Senior Project Manager
Energy Solutions - USA · Chicago, Illinois, United States · $92k–$125k
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Interested in joining a growing company where you will work with talented colleagues, enhance a supportive and energetic culture, and be part of the climate solution? At Energy Solutions, we focus on the big impacts. And we believe that market-based programs can be a powerful force to deliver large-scale energy, carbon, and water-use savings. Since 1995, we’ve harnessed that power to offer proven, performance-based solutions for our utility, government, and institutional customers.
Energy Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Manager manages large, complex programs, projects, and client engagements that require advanced project management expertise, stakeholder coordination, financial management, and operational oversight. This role is responsible for ensuring successful program delivery through effective planning, execution, risk mitigation, resource management, and client engagement while supporting client and organizational objectives.
In addition, the Senior Project Manager manages Project Managers and project contributors, supports continuous improvement efforts, contributes to strategic planning activities, and advances operational excellence across assigned programs.
Working independently with limited supervision, the Senior Project Manager manages program implementation efforts and cross-functional project teams and drives execution strategies that improve participant-facing operations, operational controls, documentation quality, delivery performance, customer participation, and program outcomes. The role identifies recurring operational issues and strengthens workflows, SOPs, quality controls, and delivery practices across assigned programs and workstreams. The role serves as the primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders, proactively identifying challenges, resolving issues, and ensuring alignment across program activities.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to
- Manage and oversee large-scale, complex programs, projects, and client engagements from initiation through closeout while ensuring alignment with client objectives, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), contractual requirements, regulatory obligations, and organizational priorities
- Ensures execution of day-to-day program tasks (including timely maintenance of program information across CRM platforms), implementation of activities, delivery planning, and coordination across multiple workstreams
- Monitor and evaluate program performance, milestones, schedules, objectives, deliverables, and operational effectiveness
- Drive accountability for program outcomes, quality standards, client satisfaction, and delivery performance
- Anticipate and resolve complex operational exceptions, workflow dependencies, and delivery challenges across assigned workstreams, escalating material contractual, financial, or strategic risks as appropriate.
- Contribute to development and implementation of program strategies, annual work plans, operational prior
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Energy Solutions is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Energy Solutions conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Office Locations and a Remote Workforce
Energy Solutions operates as a predominantly remote workforce with offices in six different locations . Employees who reside within 40 miles of an office (except New York) will be assigned to that location, though in-office attendance requirements may vary by team. At this time, we are not accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Delaware, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, and North Dakota.
Background Check Information
Information will be requested to perform the compulsory background check. A drug screen and authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely are preconditions of employment. Energy Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
Reasonable Accommodations
Energy Solutions is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodations in completing this application, interviewing, and/or completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email accommodation@energy-solution.com .