Senior Project Lead

Role Overview

The Senior Project Lead is responsible for leading multiple IT projects of medium to high complexity within the Digital Business Solutions organization.
This role ensures that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget, while adhering to the company’s project management framework.
The position demands excellent cross-functional coordination, stakeholder management, and vendor oversight to ensure the success of digital transformation initiatives.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technology-related field; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in IT, with at least 3 years in a project leadership role.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry.
• Strong project management skills and experience with PMO frameworks.
• Deep understanding of core business processes in Oil & Gas.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Proven vendor and contract management experience across the project lifecycle.
• Strong English proficiency, both written and spoken.
  

Responsibilities

1. Lead several IT projects with defined scope, cost, and schedule, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
2. Apply project management best practices aligned with PMO frameworks, from initiation through closure.
3. Define project scope, objectives, and resource allocation in coordination with all relevant stakeholders.
4. Develop and track project schedules, budgets, and deliverables to ensure adherence to plans.
5. Conduct risk and issue management to mitigate potential project disruptions.
6. Manage project changes, ensuring all variations are properly assessed, approved, and communicated.
7. Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage vendor relationships to ensure project deliverables.
8. Foster strong collaboration between technical, operational, and leadership teams for effective execution.
9. Ensure project documentation, reports, and dashboards are accurate and regularly updated.
10. Promote continuous improvement and innovation in project delivery methodologies within the DBS organization.
    
    

Our role in supporting diversity and inclusion
As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.