The Role
This role involves leading complex, high-risk projects, managing program governance, financial oversight, stakeholder engagement, and developing project teams. Requires 15+ years experience in construction and program management, with a focus on client success and team leadership.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Senior Project Manager / Director provides executive-level leadership for PMA’s most complex, high-risk, and high-profile programs and capital projects. This role is accountable for enterprise-scale delivery across multiple projects, clients, stakeholders, and geographic regions, often within highly regulated environments.
Serving as a trusted advisor and Owner’s Representative, the P6 Project Manager is responsible for strategic program governance, organizational alignment, financial performance, and long-term client success. This individual sets delivery standards, leads senior project leadership teams, and partners with executive client stakeholders to ensure PMA’s work consistently meets business objectives, quality expectations, and risk tolerance thresholds.
The ideal candidate brings experience delivering large-scale capital programs, deep construction and program management expertise, and a proven ability to lead through influence at the executive level while developing the next generation of PMA leaders.
Organizational Responsibilities
- Program & Enterprise Project Leadership
- Lead enterprise-level programs and large, multi-project portfolios through feasibility, planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
- Establish program governance frameworks, execution strategies, delivery standards, and escalation protocols.
- Define program-level scope, success metrics, KPIs, and stakeholder alignment strategies across multiple projects and teams.
- Serve as executive sponsor or lead Owner’s Representative for major clients, ensuring alignment between client objectives, regulatory requirements, and PMA delivery standards.
- Financial, Schedule & Risk Oversight
- Provide executive oversight of program budgets, forecasts, cash flow, and financial performance across multiple projects.
- Direct development and integration of master schedules, milestone plans, and resource strategies, ensuring alignment with client and PMA objectives.
- Lead advanced risk management efforts, including identification, mitigation planning, contingency strategies, and claims avoidance.
- Review and validate schedule analyses, cost forecasts, change management strategies, and recovery plans.
- Stakeholder & Client Management
- Act as the primary executive point of contact for owners, boards, regulators, and senior leadership teams.
- Lead high-level stakeholder engagement, executive briefings, and strategic presentations on program performance, risks, and outcomes.
- Navigate complex political, regulatory, and organizational environments, particularly within public sector and highly regulated markets.
- Support long-term client retention through trusted partnership, strategic counsel, and consistent delivery excellence.
- Team Leadership & Talent Development
- Lead, mentor, and oversee senior project managers, project managers, and cross-functional delivery teams.
- Set expectations for performance, accountability, and professional growth across project leadership roles.
- Champion PMA standards, best practices, and continuous improvement in project and program delivery.
- Serve as a senior mentor and thought leader within PMA, contributing to leadership development and succession planning.
- Business Development & Firm Leadership
- Support strategic business development efforts, including pursuit strategy, proposal development, and client interviews.
- Provide executive insight on market trends, client needs, and delivery innovations to support firm growth.
- Contribute to firmwide initiatives related to delivery excellence, operational maturity, and organizational strategy.
- Other duties as assigned.
Position Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or a related field required.
- 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in project, program, or construction management, including large-scale capital or infrastructure programs.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level programs, multi-project portfolios, or mission-critical capital initiatives.
- Extensive experience serving as an Owner’s Representative and interfacing with executive stakeholders, boards, and regulators.
- Deep expertise in project financials, schedule management, risk mitigation, claims avoidance, and regulatory compliance.
- Advanced proficiency with project and program management systems (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Procore).
- Strong working knowledge of contract administration, procurement strategies, and compliance requirements, particularly in highly regulated environments (water/wastewater experience preferred).
- Exceptional leadership, communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
- Proven ability to lead through influence, manage complexity, and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
Top Skills
Microsoft Project
Primavera P6
Procore
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The Company
What We Do
PMA Consultants is a nationally recognized program, project, and construction management consulting firm founded in 1971. PMA is comprised of over 200 experts in a variety of specialty areas with experience on major projects nationwide. We are recognized pioneers and leaders in the construction industry and experts in dispute avoidance and resolution. With PMA on your team, you gain a trusted technical advisor with more than three decades of experience implementing customized, innovative and successful solutions that are models for the construction industry.
