Job description
Company Description
Who We Are
Burwood Group is not your average technology consulting firm. We are an innovative, culture-driven industry leader, that helps companies use and manage technology to transform business and improve outcomes. Founded in 1997, headquartered in Chicago, we’ve grown to be a 200+ employee firm with team members and offices spread from Southern California to North Carolina.
Burwood fosters a culture that applauds both teamwork and personal growth. We’ve cultivated an incredible team of people who are dedicated to their craft and passionate about using their skills to impact the success of the company. Join our team and build a career as unique as you are.
Job Description
Role Type: W2 Contract
Work Status: US Citizen, Green Card holder
Term: 6 months
Hourly Rate: $70 to $90/hour
Start: Immediate
Location: Remote-based, U.S. limited travel
What You’ll Do
As a Sr. Technical Project Manager contractor at Burwood, you will be responsible for managing all stages of the project management life cycle, from initiation through project close. You will be responsible for strategic planning, executing, monitoring, and controlling the project to ensure adherence to standards, quality of delivery, project profitability, and client satisfaction. You will be expected to play an impactful consultative role in account management, identifying opportunities and driving sales in key accounts, while also providing coaching and mentoring to others within the organization.
Your day-to-day responsibilities will include (as an example):
- Partnering with Account Executives and Consultants during the sales stage to develop estimates, proposals, and other necessary sales documentation.
- Building well-crafted milestone-based project plans used to define, assign, and drive project activity across your account and project teams
- Communicating goals, objectives, and customer expectations to the project team, and holding team members accountable for completing project deliverables on time and budget
- Developing a ‘Trusted Advisor’ reputation and relationship with enterprise clients through expert delivery, proactive and responsive communication, and team-centric leadership.
Qualifications
Who You Are
- You have 6 or more years of project management experience, leading technical (infrastructure or cloud-based) projects
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead and advise team members, c-suite leaders, and vendors; additionally, you know how to package the ‘right’ information in the right format based on your audience
- Your project management experience roots in externally client-based projects, preferably in a consultancy setting
- You have an established track record in identifying, scoping and vetting opportunities that drive and increase revenue
The Tech Stuff
- You have 6 or more years of project management experience, leading technical (infrastructure or cloud-based) projects
- You have strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead and advise team members, c-suite leaders, and vendors; additionally, you know how to package the ‘right’ information in the right format based on your audience
- Your project management experience roots in externally client-based projects, preferably in a consultancy setting
- You have an established track record in identifying, scoping and vetting opportunities that drive and increase revenue
Additional Information
The PERKS
If you ask any of our employees here at Burwood “what we love”, the top answer is always the same: our culture. Our employees are driven, innovative, fun-loving, and always willing to help. In addition to that, Burwood also offers some fantastic benefits:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Flexible work-from-home policy
- Generous vacation policy
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) savings plan, complete with a company match
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Life and accident insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability coverage
- Mental wellness programs
- Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax healthcare and transit/parking expenses
- Learning opportunities in support of career development
- Access to financial planning expertise
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are not intent on being the largest company; but rather, the best. These are the words we live by. This means we welcome all the best talent - regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age.
Being open to all cultural backgrounds, life experiences, thoughts and ideas not only strengthens company culture but also encourages different-in-kind thinking and promotes economic success.
