We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
PMO Processes & Tools Senior Project Manager
The Program Management Office (PMO) supports some of the company's most complex, cross-functional decisions and programs. When needed, members of the PMO will roll up their sleeves and work hand in hand with engineering and operations to solve issues that arise.
We pride ourselves on our ability to take complexity and translate that into meaningful actions and high-quality, timely decisions. We have a strong track record of helping the organization execute more effectively across a number of different programs and initiatives. We do this through clear thinking, problem-solving, implementing improved operational measures, and influencing and coaching tactics.
The PMO Processes & Tools Senior Project Manager will take end-to-end responsibility for defining and rolling out new processes and tools, or making improvements to existing ones. This will go from working with stakeholders to define problem statements and requirements, all the way to training and supporting users during implementation.
Responsibilities
- Lead Implementation Projects: Manage the end-to-end project lifecycle for defining and deploying new PMO processes and tools, including requirements gathering, process definition and documentation, tool configuration, integration in the broader process and tool ecosystem, user training, and rollout.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary point of contact between PMO, IT, and business stakeholders to ensure project objectives are aligned and a shared understanding of requirements is maintained.
- Process Improvement: Analyze existing program management workflows, identify bottlenecks, and drive the implementation of process and tools improvements to improve the scalability, efficiency and effectiveness of our processes..
- System Administration & Support: Serve as a subject matter expert for our core PMO tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Structure, Rich Filters, etc…) as well as BI tools (e.g., Amazon QuickSight, Looker or similar), providing guidance, developing best practices, and creating user documentation.
- Training & Adoption: Develop and deliver training materials to ensure the successful adoption of new tools and processes across the organization, driving user proficiency and engagement.
- Planning, Reporting & Communication: Establish project plans, track progress against milestones, identify and manage issues and risks, and provide clear, concise status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in technology-related field
- 8+ years of professional experience, with 5+ years of experience in technical project or program management, with a focus on systems and tools implementation.
- Experience with both waterfall and agile product development lifecycles
- Deep, hands-on expertise with enterprise-level project management software such as Jira, Confluence, Structure, or similar platforms, including leveraging data from such platforms to deliver insightful dashboards.
- Proven track record of successfully leading complex, cross-functional projects from initiation to completion.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive consensus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a talent for translating business needs into technical requirements.
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience working in a fast-paced hardware and software development environment (e.g., robotics, automotive, aerospace, or consumer electronics).
- PMP, Agile certifications (CSM, CPO, SPC…), or other relevant project management certification.
- Scaled Agile and/or hybrid agile framework experience with a proven ability to drive alignment and delivery across multiple teams and portfolios
- Experience managing large-scale tool migrations or enterprise system integrations.
- Familiarity with scripting or automation within PM tools (e.g., Jira automations, API integrations).
- A passion for building efficient systems and a knack for making complex processes simple and intuitive for users
Salary Range: $115,000-$140,000/K
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.
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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.
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