Project Lead (Contract)

At Lextech, we believe every employee has a right to Thrive At Work. We help some of the world’s most admired companies end enterprise workflow chaos. We solve challenging business problems by applying technology to help employees thrive. With Lextech, your employees become more effective, efficient and engaged in the enterprise

Lextech is hiring a Project Lead who owns the entire engagement—from first kickoff call through launch and lessons‑learned. You’ll steward strategic client relationships, translate business goals into actionable delivery plans, and energize a cross‑functional squad to hit scope, budget, and timeline without surprises. You’ll anticipate risks, coach the team, and close every project with clear business value and “would hire again” feedback.

Minimum Experience

1. 5+ years in a project leadership role where you were leading a team
2. 3+ years working with customers on the customer business objectives
3. 3+ years working with customers to collaborate on achieving their goals and ensuring the team is aligned with those objectives.

Best Performance (Attitude & Habits)

1. Build trust, be curious about the client team's world outside the project.
2. Deliver top tier solutions on-time and on-budget
3. Proactively anticipate project level risks and plan for them
4. Clear understanding of desired business outcomes and active coaching of the team about those outcomes and how our project supports them

Best Results (Outcomes that matter)

1. Do enough research on the client's business to have a reasonable conversation with the client
2. Client relationship development
3. Financials, timekeeping, tracking - minimum monthly, forecast updates
4. Acute listening & curiosity for potential opportunities outside just the immediate project - Forward client intel about client struggles, other teams to the Lead Consultant
5. Add value to the client contacts in every meeting/connection you have with them

Be a hero (Your first 6 months)

1. Meet people at their level, make it about them, be reachable; clients feel safe sharing problems beyond the project.
2. Align on objectives, feed ground truth and intel, keep tight updates, and faithfully steward the Lead Consultant’s vision.
3. Listen acutely and stay curious; surface adjacent needs and co-pursue them with the Lead Consultant.
4. Do the homework on the client’s industry/org so every conversation is informed and credible.
5. Build peer relationships to stay plugged in, spot risks early, and open doors

Deal-Breaking Behaviors

1. Don't take a business conversation and make it about IT & software
2. Don't make it about our team or protecting our team
3. Don’t Appear un-interested in the client’s world and focus purely on getting from A to B
4. Never view the client as an adversary.
5. Not understanding someone's role and why they are there (and protecting their calendar)
6. Not leading the client and starting blank and asking the client for all the input and direct. Not taking orders.
7. Don’t talk to the client at the wrong altitude (e.g. talking tactics in a strategic conversation, or not knowing what altitude a conversation is in), and/or ahead of the client's needs (filling in the blanks before a client fills them in)