Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Seattle, WA
Experience: 12+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
About the Role We are looking for an experienced Project Manager who can lead complex initiatives, drive project success, and partner closely with business and technical teams. This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within scope, and within budget. You will be responsible for planning, execution, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and ensuring transparent reporting across the organization.
Key Responsibilities -
Lead end-to-end project management across multiple cross-functional teams.
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Work with stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, timelines, and deliverables.
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Create and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource plans, and status reports.
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Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, review, and retrospective sessions (if Agile).
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Identify potential risks and issues early, develop mitigation strategies, and drive resolution.
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Manage project budgets, forecasts, procurement, and vendor coordination.
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Communicate project status and progress to leadership and clients regularly.
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Ensure project documentation, compliance, governance, and quality standards are followed.
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Build strong relationships with stakeholders across product, engineering, and business teams.
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Deliver customer-focused project outcomes and ensure smooth project closure and handoff.
Required Skills & Experience -
12+ years of overall Project Management experience leading enterprise-level projects.
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Proven experience managing large-scale technology or business transformation programs.
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Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
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Expertise using project management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Confluence, Trello, or Asana.
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Demonstrated success managing budgets, schedules, vendor contracts, and distributed teams.
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Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
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Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment.
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Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
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PMP, CSM, or other relevant certifications are a plus.
Nice-to-Have -
Experience working with cloud, digital transformation, or software development projects.
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Prior experience with clients in tech, retail, healthcare, or financial domains.
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Experience managing remote and global project teams.