Senior Project Manager

Bounteous is a global AI Services firm where agentic engineering and human experience converge to deliver transformative business outcomes for the enterprise. We help organizations design, build, and scale AI-driven products, platforms, and processes. With more than 5,000 team members worldwide, Bounteous delivers AI that sticks, powering adoption and outcomes that move organizations from experimentation to true transformation. Bounteous is backed by New Mountain Capital, a New York-based growth-oriented investment firm that emphasizes business building.

The act of hiring is not simply to up the headcount or to fill a seat quickly. When we hire at Bounteous, it’s to add to our interpersonal dynamics and choose the right person to impact, collaborate, commit, inspire, and grow alongside our tenured teams. Bounteous boasts a long-standing track record of ideating, innovating, and implementing award-winning solutions and driving best-in-class results. Our success starts with hiring the right people, in the right roles, at the right time to strategize, analyze, design, engineer, and market for some of the world’s biggest brands. Currently, Bounteous is searching for a Senior Project Manager to add to our fast-growing team. Successful candidates have several years of experience in partnering with clients, leading all phases of digital-related projects including vision and scope definition, creative and user experience design, requirements specification and prioritization, iterative development, manual and automated testing, handoff, and delivery.  Candidates should be comfortable managing projects of various sizes and complexities independently from inception through completion. You’llbe responsible for prioritizing, guiding, and directing practice area teams throughout the life cycle of various small to large sized projects.

Information Security Responsibilities Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols

Identify, assess, and report security risks, focusing on how these risks impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets

Understand and evaluate how data is stored, processed, or transmitted, ensuring compliance with data privacy and protection standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

Ensure data protection measures are integrated throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information

Role and Responsibilities: Independently lead and motivate diverse teams on various types of projects in a fast-paced environment

Manage project scope, timeline, budget, issues, risks, dependencies, and deliverable outcomes

Lead on-time, on-budget delivery of digital projects, following internal processes, resulting in a high degree of client and internal team member satisfaction

Function as a Scrum Master to lead effective Agile ceremonies including stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint reviews, grooming, and planning

Proactively monitor, report, and manage project scope changes, budget burn, and timeline risk

Report project status on a weekly basis, providing transparency to client and Bounteous stakeholders regarding budget, schedule, scope, risks, issues, and dependencies

Ability to understand a problem and work toward a solution by building consensus within the project team

Serve as an advocate for the project team, ensuring that they are empowered and have the information needed to successfully create and deliver an excellent end product

Ability to communicate (written and verbal) effectively and facilitate communication amongst the project teams, client stakeholders, and senior management

Facilitate efficient meetings including producing detailed agenda, facilitating discussions, and ensuring action items are identified and followed up on

Ability to adjust how information is communicated to various audiences, who each process information in their own way, have different working styles, and unique personalities 

Foster a collaborative environment within the project team and direct reports (if applicable)

Ability to resolve conflicts in a mature, productive, and positive manner

Act as a key client contact and ensure their expectations are met and results are delivered

Leverage current project management systems, including OpenAir and Jira, to make data driven decisions and provide reporting as needed

Manage and maintain resource forecasts for all project team members in OpenAir on a weekly basis

Work with the clients and product owners to ensure the realization of business goals in working solutions

Develop domain expertise in client's business space to drive results

Ability to easily work with everyone from designers to developers to content strategists, and communicate across all levels in the company

Partner with Client Service Executives and Business Development to scope, size, and solution new opportunities 

Report to Program Director and work with them to enhance process and efficiency across the Program Delivery competency

Coach and mentor other team members 

Build strong relationships with client and internal team members to deliver success

Contribute to the internal development of Agile and project management processes, deliverables, and standards

Continue expansion and development of new skills, techniques, and tools through continuous learning

Preferred Qualifications: BS/BA in relevant program, or equivalent work experience

5+ years of project management experience of progressively increasing responsibility with at least 1-2 years of Agile experience

5+ years of experience working as a consultant or in an agency as a project manager

Exposure to a wide variety of management techniques including Scrum, Agile, and/or Waterfall

Worked with multiple teams simultaneously, consisting of 4 to 8 people

Managed distributed or remote team members

Experience delivering large digital-related projects ($1MM+, 9+ months)

In-depth understanding of digital development process and technologies 

Proven organizational skills and a focused attention to detail

Experience in both Confluence / JIRA or equivalent tool for software development

Experience with CMS platforms (Adobe Experience Manager, Drupal), eCommerce platforms (Magento, Shopify) and Google Analytics a plus

CSM and PMP certifications are a plus

Some Travel may be required.

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Bounteous is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Bounteous does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Bounteous is willing to sponsor eligible candidates for employment visas. 

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