Project Vice President

Project Vice President
💼 Responsibilities
Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for major, complex, and high-value projects from planning through completion.
Develop project strategies, execution plans, timelines, budgets, and performance objectives aligned with organizational goals.
Oversee project portfolios, ensuring projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and according to defined quality standards.
Partner with executive leadership and business stakeholders to establish project priorities, allocate resources, and resolve critical project issues.
Monitor project performance, milestones, budgets, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and overall execution progress.
Identify and mitigate project risks, operational challenges, resource constraints, and potential delays.
Lead cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Finance, Technology, Product, Engineering, Supply Chain, Sales, and other relevant functions.
Establish project governance frameworks, reporting standards, performance metrics, and accountability structures.
Drive process improvements, project management best practices, and operational efficiencies across the project organization.
Oversee project budgets, financial performance, resource allocation, and cost-control initiatives.
Lead, mentor, and develop project executives, program managers, project managers, and other project leadership teams.
Provide executive-level reporting, strategic recommendations, and project status updates to the CEO, C-suite, and Board of Directors when appropriate.
Ensure projects comply with organizational policies, contractual requirements, quality standards, regulatory requirements, and risk management frameworks.
🎓 Experience Requirements
18+ years of progressive experience in project management, program management, project operations, engineering, construction, technology, or a related field.
10+ years of senior leadership experience overseeing large-scale, complex, or multi-project portfolios.
Proven track record of successfully managing major projects from strategic planning through execution and completion.
Extensive experience with project governance, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, quality control, and performance management.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, cross-functional teams, and senior stakeholders simultaneously.
Proven experience working directly with C-suite executives, senior management, clients, strategic partners, and other key stakeholders.
Strong experience building and leading high-performing project management and program leadership teams.
Excellent strategic planning, financial management, negotiation, risk assessment, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related field required; MBA, PMP, or other relevant advanced certification preferred.

Work arrangement
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