Sr Project Controls Manager - 90383852 - Hamden

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES:
Play a pivotal role in the success of the Northeast Bridge Team portfolio on mega projects including the Connecticut River Bridge, Livingston Avenue Bridge as well as other future projects. The Senior Project Controls Manager is responsible for developing, using, and improving existing enterprise tools, systems and work processes to drive effective management control and reporting on cost, schedule, quality and progress measurement for a high complexity project or a moderate complexity program. Individuals in this role may act as a Master Scheduler and/or Master Risk Manager and develop project dashboards, cost, and resource performance reports, change logs and risk registers in close collaboration with Executive Sponsors and Senior PMO Leaders at the portfolio or mega program level. Senior Project Controls Managers work under minimal supervision with matrixed subordinate team members and direct reports.  
The successful candidate will help lead the execution of challenging, signature bridge projects through both design and construction. This candidate shall deliver safe, on-time, cost-effective and high-quality projects for Amtrak. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Work with Project/Program team and leadership to build risk management strategy.  
• Lead the Project/Program team through risk, issue, and opportunity management.  
• Maintain master Project/Program risk register. 
• Track potential changes, ensuring estimates of cost and schedule changes are given visibility with the executive sponsor.  
• Integrate cost and schedule data as well as information for vendors and external entities to facilitate risk, schedule and budget performance reporting.  
• Develop reporting mechanisms, dashboards and presentations about project performance indicators and feed this data to ensure a cohesive picture of the Project/program and/or portfolio. 
• Drives evaluation and impact assessment of identified project risks to enable project team with applicable data for development of risk mitigation plans and contingencies.  
• Develops and maintains Project/Program risk control tools and workflows.  
• Partners closely with business partners to assess new and ongoing projects to determine readiness for governance stage gates.
• Work with Project/Program team and leadership to build risk management strategy.  
• Lead the Project/Program team through risk, issue, and opportunity management.  
• Maintain master Project/Program risk register. 
• Track potential changes, ensuring estimates of cost and schedule changes are given visibility with the executive sponsor.  
• Integrate cost and schedule data as well as information for vendors and external entities to facilitate risk, schedule and budget performance reporting.  
• Develop reporting mechanisms, dashboards and presentations about project performance indicators and feed this data to ensure a cohesive picture of the Project/program and/or portfolio. 
• Drives evaluation and impact assessment of identified project risks to enable project team with applicable data for development of risk mitigation plans and contingencies.  
• Develops and maintains Project/Program risk control tools and workflows.  
• Partners closely with business partners to assess new and ongoing projects to determine readiness for governance stage gates.  
• Supports Executive status review meetings, Governance and Change Control Boards.  
• Manages Controls data via EPPM, SharePoint or any other approved EPMO systems and tools. 
• Adheres to Amtrak Enterprise Project Management methodology. · Perform change management duties as needed. 
Decision rights: 
• Responsible for all activities detailed above, while consulting with relevant project controllers (e.g., cost, schedu