Senior Project Manager

Role overview

As a core member of the Strategic Program & Project Execution (SPPE) team, the project manager will be responsible for leading the execution and delivery of critical, cross-functional projects. This person will coordinate the work of the project team, create, and maintain schedules for required deliverables within projects, track project dependencies, maintain and present status of the projects, track, and address risks/issues, among other duties.

What you'll do

• Work closely with project sponsor and cross-functional teams, to plan and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, project plan, budget, and timing for cross-functional, enterprise-wide projects.
• Lead and inspire cross functional teams to achieve successful execution of company projects, managing and communicating the vision, purpose, and guiding principles as determined by the ET.
• Provide regular updates to project teams, leadership, and executive team on status, risks, and accomplishments.
• Identify key requirements needed from cross-functional teams and external vendors as appropriate.
• Work cross-functionally to track and manage dependencies within projects to ensure on-time delivery.
• Analyze project risks and develop risk mitigation plans to ensure stable execution, while maintaining sight of dependencies and end-state deliverables.
• Ensure stakeholder engagement and approval by establishing clear project-specific approval process, decision tracking, and cadenced demos and updates.
• Partner with stakeholders on change management and adoption of improved processes, conducting post-mortems at beneficial stages of the project delivery.
• Key contributor to building and enhancing our project management frameworks and best practices to facilitate transparent status tracking and efficient execution.

What you'll bring

• 10+ years of experience managing medium-to-large projects and programs in a project management function.
• Experience in executing enterprise-wide initiatives. Able to define project plans, coordinate resources, manage all project activities, and develop processes associated with program rollout.
• Exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Outstanding working knowledge of change management principles and project performance evaluation processes.
• Experience working with engineering and product teams; comfortable working with technical teams.
• Experience monitoring and managing vendor performance.
• Relentlessly focused on incremental delivery, which is a staple of CarGurus culture.
• Comfortable exercising judgement and using analytical skills in ambiguous situations.
• Experiencing managing teams, both direct reports and indirect reports.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or related field.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile practices and methodologies.