Project Manager

4 days ago

Durham, United States Vaco Full time
Project Manager

This role is responsible for overseeing projects from inception to successful completion, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals. It involves understanding objectives, defining requirements, creating actionable plans, coordinating with diverse teams, and driving progress. The role requires strong leadership, excellent business acumen, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams, including IT, software development, vendors, finance, legal, compliance, and product specialists.

Additionally, this position will mentor and coach other project leaders within the organization, setting a standard of excellence in project management practices. This role reports to the Director of PMO and requires onsite work three days a week in Durham, NC.

Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate project activities to achieve successful business outcomes.
  • Manage all aspects of the project lifecycle: planning, definition, design, execution, and delivery.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives, scope, budgets, and key deliverables.
  • Develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, and resource allocations.
  • Lead and motivate cross-functional teams, providing guidance and support.
  • Monitor budgets to ensure cost-effectiveness and value delivery.
  • Proactively address resource constraints and risks.
  • Facilitate regular project status meetings and provide updates to stakeholders.
  • Serve as the communication hub for project expectations, progress, and issues.
  • Present project status updates in executive meetings.
  • Oversee the selection and management of external consultants or vendors.
  • Conduct quality assurance reviews to ensure project deliverables meet standards.
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including action items and key artifacts.
  • Manage changes to project scope, schedules, and costs, communicating impacts effectively.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of project management experience.
  • Strong leadership, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
  • Proven ability to manage diverse, cross-functional projects.
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
  • Project management certification (PMP, CAPM, or equivalent) or relevant experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to quickly adapt to project management tools and SaaS platforms.
  • Familiarity with Agile practices and the software development lifecycle.

What We Offer:

  • Full-time, salaried position (DOE).
  • Comprehensive benefits package.

If you are passionate about leading impactful projects and driving results, we encourage you to apply

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

EEO Notice

Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

  • the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
  • licensure and certification requirements;
  • office location and other geographic considerations;
  • other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

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