Project Manager

Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible for driving operational effectiveness and business results by leading cross-functional initiatives and managing multi-year change management projects. They will partner with leadership to capture business requirements, track progress against objectives, and ensure timely issue resolution.

Requirements

Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree or higher and at least 5 years of experience in project management, operations, or business roles. Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint is required, along with a proven track record of influencing stakeholders and managing global projects.

Skills

• Project management
• Operational efficiency
• Change management
• Data-driven decision making
• Stakeholder management
• Process improvement
• Strategic planning
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Problem-solving
• Risk management
• Business acumen
• Resource management

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• 401k match
• Stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Bonus plan
• Incentive plan

About this role

About this role:
This role is critical to the High Tech (HT) Practice as it provides the operational backbone for business-critical projects, ensuring disciplined execution, accountability, and timely delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder environments. It enables data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement by translating insights from analysis and best practices into tangible enhancements in process effectiveness, operational efficiency, and business outcomes. By integrating structured project management with scalable processes, and cross-functional partnership, this role will drive business results for HT.
The Project Manager is responsible for:
Ensuring the Practice executes initiatives with a targeted strategy that will achieve measurable improvements in process effectiveness, process efficiency and client satisfaction. They will achieve this by working closely with Practice Leadership, the Practice Chief of Research, Business Operations Strategy team members, and Practice Support Services to best execute and drive continuous improvement for HT.
A successful candidate must be able to do the following:
Partner and collaborate with key business partners to capture operational and business requirements and successfully establish and execute on business strategies.
Lead company-wide projects, in collaboration with team leadership and internal corporate teams focused on operational effectiveness.
Own multi-year change management projects to launch and reinforce projects to tackle our most urgent challenges. Support the group’s content leadership to regularly track progress against these objectives.
Manage processes through the effective use of resources and feedback in all processes. Strive for effective and timely issue resolution and root cause analysis.
Solve complex business challenges by anticipating stakeholder barriers, recommending practical approaches, and designing scalable solutions.
Display business acumen by building understanding of Research areas supported, internal/external business management and informational needs. Become the go-to person for all related questions and issues.
Identify and escalate risks (e.g., missed deadlines, resource constraints, execution gaps) proactively to ensure timely visibility and mitigating actions.
Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, BOSs, peers in HTI, and external partners across BTI.
Learn the research process and specific needs of the practice with respect to the delivery of consistent high-quality insight to clients.
Partner with BOSs and PM team to share operational best practices across HT.
Operate independently to identify obstacles, resolve issues, and sustain momentum against priority initiatives.
What you will need:
The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of leading projects, influencing stakeholders, and translating plans into measurable execution.
Qualifications include:
Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent work experience.
5+ years' experience working within project management, operations, or general business roles.
Experience with project and program management.
Strong problem-solving skills with ability to leverage data, tools, and insights to inform strategy and measure impact.
Demonstrated track record of managing optimized processes, projects and programs in a global environment.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop high-quality analyses and compelling presentations.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas and develop insights into clear and compelling narratives.
A proactive and self-driven working style.

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