Senior Project Manager

About OUTFRONT

We are one of North America's most innovative media companies. We leverage the power of creative excellence, unbeatable locations, and smart audience data to change the game for advertisers. Our purpose as a company is to help people, places, and businesses grow stronger. To do this, we make meaningful connections between brands and people when they are outside of their homes through one of the largest and most diverse sets of out-of-home assets including billboards, transit, and mobile displays across the U.S. We connect diverse audiences across over 150 markets and conduct our business considering all our stakeholders from clients and employees to the communities where we operate. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that promotes the growth of our people. Come join our industry-leading team!

What We Offer

OUTFRONT offers a comprehensive benefits program including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision (including same and opposite-sex domestic partners)
• HSA and FSA plans, Family Benefits, Pet Benefits
• 401(k) Plan with an Employer Match
• Paid Time Off, Commuter Benefits, Educational Assistance
• Robust Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program including seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Job Summary

The Senior Project Manager is a delivery leader within the PMO responsible for executing large, cross-functional IT initiatives using governance standards and reporting frameworks.

This role owns day-to-day delivery for assigned programs by building integrated plans, managing risks and dependencies, and driving predictable milestone achievement.

The Senior Project Manager partners closely with IT leadership, business sponsors, and vendors, contributes to continuous improvement of PMO practices, and is accountable for consistent, high-quality execution across initiatives.

Success in this role means:

• On-time milestone achievement
• Clear ownership across teams
• High-quality, stable releases
• Accurate and transparent executive reporting

Typical Initiatives You May Lead

To calibrate scope, this role typically leads initiatives such as:

• Enterprise application or systems integration initiatives
• Data platform or analytics modernization efforts
• Infrastructure modernization programs
• Vendor-delivered SaaS platform implementations

Typical Project Scale

• 10-30+ cross-functional contributors
• Multi-quarter timelines (6-18 months)
• External vendors and system integrators involved
• Executive-level visibility

What You'll Do

Integrated Planning & Schedule Management

• Develop and maintain a detailed, end-to-end integrated project plan
• Ensure workstreams are clearly sequenced, estimated, and owned
• Monitor and manage the critical path to protect key milestones
• Re-baseline plans as needed while maintaining timeline discipline
• Align business, IT, and vendor plans into a single integrated delivery view

Driving Execution & Completion

• Facilitate clear commitment alignment across teams
• Monitor milestone health and identify early indicators of slippage
• Surface trade-offs and decisions required to protect timelines
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies to prevent bottlenecks
• Support structured cutovers, testing cycles, and go-live events

Risk, Dependency & Issue Management

• Maintain a live RAID log with clear mitigation owners and target dates
• Proactively identify cross-team and vendor dependencies
• Escalate risks thoughtfully and with proposed resolution paths
• Prevent last-minute surprises through disciplined follow-up

Executive and Stakeholder Communication

• Provide concise, data-driven status reporting
• Clearly articulate risks, trade-offs, and timeline impacts
• Facilitate steering committee meetings
• Build strong working relationships across business and technology teams

Agile and Delivery Discipline

• Lead Agile delivery practices across one or more teams
• Facilitate sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog prioritization
• Track velocity, burn rates, and milestone readiness
• Drive estimation discipline and forecasting accuracy
• Operate within PMO governance and reporting standards

Required Experience

• 7+ years managing large, cross-functional IT or digital initiatives
• Proven delivery of multi-quarter, cross-functional programs
• Experience leading Agile delivery across multiple teams
• Strong working knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid models
• Hands-on experience building and managing integrated project plans
• Experience managing vendor and third-party delivery partners
• Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and enterprise collaboration tools

Critical Skills & Traits

• Organized with strong attention to detail
• Structured, disciplined approach to planning and execution
• Clear and confident communicator
• Strong ownership mindset
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity while maintaining plan integrity
• Collaborative and solutions-oriented

Preferred

• PMP strongly preferred
• CSM, PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification
• Experience in enterprise IT, systems integration, platform delivery
• Experience contributing to PMO standards or delivery governance frameworks

OUTFRONT Media is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

OUTFRONT Media Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

All applicants shall receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. Please refer to the OUTFRONT Media Affirmative Action policy statement.