Americas Lenders Compliance Senior Project Manager

Mission

The Senior Engineering Project Manager is responsible for leading complex projects, overseeing project teams, and acting as a key contact between the company, staff, and subcontractors to ensure successful project completion. This role focuses on high-value projects, ensuring delivery aligns with company objectives and timelines. The ideal candidate will manage environmental studies, environmental monitoring and modeling, compliance assessments, due diligence, and audits to evaluate compliance with Italian and European regulations and Project Financing standards on Environmental and Social fields. #LI-KM

Key Accountabilities

Project Execution:

• Define project objectives, scope, and deliverables, creating a roadmap for successful project execution.
• Manage resources, timelines, and activities across multiple teams to maintain alignment with project goals.
• Provide strategic oversight, resolving high-level project issues, and keeping leadership informed.

Resource Management:

• Engage with department leads to ensure resources are available when needed.
• Monitor resource utilization to avoid overburdening team members and identify areas requiring support discussing it with respective department leads.

Client and Stakeholder Communication:

• Serve as a senior contact for client communication, managing expectations and building trust.
• Provide comprehensive progress reports and risk assessments to clients and stakeholders.
• Act as a liaison between project teams and senior leadership, facilitating information flow and alignment.

Financial Oversight:

• Control project budgets, analyzing financial performance, and adjusting spending as required.
• Prepare financial reports and projections, ensuring leadership is aware of budget impacts.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities, proactively managing costs to maintain profitability.

Risk and Quality Management:

• Oversee risk management processes, identifying, prioritizing, and addressing risks.
• Ensure quality standards are met by establishing control measures and conducting regular checks.
• Lead root cause analysis for any project issues, implementing corrective actions where necessary.

Supervision and Guidance:

• Operate with minimal oversight, demonstrating initiative in handling complex project challenges.
• Provide mentorship to associate project managers, sharing best practices and lessons learned.
• Ensure team members are empowered and supported in their roles, fostering professional development.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Environmental or Chemical Engineering, or Environmental Sciences, or related.
• 10+ years of experience in an engineering or technical role within a project setting, ideally with exposure to cross-functional teamwork, Client portfolio with International Development Financial Institutions (DFI), Commercial Banks and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs)
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, with the ability to tailor approaches based on project requirements.
• Advanced skills in managing schedules, resources, and budgets effectively.
• In-depth understanding of project lifecycle management, including requirements gathering, risk management, quality control, and change management.
• Previous experience in managing projects in the field of Environmental and Social Lenders Compliance, knowledge of IFC performance Standards and IADB Environmental and Social Standards
• Proficiency with contracts, client management, and vendor relations.

Competencies