Senior Project Manager

At Folio3, the Senior Project Manager will be responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex software projects while ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. This role requires strong leadership, hands-on project tracking expertise, and deep situational awareness of project risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans using MS Project, JIRA, or other project planning and tracking tools.

• Manage end-to-end project execution, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, quality, and timeline.

• Maintain strong situational awareness of project health, proactively identifying risks, issues, and mitigation strategies.

• Lead and manage cross-functional teams, including software developers, SQAs, functional consultants, and designers.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements, schedules, priorities, and delivery milestones.

• Implement and champion Agile and hybrid project management methodologies.

• Create and deliver clear and concise project status reports, highlighting progress, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.

• Review, propose, and implement beneficial changes to project plans in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Analyze the economics of project plans, providing insights on cost-benefit and return-on-investment.

• Communicate proactively with internal teams and customers to resolve issues, improve efficiency, and ensure alignment.

• Anticipate future project needs by staying informed on industry trends, customer requirements, and emerging technologies.

• Establish scalable processes that enable teams to move quickly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

• Recruit, coach, mentor, and performance-manage team members to achieve human resource and delivery goals.

• Set clear goals and metrics for teams and drive execution against them.

• Contribute to strategic planning through insights, recommendations, and execution feedback.

• Take ownership of new initiatives and continuously explore opportunities to add value.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing complex software development projects.

• Hands-on experience with MS Project, JIRA, or similar project planning and tracking tools.

• Strong ability to assess project risks and define effective mitigation strategies.

• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, QA, design, and consulting.

• ERP project experience is a strong plus.

• Exceptional leadership and people management skills.

• Strong understanding of business strategy and its alignment with project objectives.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail.

• Ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

• Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to stakeholder satisfaction.

• Passion for continuous improvement and staying current with project management best practices.