Data Center Senior Project Manager

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for management of assigned technical projects. In this role you will drive strategy, planning, design, execution, and testing for AHEAD’s End Customer projects and focus on elevating and differentiating AHEAD’s Customer experience. You will always be advocating for the Customer, examining every interaction and touch-point so you can improve execution and provide a sustainable and standardized experience. The Senior Project Manager executes day-to-day management of assigned project segments and manages the group of projects as a whole, providing a single point of knowledge and control for the aggregate effort. The Senior Project Manager’s duties include facilitating coaching and mentoring to the junior project management staff.   

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate all aspects of technical projects from initiation through delivery. 
• Ensure service delivery success and customer satisfaction through effective project management. 
• Manage project initiation activities, which include the identification of contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situations, and necessary contacts. Gain access to existing information as needed. 
• Develop, define, and execute project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables. 
• Identify needed resources for projects while defining and assigning major project roles. 
• Coordinate activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments, and client or vendor/subcontractor organizations as needed to meet project goals, and ensures project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints, and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope. 
• Assign and monitor work of project team, providing technical and analytical support and direction. 
• Interface with clients on technical matters as needed. 
• Manage project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) are achieved. 
• Assist with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed. 
• Manage the integration of vendor/subcontractor tasks as well as track and review vendor/subcontractor deliverables, if appropriate for the project. 
• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical teams and vendor/subcontractor organizations to ensure all project targets and requirements are met. 
• Conduct project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation, and ongoing activities. This includes completing a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement. 
• Directly oversee employees assigned to project.  Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function. 
• Identify project management coordination process gaps or areas for improvement.  Recommends and implements solutions. 
• Utilize Ahead systems (PSA, etc.) to maintain updated project information. 
• Assist in pre-sales efforts including OA, SOWs, and customer presentations. 
• Develop customer relationships and aids in identifying additional sales opportunities. 

Qualifications

• 10+ years project management experience.
• Strong ability to independently manage medium to high risk, high complexity, and high client visibility projects. 
• Knowledgeable of project management standards, processes, procedures and guidelines using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies  
• Knowledgeable of industry project management best practices (i.e., Project Management Body of Knowledge - PMBOK). 
• Knowledgeable of the company's products and services. 
• Solid understanding of various types of IT project methodologies and life cycles (e.g., conversions, incremental, rapid delivery, classic or traditional waterfall phases of analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation) and