Job Description

Project
Manager, Project Orion, GISI Consulting Group

About GISI
Consulting Group and Palladium

GISI Consulting
Group (GISI CG) is a top 10 global provider of program and project management
and engineering consulting services delivering outcomes and solutions for some
of the most complex challenges. We deliver services in infrastructure & mobility, earth
& water, and government & society segments across more than 100
countries. With over 5,000 projects
annually and a global team of over 11,000 professionals, our advisory,
consulting, design and program management capabilities enable us to create a safer
and more sustainable world. Learn more about GISI CG at https://gisiconsulting.com/.

Palladium, a GISI company, works to design, develop and deliver positive
impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access
to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and
transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges;
and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a
workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff around the world. This
role will be hired through Palladium, an operational platform for GISI CG.

This Opportunity

Project Orion is GISI Consulting Group’s
strategic technology transformation program focused on creating a single,
standardized IT operating environment across its operating companies through
governance alignment, technology standardization, service consolidation, cybersecurity
integration, and migration to a centralized Microsoft 365 tenant. The
initiative is designed to improve business and IT alignment, simplify
technology operations, establish common architectures and service models, and
enable a future global IT-as-a-Service organization.

GISI CG is seeking a Project Manager, Project
Orion to support their efforts to standardize, simplify and unify its
operating company’s IT infrastructure into a single, centralized environment. The
role will provide management support to the project’s activities, including all
active workstreams. The PM will monitor and control the project’s
implementation, ensuring the activities are completed on time.

Please note this is a corporate fixed-term 12-month
role with the potential for extension.

Location

The position is based in GISI's Arlington, VA office. Candidates must have current work authorization in
the US as we are unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

This is a hybrid position, with most work undertaken remotely. The
successful candidate will be expected to attend the office from time to time,
including on short notice, so applicants must live within commuting distance of
the office.

Compensation

The full-time
annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $90,000 to $98,000.
Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on various factors,
including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience,
skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium’s business or organizational
needs.

Reporting Lines

• The Project Manager reports to the SVP, IT Operations
  
• This role will work closely with workstream leaders, key project stakeholders, and is part of GISI CG’s Project Orion’s implementation team
  

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintain and
  monitor compliance with Project Orion’s consolidated workplan, tracking
  milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery gates
  
• Ensure alignment
  between activities of the active workstreams
  
• Coordinate
  activities between the project’s leadership and the different workstreams,
  facilitating the logistics for meetings, planning sessions, workshops, and
  execution reviews
  
• Maintain decision
  logs, action logs, and approval records
  
• Resolve scheduling
  conflicts and resource constraints between workstreams
  
• Support decision
  gate activities, ensuring all operational, technical, communications, and
  change management requirements have been met
  
• Maintain the
  project’s risk register, including tracking mitigation actions and
  resolution plans
  
• Monitor readiness
  gaps that could impact timeline, costs, or operational continuity
  
• Track resource
  utilization across workstreams and budget compliance
  
• Provide weekly and
  monthly status reports and any other as needed
  
• Report milestone
  progress, resourcing status, risks, decisions, and budget impacts
  
• Support executive
  reviews and governance meetings with fact-based reporting
  

Essential
Criteria

• Significant PMO experience in managing projects,
  preferably in the IT sector
  
• Demonstrated experience applying methods and
  tools within defined project management approaches (PMBOK, Prince 2, etc.)
  
• Experience supporting and managing formal project
  governance processes, including scheduling, documenting, and reporting
  
• Strong analytical and problem-solving
  capabilities with the ability to translate technical risks into business
  impact
  
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives and
  priorities across different operating companies
  
• Excellent communication, presentation,
  stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills
  
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
  and strong organizational and planning skills
• Ability to work independently while collaborating
  effectively within a global team environment
  

Desirable
Criteria

• Experience working across a global business
  

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to
apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found. Please
note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should
you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or
you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please
email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will
be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define
Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our
people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed
to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium
are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.