Senior Project Manager - Government

The Senior Project Manager independently manages strategic technology projects and may serve as a Project Manager within a broader program. Projects are typically high in complexity, risk, or visibility and may involve emerging or highly customized technologies, multiple solution areas, complex systems integration, and third-party vendors. The Senior Project Manager owns all aspects of project delivery, from initiation through closure, and works closely with sales, consultants, clients, subcontractors, and cross-functional delivery teams. This role is accountable for project scope, schedule, financial performance, contractual commitments, risk management, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. The Senior Project Manager may provide guidance and mentorship to other project team members. The role acts as a project advocate, driving results, making difficult decisions, and building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. What You Will Do Successfully executes projects using CDW-G’s established delivery methodology, adapting the approach where appropriate to meet the needs of each engagement. Manages projects that may span multiple solution areas, service areas, workstreams, technologies, and third-party providers. Ensures the client’s business, technical, contractual, and operational requirements are understood and met. Evaluates the client’s project management methodology and incorporates appropriate CDW-G standards, controls, templates, and reporting requirements to create a comprehensive project delivery approach. Accountable for project financial performance and profitability. Develops, monitors, interprets, and communicates project budgets, forecasts, margins, and estimate-at-completion projections. Identifies budget-to-actual variances and recommends corrective actions. Ensures project time, expenses, invoices, and financial records are accurately tracked, reviewed, and approved in a timely manner. Identifies financial risks and works with project stakeholders to mitigate their impact. Understands the financial implications of project decisions and changes, including their potential effect on the client relationship, contractual commitments, and CDW-G profitability. Validates initial project scope, assumptions, estimates, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. Evaluates proposed changes for their impact on scope, schedule, cost, resources, risk, contractual commitments, and client outcomes. Develops recommendations and initiates the appropriate change-control actions. Establishes strategies to minimize client and project impact resulting from approved or anticipated changes. Communicates impacts and recommendations to the appropriate stakeholders. Ensures all items defined in the CDW Statement of Work are delivered and performs quality assurance throughout the project life cycle. Proactively identifies, analyzes, documents, and manages project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies.…