effective communication with project teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure effective change management, maintain documentation, status reports, and budgets.

Experience Requirements:

• 5 to 10 years of project management experience.
• Proficiency with Jira or Nexus for tracking and reporting.
• Strong oral and written communication, interpersonal, negotiation, planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience with MS Project, Visio, Excel, and Word.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

 

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening  and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( View email address on us.fitly.work , View phone number on us.fitly.work) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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About Eliassen Group:

 

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

 

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

 

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