Job Title: Project Manager
Location-Type: 100% Remote (Based out of Philadelphia)
Start Date Is: 3 weeks from offer
Duration: 4-5 Month Contract-to-Hire
Compensation Range: $45-51/hour W2
Job Description:
Senior-level Project Manager responsible for leading complex, high-visibility, cross-functional initiatives within a structured, waterfall-driven PMO environment.
This role is a Senior PM and supports high-visibility, compliance-driven initiatives within a structured PMO. The ideal candidate is a consultative, executive-facing Project Manager with deep waterfall experience who can lead complex stakeholder groups and drive clarity in ambiguous environments. Requiring PMs with functional business exposure.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Lead complex, high-visibility projects across business and functional teams
- Partner with senior managers and directors to define business problems and solutions
- Facilitate discovery sessions to clarify scope, risks, and outcomes
- Drive process improvement initiatives including gap analysis and workflow redesign
- Manage vendor-led SaaS system implementations
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans using structured waterfall methodology
- Utilize enterprise PM tools (e.g., SmartSheet, MS Project) for documentation and tracking
- Present updates to steering committees and executive leadership
- Guide change management efforts across compliance-heavy environments
- Ensure proper documentation, risk management, and policy alignment
Requirements:
Must-Haves:
- 7+ years of project management experience (senior-level preferred)
- Strong business-side/functional PM experience (not IT-only)
- Heavy waterfall methodology expertise
- PMP certification strongly preferred
- Experience in documentation-heavy, compliance-driven environments
- Advanced knowledge of PMBOK principles
- Experience leading cross-functional, high-visibility initiatives
- Executive-level presentation and communication skills
- Strong stakeholder facilitation and conflict resolution skills
- Proficiency with enterprise PM tools (SmartSheet, MS Project, etc.)
- Ability to influence without direct authority
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience in healthcare, research, academic, or hospital environments
- Research administration exposure
- Lean Six Sigma or process improvement certification
- Knowledge of BABOK guidelines
- Change management and risk management expertise
- Hybrid waterfall/agile experience (with strong waterfall foundation)
Benefits:
- This role is eligible to enroll in both Mondo's health insurance plan and retirement plan. Mondo defers to the applicable State or local law for paid sick leave eligibility
