Senior Project Manager

Kyndryl is a company that designs, builds, manages, and modernizes technology systems for leading businesses. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee major projects, ensuring they are delivered within scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating efforts across teams.

Responsibilities:

• Enforce adherence to governance model and operating rhythm
• Drive structured governance forums with clear outputs:
• Decisions, actions, and ownership
• Integrated reporting and status visibility
• Eliminate non-standard processes and shadow governance
• Own program-wide resource demand vs. capacity planning
• Drive:
• Forecasting across workstreams
• Resource intake, tracking, and approvals
• Escalation of staffing gaps impacting delivery
• Ensure alignment between resource allocation and program priorities
• Manage budget vs. actuals and forecast vs. backlog alignment
• Identify and escalate financial risks and variances
• Support financial governance tied to milestones and delivery outcomes
• Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making
• Lead tollgate governance and readiness process
• Ensure:
• Deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria
• Supporting documentation and evidence are complete
• Cross-functional alignment is achieved prior to approvals
• Drive Go/No-Go readiness across all releases
• Maintain integrated program plan across all workstreams
• Drive:
• Cross-workstream dependency management
• 30/60/90-day lookahead planning
• Alignment of milestones and delivery timelines
• Develop and maintain program dashboards and reporting
• Track:
• Delivery health
• Resource status
• Financial performance
• RAID metrics
• Provide actionable insights to leadership through data analysis
• Ensure consistent adoption of Agile practices across workstreams
• Track:
• Sprint execution
• Velocity and predictability
• Align Agile delivery with program-level milestones and governance
• Develop executive-level presentations and reporting materials
• Translate complex data into:
• Clear insights
• Decision-ready narratives

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in program management or large-scale transformation delivery
• Proven experience operating in multi-workstream, complex programs
• Strong expertise in Resource Management (demand vs. capacity planning)
• Strong expertise in Cost Management / Financial Governance
• Strong expertise in Stage Gate / Tollgate Management
• Experience driving program controls and execution discipline
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel: Pivot tables, modeling, and scenario analysis; Data manipulation and reporting automation
• Experience building dashboards and reporting solutions (Power BI preferred)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid models)
• Experience with program and project management tools: JIRA, Confluence, Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders across business and technology teams
• Strong facilitation and cross-functional coordination skills
• Experience in technology transformation programs (e.g., ERP, mainframe modernization)
• Experience in client-facing consulting or delivery environments
• Familiarity with enterprise PMO frameworks and governance models