Senior Level Service Project Manager Jobs
Senior level service project manager jobs place experienced professionals in charge of end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder alignment, and the cross-functional teams that keep complex service engagements on schedule and on scope. Openings are concentrated in Consulting & Professional Services, Energy, and Automotive, with a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid settings across employers like WSP, Mphasis, and Volvo hiring at this level now.
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Job Posting End Date
12-31-2026Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date
Job Summary
Manage multiple projects or programs at the highest level of complexity within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, Manage multiple projects or programs at the highest level of complexity within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short- and long-range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Provide project transparency and develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers, enabling them to make sound business decisions.Job Description
What You’ll Do:
- Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and manage assigned project activities with expert level of proficiency in all aspects. Skillfully and successfully use project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) for project management for the organization.
- Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the AEP System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
- Manage, develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff. Effectively and efficiently manage cost and timely reallocate funding.
- Effectively communicate project/outage details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project updates including detailed and complex stakeholder presentations. Ensure others are adequately and effectively prepared for their audience. Provide clear and concise written and oral reports, and other communication.
- Develop and actively manage working relationships with project teams, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and achieve customer satisfaction.
- Provide wide range of detailed guidance, instruction, and training to others to improve design, systems, processes, procedures, schedules, and costs. Confidently challenge others at the highest level of informed understanding in all project work.
- Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate performance as subject matter expert on all responsible projects. Provide clarity, support, and accountability to enable others’ success.
- Represent AEP, as required, with industrial customers, vendors, and regulators as assigned projects dictate.
- Provide clarity, support, and accountability to enable others’ success.
- Use and help align the organization with the AEP project management organizational standards. Manage projects to those standards.
Note: This position is posted at multiple grade levels and offers a range of opportunities for advancement. The minimum qualifications outlined below apply to the Project Manager Staff level, with increased educational, skill or experience requirements for higher level Project Managers.
What We’re Looking For:
Education and Work Experience requirements are listed below:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related field of study dependent on business unit requirements with ten (10) years qualified experience; OR,
- Associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with twelve (12) years of qualified experience; OR,
- High School Diploma/GED with fourteen (14) years of qualified experience (see below).
- Three (3) years of experience as a Project Manager Principal (Grade 9) is preferred, OR demonstrated competencies, knowledge and skillset through achieved results in a shorter timeline.
- Qualified experience includes work in project management, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment. Experience must include a demonstrated subject matter expert level of successful project management duties, business acumen, and demonstrated proficiency in ALL the certifying body knowledge areas."
- Demonstrated mastery level PM knowledge capability in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management, etc.
- Experience in utilities, commercial nuclear power, and/or IT systems is favorable.
- PMP certification required for this position unless approval to waive the requirement is given by the organizations SVP or OPCO President.
- Valid state driver's license.
Other:
- EPC, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)
- Provide effective leadership, team building and meeting management as outlined by the certifying body and the AEP leadership and values. Demonstrate a very high level of ability, motivation, and attitude in leading a team, program, project, and those supervised to success.
- Effective and compelling communication, including the use of effective listening, with all stakeholders including team members, sponsors, management, and senior management.
- Apply economic analysis techniques and business acumen in project decision making and ensure alignment of project and company financial goals.
- Influence the Engineering & Design, Procurement, Contracting, Estimating, Construction and Startup procedures and processes to optimize a project. Ensure project teams utilize the latest business unit guidelines and requirements.
- Identify opportunities for business process improvement across projects or programs and drive implementation.
- Apply working knowledge of certifying body Project Management tools and techniques and integrate these into internal procedures and processes.
- Provide strategic thinking, planning, risk assessment and prioritization of project activities. Globally view the project from all angles such as safety, constructability, sequence, changing conditions, contingencies, contractual, predictability, level of priority, sense of direction and sense of productivity to quickly identify and to avoid or to mitigate project risks. Demonstrates very sound decision-making practices.
- Provide organization of project activities, delegate project task assignments, confidently set team requirements and expectations, manage deliverables, and hold team members accountable. Provide constructive feedback to project team members.
- Effectively prioritize and manage conflict to provide solutions to issues that maximize synergies with an overriding goal to do the "right thing" for the company. Take timely independent action, make recommendations, and assist executive management in resolution of elevated issues.
- Highly proficient in scope management, evaluation of technical solutions, and project risk management.
- Proficient and highly effective in contract development and management, especially skilled in allocating risk between owner and contractor within terms of the contract. Leverage and build relationships with contractors who have long-term strategic value to AEP.
