Senior Project Manager

Job Description

The Senior Project Manager will lead complex, strategic, and cross-functional projects across multiple departments. This role requires strong leadership, advanced stakeholder management, and the ability to align project execution with organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Oversee large-scale or multiple concurrent projects with cross-departmental impact.
• Define project governance structures and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Manage budgets, timelines, risks, and reporting.
• Contract Administration - maintain contract documentation.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
• Serve as the main point of contact for stakeholders in the department.
• Manage executive-level communications, including presentations to senior leadership.
• Establish KPIs and success metrics for high-impact initiatives.
• Lead risk management strategies across business units.
• Facilitate meetings, document decisions, and maintain project tracking systems.
• Monitor performance and ensure quality assurance on deliverables.
• Identify and mitigate risks to avoid delays or cost overruns.
• Prepare status reports and escalate issues to management when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards.
• Identify areas for improvement and implement necessary changes.
• Takes ownership of complex problems with clear solutions.
• To keep up to date with methodologies, standards and tools required to contribute to own managerial, technical and professional growth
• Work in line with Maximus values, comply with the Maximus Code of Conduct, Guiding Principles and uphold ethical behavioral standards.
• Act at all times within the company policies and procedures.
• Create and maintain an environment of equal opportunity employment and diversity in support of Maximus’ commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Comply with the Maximus security and privacy policies to ensure customer data, confidential data and personal information is always dealt with in a confidential and secure way, and our obligations around this are maintained.
• Carry out all duties in a safe and proper manner in accordance with the company’s Health and Safety Policies.

Knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in business or other related field.
• Knowledge and expertise in the use of technical project management tools and methodologies such as MS project and Jira.
• Knowledge of project delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Prince 2)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• PgPM (Program Management Professional)
• Understanding of quality assurance standards.
• Lean Six Sigma (green/Black Belt)
• Fluent in English and Arabic

Skills

• Influence without authority – drive cross-functional collaboration without direct reporting lines.
• Project planning and scheduling
• Budgeting and cost management
• Risk management.
• Stakeholder communication.
• Problem solving skills.
• Change management skills.
• Strong and communication skills.
• Advanced presentation skills.
• Active listening skills.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
• Adherence to high ethical standards.

Experience

• 8+ years of professional project management experience.
• Experience leading large, cross functional projects.

Core Competencies Proficiency Level

• Communicate Effectively 3 - Advanced
• Ownership Mindset 3 - Advanced
• Relationship Building 3 - Advanced
• Exceptional Service 3 - Advanced

Leadership Competencies Proficiency Level

• Lead Strategically - Think and Act Strategically 2 – Intermediate
• Enable Others – Develop and Inspire People 2 – Intermediate
• Agility – Champion Change and Innovation 2 – Intermediate
• Deliver Results – Strive for High Performance 3 - Advanced