Senior Project Manager

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CCS is a leading technology consulting firm providing best in class solutions to our clients for over 45 years. Expressed simply in our tagline Right People Right Results Right Careers! Our philosophy is in fact an obsession that drives our behavior our culture and our work. Its why we put tremendous emphasis on hiring individuals that embody the principles that align with our obsession. We continue to successfully provide network integration support services products solutions and applications services to our valued clients in the northeast. Our focus is goal is to make technology easy and to help our clients use it as effectively as possible.

OVERVIEW

The Senior Project Manager is a hands-on delivery leader responsible for managing a full and varied portfolio of technical projects from initiation through closeout. Typical work spans IT infrastructure and network design and modernization; cloud and identity migrations such as email and tenant migrations MFA and identity integrations domain migrations and cloud disaster recovery; physical security systems; on-site deployments; and managed services transitions. This is a delivery-focused role: success is measured by consistently landing complex technical projects on scope on schedule and on margin while keeping clients and engineering teams aligned.

This is a technically conversant project management role not an engineering role. The successful candidate must understand the technologies they deliver well enough to plan credibly coordinate engineers scope and sequence work read and interpret technical statements of work and manage technical risk with confidence.

Custom Computer Specialists aligns with the Project Management Institute (PMI) and follows the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework grounded in the Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC). This provides a structured yet adaptable approach that enables predictability stakeholder engagement financial discipline and project success across varying client environments. Senior Project Managers are expected to hold PMP certification or demonstrate equivalent senior-level project management experience.

Salary: $75000-$95000

What Youll Do:

• Project Delivery

  Own the full project lifecycle initiation planning execution monitoring & control and closeout for a concurrent portfolio of client-facing technical projects.

  Translate technical statements of work into executable project plans: work breakdown sequencing resource assignments milestones and cross-team dependencies across engineering and vendor resources.

  Coordinate engineers and subcontractors including mobilize-to-site deployments to deliver installations migrations configurations and cutovers with minimal disruption to client operations.

  Lead client onboarding transitions on behalf of the Managed Services team coordinating discovery documentation and clean handoff into steady-state support.

  Manage technical scope schedule risk and change control; anticipate delivery risks such as site readiness equipment lead times staging and validation and cutover windows and address them proactively.

  Serve as the primary point of contact for client and internal stakeholders maintaining clear visibility into progress dependencies risks and decisions.

  Facilitate client and internal meetings including kickoff status risk reviews escalation sessions and closeout reviews.

  Financial & Operational Ownership

  Own project financials budget margin resource utilization billing milestones accruals invoicing triggers and contract budget burndown.

  Assign and manage resources to ensure projects are delivered within contractual obligations operational expectations and profit targets.

  Ensure timely and accurate submission of monthly project accruals with Finance and ensure invoicing occurs in accordance with the SOW and delivery schedule.

  Maintain data accuracy and compliance across project management systems time tracking financial systems and PMO dashboards.

  Governance & Continuous Improvement

  Drive timely issue escalation and resolution following governance protocols with clear documentation of ownership decisions and next steps.

  Develop and maintain detailed project documentation including project plans change orders status reports dashboards and executive summaries.

  Identify and implement process template tooling or resource-model improvements that reduce delivery cycle time improve reporting consistency or increase profitability.

  Mentor and guide project managers coordinators and delivery stakeholders on delivery discipline project controls communication practices and client delivery expectations.

  Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What You Bring:

• 710 years managing complex IT infrastructure and enterprise technology projects for example network design and modernization; cloud and identity migrations (email and tenant migrations MFA and identity integrations domain migrations disaster recovery); physical security systems; and managed services onboarding across diverse client environments.

  Technical fluency: able to hold credible working conversations with engineers interpret technical SOWs and design documents and manage technical scope sequencing and risk with confidence.

  Proven delivery track record managing a concurrent portfolio of technical projects to scope schedule and margin in a matrixed multi-stakeholder environment.

  Strong financial acumen with budgets profitability resource utilization billing milestones accruals invoicing triggers and contract budget burndown.

  Proficiency with project scheduling financial tracking and collaboration tools.

  Excellent communication facilitation and documentation skills across client stakeholders internal leadership and technical delivery teams.

  Ability to operate independently manage ambiguity and bring structure to undefined or evolving situations while maintaining delivery momentum.

  Preferred

  Hands-on familiarity with the technologies delivered for example Microsoft 365 / Exchange Online migrations identity and MFA platforms or physical security systems sufficient to plan and de-risk delivery.

  Experience within a managed services professional services or IT solutions provider environment.

  PMP certification (held or in progress).

  Bachelors degree.

#IND

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits including:
  • Medical and dental plans
  • Company paid vision and short and long term disability plans
  • Flexible spending programs including Healthcare Dependent Care Transit and Parking
  • 401K with employer match
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Onsite fitness center (or gym membership reimbursement for client or satellite based employees)
  • Company paid life Insurance
  • Paid holidays and vacation
  • Technical certification gift card rewards program

Come experience our unique culture and see how our right people right results philosophy has led to our outstanding success! We are great place to start your IT career!

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