Senior Director Project Management-Utilities

Summary of Position

The Senior Director of Project Management provides strategic leadership and oversight for the planning, execution, and financial performance of large-scale and complex utility services projects and programs at Osmose. This role is accountable for portfolio-level governance, customer engagement, and alignment across operations, engineering, delivery, and business development teams.

The Senior Director ensures projects and programs are delivered within contractual scope, schedule, and budget, while meeting or exceeding customer expectations. This role also leads, mentors, and develops project management leaders and contributes to enterprise-wide project management standards, controls, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for a portfolio of large or complex utility services projects and programs.
• Partner with Osmose Operations and Business Development leadership to plan, organize, and direct project activities.
• Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards aligned with company policy and contractual scope.
• Serve as executive sponsor and lead representative in customer-facing project and strategy meetings.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule and within budget through strong governance, performance monitoring, and corrective action.
• Lead portfolio and program reviews focused on financial performance, delivery risk, and customer outcomes.
• Oversee project financial management including forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and corrective actions.
• Collaborate with contract administration to manage contractual and financial risk while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Review and approve project reporting related to progress, cost, schedule, and risk.
• Identify, track, and resolve project risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure adherence to Osmose project management standards, methodologies, and governance processes.
• Lead, mentor, and develop project managers and directors; manage multiple direct reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a technical discipline preferred (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field).
• 10+ years of progressive project management experience, including leadership of large or complex programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing project portfolios with significant financial accountability.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Expertise in project cost accounting, including revenue tracking, cost of goods, accruals, and invoicing.
• Proven ability to lead and collaborate across multiple operational and engineering teams.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent analytical, financial, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Willingness to work varied hours as needed to meet business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the utility or utility services industry.
• PMP / PMI certification or equivalent project management credential.