Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager at Symmetrio, you will lead and manage IT-related aspects of a significant Billing Information System or ERP replacement project. Your responsibilities will include developing project plans, ensuring alignment with business objectives, facilitating stakeholder meetings, and monitoring project performance to achieve success.

Candidates should have 10+ years of IT project management experience, specifically in large-scale enterprise system implementations or ERP replacements. Relevant certifications like PMP, PRINCE2, or ITIL are crucial, along with a strong understanding of billing systems and experience in managing cross-functional teams.

Key skills for the Senior Project Manager at Symmetrio include excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation abilities. Experience in managing complex IT environments and cybersecurity standards is also important.

The work environment for the Senior Project Manager at Symmetrio is hybrid, requiring an on-site presence in Philadelphia 2-3 days a week. This setup promotes collaboration with team members while allowing for flexibility to work from home.

As a Senior Project Manager at Symmetrio, you'll enjoy benefits including a comprehensive health care plan, a 401k retirement plan with a 4% match, and generous paid time off policies that encompass vacation, sick days, and public holidays.

When answering this question, emphasize specific projects you've managed, including details like the scope, the technologies used, timelines, and outcome. Ensure to highlight your role in coordinating teams and stakeholders.

Discuss your approach to project planning, including the tools and metrics you use to track progress. Mention your experience with change management processes and how you communicate adjustments to stakeholders.

Talk about your leadership style and how you build rapport with your team. Highlight specific instances where you inspired your team members and kept morale high, especially during challenging project phases.

Use a specific example to demonstrate your ability to manage setbacks. Describe the situation, the actions you took to mitigate problems, and how you applied those lessons to future projects.

Share your strategy for conflict resolution, focusing on communication and mediation. Provide an example of a situation that required negotiation and how you re-aligned stakeholders towards a common goal.

List the methodologies you have used, such as Agile, Waterfall, or SCRUM. Be prepared to explain how you have adapted different methodologies to suit the specific project needs and foster collaboration.

Highlight your risk assessment process, including how you anticipate potential risks and your strategy for managing them. Discuss tools you use to track and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.

Discuss your experience in collaborating with vendors on past projects, detailing how you ensured that their deliverables aligned with project goals. Emphasize your negotiation skills and ability to manage vendor relationships.

Mention various project management tools that you have experience with, such as Microsoft Project, Jira, or Trello. Explain how you use these tools for tracking progress, reporting to stakeholders, and improving team collaboration.

Discuss your organizational strategies for managing multiple tasks, including prioritization, delegation, and effective time management. Provide an example of a time when you successfully balanced competing demands on a project.