Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager is a member of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) at Sonic Automotive Inc. a Fortune 500 company and one of the nations largest automotive and powersports this role you will deploy project management methodologies and implement governance processes and tools to enable consistent high quality execution of EPMO programs and projects across the companys three business segments.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead planning execution monitoring and successful delivery of complex cross-functional projects.
• Manage all phases of the project lifecycle using EPMO governance standards ensuring projects are delivered on time within scope and at expected quality levels.
• Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal communication facilitation and presentation skills with the ability to guide stakeholders throughout all organizational levels.
• Organize facilitate and lead project governance planning status risk and executive steering committee meetings.
• Develop and deliver concise executive-level project communications dashboards and status reports that provide clear visibility into project health milestones risks and dependencies.
• Partner closely with executive sponsors business leaders product owners and cross-functional teams to define project objectives scope success metrics and business outcomes.
• Establish and maintain comprehensive project plans schedules communication plans and governance documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proactively identify project risks issues assumptions and dependencies developing mitigation and contingency plans while escalating critical concerns to leadership when appropriate.
• Facilitate team meetings and working sessions.
• Facilitate resolution of complex project challenges by driving collaboration and alignment among stakeholders.
• Build and sustain strong working relationships across business units technology teams vendors and executive leadership to foster collaboration and successful project delivery.
• Lead cross-functional project teams without direct reporting authority motivating team members through influence accountability and shared ownership of project outcomes.
• Effectively manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced enterprise environment while maintaining high standards of quality and execution.
• Monitor project performance using key performance indicators (KPIs) milestones and communicate progress and recommend corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure adherence to the departments project management methodologies governance standards compliance requirements SDLC methodology and quality management practices across assigned projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently manage highly visible strategic initiatives with minimal supervision while maintaining executive confidence and stakeholder trust.
• Manage relationships with project vendors and third partiestracking deliverables milestones dependencies performance and risks and escalating contractual or service issues in close partnership with Procurement Legal and business stakeholders.
• Build and maintain project resource plans; spot capacity capability and resource constraints early then work with functional leaders to resolve competing priorities and conflicts.
• Keep project deliverables tightly aligned with strategic objectives business outcomes and approved benefits; partner with sponsors and benefit owners to define measure track and report benefits realization through the full project lifecycle and into post-implementation.
• Collaborate with business leaders and change-management teams to assess organizational impacts business readiness stakeholder adoption training communications and transition needs so the outcomes stick.
• Leverage project management technology analytics and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to improve planning risk identification forecasting reporting decision support and delivery efficiency.
• Coach advise and mentor project stakeholders on project management methodology and governance best practices.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree and 10 years of Project Management experience including experience managing at the program level.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills including the ability to lead up across and down multiple business and technology organizations.
• Flexible with proven ability to adapt to shifting priorities demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Hands-on experience managing project resources third-party vendors and cross-functional capacity constraints in a matrixed environment.
• Proven track record with integrated change control organizational readiness and driving stakeholder adoption across enterprise environments.

• Experience with OKR/KPI frameworks and benefits realization.
• Exceptional executive presence and ability to influence without authority.
• Excellent verbal written collaboration and team building skills.
• Problem solver with the initiative to think critically to identify improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to organize coordinate and execute details while communicating the big picture to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams and as an individual contributor.
• Demonstrated systems-thinking capabilities and decisiveness in resolving business problems making decisions and identifying priorities.
• Create and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders throughout the organization.
• Creative and collaborative problem-solving skills systems-thinking capabilities and ability to drive results in a matrixed environment.
• Experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Experience using Jira and Confluence (preferred).

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time