In Harris County Universal Services, the primary purpose of the Senior Project Manager role is to lead, oversee and ensure the successful delivery and management of single or multiple enterprise projects. The Senior Project Manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the creation, organization, execution, and completion of specific projects. This includes managing relevant employees, setting deadlines, communicating with management about the state of the project, prepare reports for upper management regarding status of the projects, ensuring projects stay on track and on budget, and adjusting if necessary to meet new requirements and scope changes.
● Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
● Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
● Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
● Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.
● Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.