- Evaluate and determine the skill sets and capabilities of team members then make recommendations and/or provide constructive feedback to ensure project or program success.
- Act with integrity by demonstrating accountability for project assignments.
- Seek input from other Subject Matter Experts by asking the right questions, understanding the nuances, clarifying, and validating information, and not relying on one’s own knowledge base or assumptions. Sensitize experts to influences they have on the project key parameters of project budget, scope, schedule, and risk.
- Promote continuous improvement and maintain a strong questioning attitude. Ask intrusive questions and challenge assumptions.
- Safely and effectively Perform light physical duties. Duties can involve construction site walkdown on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions.
- Perform work at various AEP locations in varying conditions. Work sites will include home, office, power plants (including nuclear), and construction sites for Distribution, Transmission, Generation, and Telecom infrastructure. Work performed at nuclear power sites may involve work in hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within the limits prescribed by the NRC.
- Travel typically 25% or less, but could be up to 50% of work schedule for short durations.
- Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure, and behavior of AEP.
What You’ll Get:
In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER (on-site)
#AEPCareers
#LI-ONSITE
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-010Compensation Range:
$136,539.00 - $208,565.00The Physical Demand Level for this job is: L – Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10 to 12 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 5-6 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) When it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg c ontrols; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible
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It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.Job Posting End Date
12-31-2026Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date
Job Summary
Manage multiple projects or programs at the highest level of complexity within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, Manage multiple projects or programs at the highest level of complexity within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short- and long-range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Provide project transparency and develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers, enabling them to make sound business decisions.Job Description
What You’ll Do:
- Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and manage assigned project activities with expert level of proficiency in all aspects. Skillfully and successfully use project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) for project management for the organization.
- Support and hold employees and contractors accountable for the AEP System Safety Process, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Zero Harm.
- Manage, develop, review and coordinate the project plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff. Effectively and efficiently manage cost and timely reallocate funding.
- Effectively communicate project/outage details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project updates including detailed and complex stakeholder presentations. Ensure others are adequately and effectively prepared for their audience. Provide clear and concise written and oral reports, and other communication.
- Develop and actively manage working relationships with project teams, plant and operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and achieve customer satisfaction.
- Provide wide range of detailed guidance, instruction, and training to others to improve design, systems, processes, procedures, schedules, and costs. Confidently challenge others at the highest level of informed understanding in all project work.
- Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate performance as subject matter expert on all responsible projects. Provide clarity, support, and accountability to enable others’ success.
- Represent AEP, as required, with industrial customers, vendors, and regulators as assigned projects dictate.
- Provide clarity, support, and accountability to enable others’ success.
- Use and help align the organization with the AEP project management organizational standards. Manage projects to those standards.
Note: This position is posted at multiple grade levels and offers a range of opportunities for advancement. The minimum qualifications outlined below apply to the Project Manager Staff level, with increased educational, skill or experience requirements for higher level Project Managers.
What We’re Looking For:
Education and Work Experience requirements are listed below:
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Computer Science, or related field of study dependent on business unit requirements with ten (10) years qualified experience; OR,
- Associate’s degree in the same required disciplines with twelve (12) years of qualified experience; OR,
- High School Diploma/GED with fourteen (14) years of qualified experience (see below).
- Three (3) years of experience as a Project Manager Principal (Grade 9) is preferred, OR demonstrated competencies, knowledge and skillset through achieved results in a shorter timeline.
- Qualified experience includes work in project management, major construction field experience, project estimating, project controls, project engineering, and/or comparable internal or external experience in a competitive production environment. Experience must include a demonstrated subject matter expert level of successful project management duties, business acumen, and demonstrated proficiency in ALL the certifying body knowledge areas."
- Demonstrated mastery level PM knowledge capability in areas of construction safety, negotiations, scope development and control, cost estimating, construction contracting, project controls and reporting, quality control, risk management, etc.
- Experience in utilities, commercial nuclear power, and/or IT systems is favorable.
- PMP certification required for this position unless approval to waive the requirement is given by the organizations SVP or OPCO President.
- Valid state driver's license.
Other:
- EPC, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT)
- Provide effective leadership, team building and meeting management as outlined by the certifying body and the AEP leadership and values. Demonstrate a very high level of ability, motivation, and attitude in leading a team, program, project, and those supervised to success.
- Effective and compelling communication, including the use of effective listening, with all stakeholders including team members, sponsors, management, and senior management.
