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Pegasystems Senior Project Manager in Waltham, Massachusetts
Senior Project Manager
Job Category: Information Technology
Location: US - Massachusetts - Waltham
Meet Our Team:
We're looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join our IT PMO team. You'll serve as a trusted advisor and work with a diverse team of IT Managers, Product Managers, Developers, Testers, and UX to help define and deliver IT projects. You’ll collaborate closely with Business Stakeholders to monitor project execution and performance metrics to ensure delivery of strategic and tactical priorities.
Picture Yourself at Pega:
You will be part of the IT Project and Agile Delivery team. The role will be focused on planning, organizing and managing activities to achieve successful completion of agile projects while reinforcing commitments to quality, scope, time and budget. You’ll work with a diverse team of stakeholders from IT, Product, and various business units to define a shared vision and keep the team accountable for success.
What You'll Do at Pega:
Provide project management oversight for complex application development initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements
Collaborate with Product Managers, Resource Managers, and the PMO to drive effective capacity planning and resource allocation across multiple projects
Ensure project artifacts are complete, accurate and contribute to ongoing process improvements and organizational learning
Deliver clear, timely and actionable transparency into project status for stakeholders, enabling informed decision-making
Proactively identify, escalate, and mitigate project risks and issues, maintaining momentum and minimizing disruption
Lead Project Closures and Retrospectives to identify Best Practices
Manage customer expectations and partner with project stakeholders to effectively negotiate priorities, release planning, and delivery schedules
Work closely with related Scrum Masters and Product Managers to ensure scrum artifacts support the overall project delivery
Who You Are:
The ideal candidate should be an accomplished senior project management professional who has a track record of building and leading large and sophisticated IT projects.
What You've Accomplished:
5+ years minimum of project management experience, independently leading IT projects from definition through deployment
5+ years minimum of experience working in a large global environment.
Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills enabling you to manage cross functional projects in a resource matrix environment
Ability to proactively manage change by assessing project impacts and creating plans to address resistance to change
Experience with Agile (specifically Scrum) and Project Management tools
Deep understanding of Project Management Methodologies and ability to navigate between Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid projects
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment
Strong process and methodology knowledge and experience for software development lifecycle (SDLC)
Ability to quickly assimilate knowledge of technologies and products (highly technical)
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented, cross-functional environment.
BS degree in an IT related field; MBA or Computer Science is a plus
Pega Offers You:
Gartner Analyst acclaimed technology leadership across our categories of products
Continuous learning and development opportunities
An innovative, inclusive, agile, flexible, and fun work environment
Competitive global benefits program inclusive ofpay + bonus incentive, employee equity in the company
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Additional Information
Base salary range for this role is 94,900 - 141,900 USD annually. This role may also be eligible for annual bonus OR commission, as well as benefits and other incentives.
The final compensation will be determined during the offer process based on the candidate's education, experience, skills, and qualifications, as well as market conditions and may vary from the posted range. We will share an information on benefits, bonus/commission, and other pay components for this role at the relevant recruitment stage.
Job ID: 23279
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