Senior Software Project Manager

Senior Software Project Manager

Category: Project Management

Main location: United States, Tennessee, Nashville

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Employment Type: Full Time

Position

Description:

Do you want to take your career to the next level? CGI is looking for a dedicated Senior Software Project Manager with a passion for solving business problems to join our team in Nashville. At CGI, you will tackle important business and technical problems as a full-time consultant serving local, enterprise clients. You'll be part of a team of dedicated people like yourself and make an impact with both internal and client partners.

Consider joining CGI, a premier consulting firm that encourages personal and professional growth and values your ideas.

What we value:

• Passionate technologists
• Lifelong learners
• Problem solvers
• Excellent written and verbal communicators
• People who enjoy working with both business and technical partners
• People who engage in their local community

You will be required to be onsite in the client office in Columbia, TN (per current project Client requirements), and/or in the CGI Franklin Office (2-3 days a week across both locations).

Your future duties and responsibilities:

• Own all project oversight, including planning, directing and managing resources and testing activities.
• Define project scope, estimates, milestones, objectives, timelines, and key deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation effectively.
• Translate technical concepts into business terms for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.
• Take initiative to coach, mentor, and orient co-workers and actively support team-based developments.
• Serve as a supplementary point of contact for client stakeholders, building trusted advisory relationships.
• Understand client business objectives, pain points, and success metrics to guide technology strategy.
• Proactively manage client communications and engagement.
• Develop and deliver UAT planning, user training, and documentation to drive successful adoption of technology.
• Drive the on-time delivery of the project scope while diligently applying change management processes to control scope and budget.
• Coordinate design, analysis, test planning, project work plans and estimates.
• Implement and refine project management best practices, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness.
• Conduct regular status updates, executive reporting, and stakeholder meetings.
• Possess a foundational understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.) to facilitate team collaboration and delivery.
• Stay abreast of technical and industry developments.

OPTIONAL:
Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required

• Experience in at least one of the following domains: customer-facing systems, Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) platforms, or P&C insurance; experience spanning multiple areas is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with digital product ecosystems that include web, mobile, and supporting backend services.
• Understanding of UI/UX best practices for customer-facing products, including usability, consistency, and conversion optimization.
• Comfortable presenting product status, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to cross-functional leadership.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Previous experience in a technical position, such as software development, business intelligence, QA, or other related technology roles.
• At least 10 years experience managing teams and/or projects.
• At least 7 years experience managing programs or departmental portfolios of at least 2 concurrent but related strategic efforts.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a keen eye for detail.
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to distill complex information into actionable insights.
• Willingness to learn broad strokes of new and unfamiliar technologies.
• Ability to distill project and program data into summary information and communicate at an executive and strategic level.
• Adept at actively managing scope, risk, and client communications required.
• Ability to manage projects leveraging a blend of agile and waterfall principles.
• Ability to summarize complex…