Project Manager III

Project Manager III - PMO Team Leader Position Summary The Project Manager III - PMO Team Leader performs all responsibilities of a Project Manager II while serving as a senior resource within the Project Management Office. The role combines advanced project leadership with business health oversight, operational accountability, customer engagement, and mentorship of Project Managers and Project Coordinators. The PMO Team Leader acts as a force multiplier for the Program Manager II by helping drive consistency, visibility, and accountability across the PMO while maintaining ownership of assigned customer programs. The position serves as a key resource for revenue planning, billing performance, pipeline integrity, backlog accuracy, vLab forecast accuracy, customer satisfaction, and project execution excellence. This role has no direct supervisory authority and does not perform personnel management functions. Success is achieved through influence, collaboration, mentorship, business acumen, and leadership by example. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Project Management Leadership

• Perform all duties and responsibilities associated with the Project Manager II position.
• Manage critical, strategic, high-visibility, and complex customer programs.
• Lead project planning, execution, risk management, and customer communications for assigned programs.
• Support project recovery initiatives and corrective action planning when projects encounter execution challenges.
• Serve as a senior resource to Project Managers for complex project management issues.
• Promote consistent execution of PMO best practices and standardized project management processes.

PMO Team Leadership and Mentorship

• Provide guidance, coaching, and mentorship to Project Managers and Project Coordinators.
• Assist team members in resolving project execution challenges.
• Share best practices, lessons learned, and project management techniques.
• Support onboarding and development of new PMO team members.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across the project management team.
• Serve as a trusted resource for project planning, customer communication, and risk management activities.

Revenue Forecasting and Business Health

• Assist in maintaining accurate revenue forecasting across the PMO.
• Review forecast assumptions and identify potential risks, gaps, or inconsistencies.
• Promote forecasting discipline and reporting accuracy throughout the PMO.
• Identify opportunities to improve forecast reliability and revenue realization.
• Monitor assigned projects to ensure achievement of financial objectives.
• Support monthly revenue planning and forecasting activities.

Unbilled Invoice Management

• Monitor aging unbilled invoices and billing performance metrics.
• Assist Project Managers in identifying and resolving obstacles to invoice generation.
• Coordinate with Operations, Engineering, Finance, and laboratory personnel to facilitate billing readiness.
• Identify trends resulting in delayed customer invoicing.
• Support initiatives to improve billing timeliness and reduce revenue leakage.
• Promote accountability surrounding project completion and invoice release activities.

Pipeline Accuracy and Project Readiness

• Assist with maintaining accurate project pipeline data.
• Coordinate with Business Development and Operations to improve project readiness for execution.
• Validate project handoff information and startup requirements.
• Support visibility of future workload, resource requirements, and customer demand.
• Identify risks associated with upcoming project starts and resource constraints.

Backlog Integrity and Portfolio Visibility

• Assist with maintaining backlog accuracy and reporting consistency.
• Monitor project status alignment with backlog reporting.
• Identify projects requiring closure, adjustments, scope updates, or data corrections.
• Support periodic backlog reviews and reporting activities.
• Escalate significant discrepancies impacting PMO business visibility.

vLab Forecast Accuracy and Schedule Coordination

• Support maintenance of accurate vLab forecasts and scheduling information.
• Coordinate with Operations and the Master Scheduler to improve schedule alignment.
• Identify scheduling conflicts and execution bottlenecks impacting customer commitments.
• Assist Project Managers in proactively addressing resource availability concerns.
• Promote efficient utilization of laboratory resources and testing capacity.

Customer Engagement and Escalation Support

• Serve as a senior customer-facing representative of the PMO.
• Participate in executive customer reviews, project reviews, and status meetings.
• Support Project Managers during challenging customer situations or project escalations.
• Assist with developing customer recovery strategies and communication plans.
• Promote customer satisfaction through proactive communication and responsive issue resolution.
• Help maintain strong relationships with strategic customers and key accounts.

PMO Operating Rhythm Support

• Assist the Program Manager II in executing PMO operating cadence activities.
• Participate in project reviews, business reviews, and operational planning activities.
• Monitor completion of PMO action items and commitments.
• Promote accountability regarding project status reporting and business metrics.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities requiring PMO attention.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on project execution and business performance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Project Management

• Advanced project management knowledge and application.
• Strong understanding of scope, schedule, risk, quality, and stakeholder management.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects simultaneously.
• Strong project recovery and escalation management skills.

Business Acumen

• Revenue forecasting and planning.
• Backlog management and reporting.
• Billing processes and invoice readiness.
• Pipeline management and project readiness.
• Business metric analysis and trend identification.
• Resource planning and operational coordination.

Leadership and Influence

• Mentoring and coaching.
• Cross-functional leadership without formal authority.
• Problem-solving and decision support.
• Conflict resolution and consensus building.
• Organizational awareness and business judgment.

Customer Relationship Management

• Executive communication skills.
• Customer presentation and facilitation.
• Escalation management.
• Strategic relationship development.
• Customer satisfaction improvement.

Minimum Qualifications Education Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience

• 6+ years of progressively responsible project management experience.
• Demonstrated success managing complex customer programs.
• Experience supporting revenue forecasting, backlog management, and project financial performance.
• Proven ability to mentor and influence peers.
• Experience coordinating with Operations, Engineering, and Finance organizations.
• Strong customer-facing communication and relationship management experience.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

EEO Policy Statement:

It is the policy of Element US Space & Defense to offer Equal Employment Opportunity to all individuals without regards to race, creed, ancestry, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national origin, physical disabilities, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V