Senior Project Manager

Our Core Values Our core values define who we are as an organization and serve as the foundation of our code of ethics. Arbor Research expects all employees to embody and demonstrate in our day-to-day work. - Collaborative Spirit: We expect each staff member to learn from and teach one another and ask each to exhibit curiosity and respect for the contributions of others. - Creativity: We strive to cultivate a challenging, stimulating, and supportive environment where our employees are expected to be inquisitive, take the initiative, and demonstrate ingenuity. - Credibility: Our employees are smart, thoughtful, and objective in their work. We expect them to be technically solid in their area of expertise and for those researching to demonstrate scientific rigor. - Dedication: Our team achieves success because of our dedication to carrying out high-quality work and delivering trusted results. Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Create and maintain project work plans and task-based resource estimates. - Monitor milestone accomplishment and budget/resource use. - Review and re-estimate work plans and project resources based on contingencies, changing priorities, and budget-to-actual comparison regularly, updating the organizational forecast at least quarterly. - Create generalized project cost estimates based on work plans, loaded average labor rates, and other direct costs. - Upon contract award, work with proposal development staff to finalize estimates. - Manage expenditures consistent with project and organizational fiscal year budgets. - Negotiate resources for execution of the work plan with functional managers, Project Directors/Principal Investigators, and Program Directors ensuring a clear understanding of project objectives and timelines. - Work directly with assigned project staff (of all functions) to ensure appropriate work plan understanding and progress. - Ensure the preparation of all projects related products and tasks, including programming tasks, analyses, research reports, progress reports, presentations, graphics, and tables; assist Project Directors/Principal Investigators in ultimately being accountable for the quality of these products. - Be proactively aware of issues affecting program area and/or individual projects. - Serve as the day-to-day liaison to client or funding agency’s scientific or program leadership (e.g., project officers, program officers). - Provide customers (including Project Director/Principal Investigator, Program Director, and funder) with required project progress and budget reports, as appropriate or required for each audience. - Provide up to date reporting on financial and operational performance of projects on a monthly basis