Senior Project Manager

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage key client projects.
As a Project Manager, your job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results.
You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project's organization, budget and timeline. Including developing detailed project schedules, plans, ensuring resource availability and allocation and delivering every project on time within budget and scope. Essential to this role is a demonstrated use of AI in day-to-day project delivery.
The successful candidate will initially join as a Senior Project Manager, with promotion to Director of Project Management upon demonstrating the leadership and performance required to lead the department.
Responsibilities
Manage each project's scope and timeline, Including change management
Create and manage project budgets and forecasts;
identify variances early and drive corrective action to protect project profitability, balanced with client satisfaction
Develop high level and detailed schedules
Work with client product owners to prioritize backlogs and new requests
Facilitate good relationships with clients;
seek and win project expansions and extensions
Collaborate with internal teams to design, develop and implement mobile and web applications
Identify, manage and proactively resolve project risks
AI-assisted creation of project assets. Use AI to optimize the creation and maintenance of:
Project plans, work breakdown structures, milestones, dependencies, and release plans
Risk, assumption, issue, and dependency registers
Status reports, decision logs, and change requests
Use AI to help analyse delivery data, identify trends, explain variances, and draft actionable reporting
Build reusable prompts, templates, and workflows for planning, reporting, and risk reviews
Connect AI-supported workflows to project systems and documentation
Use approved AI tools and workflows, protect client and company information, and remain accountable for the accuracy and appropriateness of outputs;
evaluate new tools and workflows
Automate appropriate steps, such as drafting status reports from delivery data or extracting actions from approved meeting records
Recognize inaccurate outputs, missing dependencies, unrealistic estimates, and unsupported conclusions
Be the point of contact for external communications (e.G. from clients or stakeholders)
Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
Help teams implement changes effectively
Ensure deliverables meet quality standards at the end of each sprint
Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own' the product and enjoy working on it
Seek opportunities for improvement and suggest new projects
Help establish governance and a working PMO
Demonstrate the ability to mentor project managers and help establish consistent planning, financial management, reporting and delivery practices across the department
Develop, deliver, and evaluate client training on the practical use of AI in project management
Requirements
Proven work experience as a Project Manager using Software Development Life Cycle best practices
10+ years experience in Portfolio, Project, or Program Management
Demonstrated use of at least one of ChatGPT, Claude, or Microsoft 365 Copilot to produce project plans, risk registers, status reports, and KPI definitions
Strong ability to use AI to build budget forecasts, resource plans, and KPI reporting;
check formulas;
and validate AI-generated analysis
Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, automated testing, backlog refinement)
Good knowledge of Agile frameworks, waterfall, iterative project methodologies
Experience managing projects involving AI, machine learning, data science or automation
Understanding of the AI/ML development lifecycle, including data preparation, model development, testing, deployment and monitoring
Experience coordinating cross-functional teams, including software developers, data engineers, data scientists and ML engineers
Excellent communication and leadership skills
Experience facilitating client workshops or delivering professional training
Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
Outstanding organizational skills
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project and similar products
Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
Excellent organization and time management skills
Communication and team management skills
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field
Formal Project Management Certification : PMP, Prince2, Agile Certified
Additional Preferred Requirements
Experience working on 10+ man year projects
Experience in a scrum master role
Reporting and visualisation experience using Power BI, Tableau or comparable tools
Familiarity with TFS or Azure DevOps
BenefitsWhy Work for Atimi?Find the work-life balance you have been craving with a flexible schedule, generous time off and convenient commute to work or option to work from home. Join a team where fun is encouraged with team building activities and company events. You can also expect generous compensation along with awesome benefits so come to work in your comfy clothes, make yourself a cup of fresh ground coffee, and dive into your amazing career.
About Atimi SoftwareHello, we're Atimi. If you've got a smart phone or a computer, you've seen our work. You may not know our name, but you use our software - whether it's on Apple or Android devices, you're already familiar with what we do, you just don't know it yet. We work with high profile companies that want to extend their brand reach. Our clients hire us to do the flagship work for major brands. We know what it takes to get noticed: over 60% of our apps have been featured by Apple in TV ads, iTunes advertising, in-store or in print ads. We work with Fortune 500 companies who want to be recognized for being innovative and want to ensure a true brand experience at every customer touch-point.
Fundamentally, Atimi believes in compensating people based on the value they provide. All of us are evaluated on the core skills we are able to demonstrate when doing our job. Once you demonstrate new skills there's no reason that shouldn't be recognized. We want to provide our team members with fast moving, cutting edge projects where everybody has a voice and nobody is concerned with ego or internal politics, so all of us are challenged to constantly improve.
About The Interview ProcessThe interview process for this position involves multiple stages that cover:
Communication and soft-skills skills evaluation
Technical evaluation of general software development principles
Cultural fit with other team members
The interview process will also assess communication and client leadership, project delivery and commercial judgment, practical use of AI, and readiness to develop and lead the Project Management department.
About Salary And CompensationThe salary for this position is based on the Atimi Salary Grid, including both the Team Lead and Senior Lead position, ranges between $123,000 and $200,000 per annum and depends on the individual's experience, geographical location, and performance during the interview.
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