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Position:  Senior Project Manager (Ref: 18772)

Location:  Harrisburg, PA USA, 17101

Salary:  DOE

Duration:  8 Months 23 Days - Contract

Openings:  1

Deadline:  10/14/2026

Description:

***Local Candidates Only

***Hybrid – onsite 1 day/month

 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to direct, administer, and manage the full lifecycle implementation and enhancement of large, critical enterprise technology initiatives. The Lead PM will drive major projects—including enterprise training management replacement systems and ongoing web infrastructure platforms assuring delivery on schedule, within defined budgets, and aligned with strategic business, technical, and quality requirements.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Full Lifecycle Project Management: Direct and coordinate the complete life cycle of IT projects (planning, analysis, design, programming, testing, and deployment) with delivery cycles often exceeding 8 to 12 months.
  • Scope & Schedule Control: Develop detailed Project Management Plans, work breakdown structures (WBS), and schedules; monitor milestones and phases, proactively applying corrective actions as needed.
  • Budget & Estimation: Develop, revise, and track project cost estimates, resource allocations, and budgets in collaboration with technical team leads and key stakeholders.
  • Risk & Issue Governance: Proactively manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies using a RAID log; design and track mitigation strategies through resolution.
  • Stakeholder & Change Management: Define and execute Communication Plans, Deliverables Matrices, and formal Change Management processes; prepare regular executive status reports and deliver stakeholder presentations.
  • Methodology & PMO Compliance: Follow standardized PMO frameworks, guidelines, and reporting metrics; facilitate peer reviews, quality assurance inspections, and testing coordination.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with application development, data warehouse, informatics, infrastructure, networking, security, and external software/hardware vendors to ensure seamless delivery.
  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior project management staff to reinforce best practices and operational standards.

 

Qualifications

  • Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification held continuously for a minimum of 5 years (proof of active certification required upon submission).
  • Extensive experience serving as a Lead PM delivering large-scale, complex enterprise IT implementations and business process re-engineering projects.
  • Thorough mastery of the five PMI project management process groups, knowledge areas, inputs, and outputs.
  • Demonstrated experience managing project budgets, resource leveling, and delivery cycles spanning 8–12+ months.
  • Proven track record utilizing RAID logs for risk mitigation and managing structured change control boards/processes.
  • Strong background working with cross-functional technical teams (Data Warehouse, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure) and managing third-party vendors.
  • Excellent interpersonal, executive reporting, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
  • Residency Requirement: Candidates must currently reside in Pennsylvania and be able to report to the Harrisburg office at least one day per month (or as required by project milestones).
  • Location: Harrisburg, PA (Hybrid – 1 day per month on-site; candidates must currently reside in Pennsylvania)
  • Position Type: Contract (Long-term)

 

Required / Desired Skills

  • Experience proving they have/can perform the role effectively Required - 7 Years
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for a minimum of '5' years through the PMI Institute Required - 5 Years
  • Must be a 'current' Pennsylvania resident Required - 1 Years
  • Be able to work in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania office one (1) day a month and possibly more as requested/required - 1 Years
  • Strong background in Public Health with an emphasis on Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Required - 1 Years
  • Experience implementing SaaS solutions. Required - 1 Years
  • Strong, demonstrable background in Public Health with an emphasis on Drug and Alcohol Programs Required - 1 Years