Sr. Project Manager – EAMS

Duration: 6 months TEMP to HIRE
Pay Rate: $75–85 - W2
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (typically 60% onsite and 40% remote)

Senior Project Manager – Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS)

Detailed Position Summary

The client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the implementation of an Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS). The Project Manager will lead cross-functional business, technology, and vendor teams in this complex, highly visible initiative.

This role will require the individual to apply core project management concepts and practices to organize and lead teams through the project lifecycle. This role requires the ability to wear many hats: facilitating project team discussions, confirming that technical solutions deliver desired business outcomes, identifying and managing risks, identifying and coordinating dependencies across multiple groups, and adapting to evolving priorities.

This role will also require excellent communication and leadership skills to build a culture of accountability that ensures continuing alignment of goals, active risk and issue management and resolution, and delivering clear and timely communication with stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be experienced in applying both traditional Waterfall and Agile/Scrum methodologies, selecting and tailoring the right approach as a situation may dictate. The successful candidate must also be able to demonstrate their past experience scoping, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects of similar size and importance.

The candidate must be able to demonstrate past experience developing detailed work breakdown structures that include both IT and non-IT related deliverables such as any required training, acceptance testing, and operational transition activities. Experience creating detailed project plans that include in-house deliverables, vendor milestones, resource plans, and monitoring and reporting execution against defined objectives is required.

Success will be defined as delivering approved scope on time, within budget, and aligned with the Port's broader digital transformation, resilience, and modernization goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage this project from initiation through closure, ensuring alignment with business requirements and Port objectives.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource plans, tailoring project management methodology (Waterfall or Agile/Scrum) to fit the initiative.
• Facilitate cross-functional coordination among business stakeholders, technology stakeholders, and vendors ensuring clear accountability and collaboration.
• Ability to manage multi-vendor deliverables.
• Experience working with VUEWorks and integrating with other systems within the ecosystem.
• Knowledge of asset lifecycle processes (planning, maintenance, renewal, and disposal).
• Experience establishing asset data standards, asset hierarchies, and governance models.
• Lead regular project meetings, communicate progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders, and maintain project documentation and reporting.
• Identify and manage project risks and issues, resolve conflicts, and remove roadblocks to maintain project momentum and deliverables.
• Translate complex technical requirements into business outcomes for executive and non-technical stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making.
• Coordinate quality assurance, user acceptance testing, and any other validation activities required to ensure project deliverables meet expected outcomes.
• Provide timely and accurate status updates, dashboards, and reporting on project health, escalating concerns when necessary.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability by wearing multiple hats—serving as facilitator, communicator, negotiator, and problem-solver depending on project needs.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) or related discipline is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong working knowledge of both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum methodologies, with proven ability to select and apply the appropriate approach based on project needs.
• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional environments including business, technical, and vendor resources.
• Proven capacity to manage ambiguity, make sound decisions with limited information, and adapt to evolving priorities.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and implement solutions to complex and unusual challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience reporting to both technical and executive-level stakeholders.

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Agile certifications (PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe)

Desired Skills / Knowledge

• Strong preference for candidates with management consulting background.
• Experience managing implementation of an enterprise-wide asset management system is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience working in a team environment.

Job Types: Contract, Temporary

Pay: $75.00 - $85.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Application Question(s):

• Do you have experience managing complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through closure?
• Do you have hands-on experience using both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum project management methodologies?
• Do you have experience managing projects that involve coordination between business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors?
• Do you have experience implementing or managing an Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS)?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Long Beach, CA 90802