Senior Manager, Digital Delivery & Project Management

SD Digital is the digital consulting practice of Schneider Downs, a top-60 independent CPA and advisory firm. Our mission is to help businesses discover the power of digital through strategic, efficient, and attainable solutions. With a pioneering spirit and a client-first mindset, we de-risk, demystify, and deliver outcome-focused, iterative solutions that translate technology into transformative change. We serve the Office of the CFO and accounting teams at middle-market and upper-middle-market companies (typically $250M–$1B in revenue) across four high-growth service lines: Data Analytics (Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, and Solver), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation, Intelligent Automation (Power Automate), and Artificial Intelligence (Microsoft Copilot and custom Generative and Agentic AI solutions).

We are hiring a Senior Manager, Digital Delivery & Project Management to lead the delivery operations of our growing practice. Reporting directly to the Chief Digital Innovator and serving as a peer to our four service line leaders, you will be accountable for ensuring that our projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at a quality level our clients expect from the Schneider Downs brand. In this high-impact, highly visible role, you will oversee roughly 10–12 concurrent client engagements and coordinate the work of approximately 25 consultants across our four service lines. This role will own the project management discipline for the practice — evolving our methodology, coaching our service line leaders, and building the operational backbone that supports our continued growth. As the practice scales, this role will grow to include direct reports.

We understand the importance of work-life balance. That's why we've embraced a hybrid work model, allowing you to enjoy the flexibility of working from home as well as in the office.

WHAT YOU’LL DO
Delivery Excellence

• Own delivery performance across engagements (on-time, on-budget, on-quality), proactively managing risks/issues through RAID tracking, early escalation, and resolution.
• Lead client-facing project management for complex programs, including weekly status reporting, steering committee updates, and executive communications with CFO sponsors.
• Ensure delivery and proposal quality, reviewing LOEs for realistic timelines, complete task coverage, and accurate estimates before client submission.

Practice Operations

• Own delivery operations across the practice by managing weekly capacity/resource schedules to support on-time delivery and balanced utilization across four service lines.
• Maintain Azure DevOps as the single source of truth by monitoring progress, surfacing blockers (including client-caused), and keeping engagements moving.
• Enable predictable execution and performance by supporting backlog/sprint planning (hybrid waterfall + agile) and owning delivery KPI reporting (margin, utilization, CSAT, budget vs. actual, billed vs. scheduled).

Methodology, Enablement & Coaching

• Evolve our PM methodology by strengthening core templates (status, RAID, estimates, RACI) and building the playbooks, tools, and operating rhythms that make high-quality delivery repeatable.
• Coach service line leaders to run disciplined projects on smaller engagements without a dedicated PM—providing guidance and enablement, not stepping in as the default owner.
• Drive hybrid-agile adoption by helping teams effectively combine waterfall-style discovery with sprint-based execution.

Sales and Pursuit Support

• Improve estimate quality on every proposal by reviewing LOEs pre-submission to increase accuracy and protect practice margins.
• Strengthen client confidence during pursuits by joining prospect meetings to present our delivery methodology and answer questions on how we run engagements.

Change Order Management

• Own the change-order process end-to-end by spotting scope/timeline/effort drift from the signed SOW, partnering with service line leaders to size the change, and leading the client conversation through approval.
• Protect project economics by ensuring all billable work is captured and invoiced, and that clients clearly understand the value delivered.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, or a related field
• Minimum of eight years of progressive experience in project and delivery management experience, with a meaningful portion in a consulting or professional services environment
• Prior consulting or professional services experience with an understanding of utilization, realization, WIP, and the economics of a billable team, as well as a proven track record managing a portfolio of concurrent engagements and a delivery team of 20+ consultants
• Deep working familiarity with financial systems and processes, including AP, AR, GL, Financial Close, FP&A, and Charts of Accounts
• Familiarity in how to apply Generative and Predictive AI tools to enhance the delivery and management of projects

Preferred:

• Prior hands-on experience in an accounting or finance function (e.g., Staff Accountant, FP&A Analyst, Controller, etc.)
• Meaningful experience delivering projects in the Microsoft ecosystem involving Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Power Platform, or Copilot / Azure AI

Other:

• Demonstrated executive presence and the ability to hold the room with senior stakeholders at companies in the $250M–$1B revenue range — CFOs, Controllers, VPs of Finance, and their direct reports
• Expert user of Azure DevOps for work management, reporting, and pipeline visibility
• Fluent in both waterfall and agile / scrum-ban delivery, and comfortable coaching teams through a hybrid model
• Skilled at LOE review and estimation QA – you can look at a proposal and quickly spot where the math, assumptions, or the task breakdown will cause pain later
• Experienced owner of change order processes, from identification through commercial close
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or SAFe certifications are welcome but not required – we care more about your delivery chops and financial systems fluency

Why SD Digital
You will join a practice that is growing quickly inside one of the most respected independent accounting and advisory firms in the country — recognized by Accounting Today, Inside Public Accounting, and ClearlyRated. You will work alongside a team of digital innovators guided by a shared set of values: eye on the prize, progress over perfection, courage to be candid, real-world experience, hardwired empathy, and sustainable speed.

If you want to build something — a practice, a methodology, a team — and you want to do it with people who care as much about the work as they do about each other, we would love to meet you.

WHERE CULTURE COUNTS
At Schneider Downs, our culture is our identity. And it’s our culture of care that makes us unique. Even as we grow, we work hard to retain this culture to continuously promote a positive, supportive work environment through our core values: Care & Respect, Integrity, Be Great, Adaptive and We Not Me.

ENJOY MORE OF THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST

• Competitive compensation
• Insurance, including health, dental, and vision, that begin on day one
• 20+ days of paid time off and 13 paid holidays
• Flex Fridays and office closures for summer and winter breaks
• Parental leave, family care leave, and volunteer time
• 401(k) plans and profit sharing
• CPA exam bonus, education assistance program, and pet insurance

A PLACE WHERE INCLUSIVITY COUNTS
Schneider Downs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. We believe a culture of care that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion contributes to a better company, better client services, and a better world.