- Apply economic analysis techniques and business acumen in project decision making and ensure alignment of project and company financial goals.
- Influence the Engineering & Design, Procurement, Contracting, Estimating, Construction and Startup procedures and processes to optimize a project. Ensure project teams utilize the latest business unit guidelines and requirements.
- Identify opportunities for business process improvement across projects or programs and drive implementation.
- Apply working knowledge of certifying body Project Management tools and techniques and integrate these into internal procedures and processes.
- Provide strategic thinking, planning, risk assessment and prioritization of project activities. Globally view the project from all angles such as safety, constructability, sequence, changing conditions, contingencies, contractual, predictability, level of priority, sense of direction and sense of productivity to quickly identify and to avoid or to mitigate project risks. Demonstrates very sound decision-making practices.
- Provide organization of project activities, delegate project task assignments, confidently set team requirements and expectations, manage deliverables, and hold team members accountable. Provide constructive feedback to project team members.
- Effectively prioritize and manage conflict to provide solutions to issues that maximize synergies with an overriding goal to do the "right thing" for the company. Take timely independent action, make recommendations, and assist executive management in resolution of elevated issues.
- Highly proficient in scope management, evaluation of technical solutions, and project risk management.
- Proficient and highly effective in contract development and management, especially skilled in allocating risk between owner and contractor within terms of the contract. Leverage and build relationships with contractors who have long-term strategic value to AEP.
- Evaluate and determine the skill sets and capabilities of team members then make recommendations and/or provide constructive feedback to ensure project or program success.
- Act with integrity by demonstrating accountability for project assignments.
- Seek input from other Subject Matter Experts by asking the right questions, understanding the nuances, clarifying, and validating information, and not relying on one’s own knowledge base or assumptions. Sensitize experts to influences they have on the project key parameters of project budget, scope, schedule, and risk.
- Promote continuous improvement and maintain a strong questioning attitude. Ask intrusive questions and challenge assumptions.
- Safely and effectively Perform light physical duties. Duties can involve construction site walkdown on unstable surfaces, climbing ladders, and awareness of hazardous site conditions.
- Perform work at various AEP locations in varying conditions. Work sites will include home, office, power plants (including nuclear), and construction sites for Distribution, Transmission, Generation, and Telecom infrastructure. Work performed at nuclear power sites may involve work in hazardous areas and possible radiation exposure within the limits prescribed by the NRC.
- Travel typically 25% or less, but could be up to 50% of work schedule for short durations.
- Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure, and behavior of AEP.
What You’ll Get:
In addition to competitive compensation, AEP offers a unique comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER (on-site)
#AEPCareers
#LI-ONSITE
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-010Compensation Range:
$136,539.00 - $208,565.00The Physical Demand Level for this job is: L – Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or 10 to 12 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 5-6 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for sedentary work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) When it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg c ontrols; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible
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It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.See All 6 Senior Level Service Project Manager Jobs
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Senior Level Service Project Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level service project manager job?
Employers at this level want candidates who have owned full project lifecycles, not just supported them. Prioritize demonstrating measurable outcomes: cost savings, on-time delivery rates, or scope management wins. PMP or equivalent certification strengthens your candidacy, as does evidence of mentoring junior project staff. Tailoring your resume to reflect strategic impact rather than task completion is what separates senior applicants from the mid-level pool.
Which companies hire senior level service project managers?
Companies hiring senior level service project managers right now include WSP, Mphasis, and Volvo, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, hiring tends to come from large enterprises, managed service providers, and consulting firms that run complex, multi-client or multi-site service operations requiring experienced leadership.
Are there remote senior level service project manager jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by industry and employer. About 0% of senior level service project manager openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting broader adoption of distributed project leadership across service-oriented organizations. Roles tied to on-site client delivery or facilities management are more likely to require in-person presence, while technology and professional services firms tend to offer more flexibility.
What makes a service project manager role senior level?
Senior level service project manager roles are defined by scope, ownership, and influence. These positions carry accountability for project outcomes rather than execution of assigned tasks, often overseeing multiple workstreams or leading other project managers. Employers expect deep familiarity with service delivery frameworks, the ability to manage executive stakeholders, and a demonstrated history of resolving escalations and driving process improvement independently.
Which industries hire the most senior level service project managers?
Senior level service project manager roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Energy, and Automotive, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on senior project leadership to manage long-term client relationships, complex service contracts, and operational scale that junior project staff are not equipped to handle independently.