Senior Project Manager

Job Description

The ideal candidate is an experienced professional who bridges the gap between high-level business strategy and tactical execution, has a strong grasp of macro business outcomes, and has a natural ability to coach and mentor junior talent. You are a data-first professional who leverages modern tooling—including advanced data analytics and AI execution—to build robust reporting frameworks and dashboards. You are highly comfortable interacting with senior leaders and thrive in an environment that rewards critical thinking, adaptability, and continuous learning.

Strategic Execution & Leadership

• Manage complex, cross-functional initiatives from inception to delivery, ensuring tight alignment with overarching business goals and ROI.
• Champion PMO methodologies, continuously refining processes, governance, and templates to increase organizational velocity and maturity.
• Anticipate project risks and bottlenecks, proactively developing mitigation strategies before they impact business operations.

Team Mentorship & Coaching

• Act as a core mentor to junior PMs, accelerating their professional development and upgrading the team’s collective execution capabilities.
• Conduct process and framework reviews for the broader team, ensuring high standards of project management hygiene across all workstreams.

Advanced Data, Metrics & Reporting

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and operational metrics that provide leadership with clear, actionable insights.
• Utilize advanced data manipulation techniques within Google Sheets, writing complex formulas and leveraging AI tools (e.g., LLMs, advanced data analysis prompts) to optimize data structures and automate reporting workflows.
• Translate dense project data into high-level strategic narratives for executive consumption.

Executive Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leadership, confidently presenting project statuses, risk profiles, and strategic recommendations.
• Navigate ambiguous, high-stakes situations with emotional intelligence, discretion, and a constant focus on business impact.

Project Management

• Demonstrate best practices for developing and managing schedules and understand risks, interdependencies and the critical path.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders (internal and external) to obtain buy-in, resolve conflicts and drive successful delivery of projects.
• Manages expectations of project stakeholders with timely communication/escalation of risks/issues, their impact, and mitigation/corrective actions.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• 7+ years of progressive project/program management experience, preferably with experience in Service - Implementation, Telecommunications, Radio Communications, or Aerospace/Defense preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or similar is preferred.
• Demonstrated competency with a project management tool (e.g. MS Project, Primavera, Smartsheet).
• Deep understanding of how project deliverables impact the broader business operations, P&L, and strategic objectives.
• Advanced expertise in Google Sheets (complex formulas, nested functions, data modelling) combined with a demonstrated ability to use AI tools to augment and accelerate technical workflows.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to command a room, influence stakeholders, and mentor junior peers.
• An insatiable appetite for learning new technologies, methodologies, and business domains.
• Highly organized, structured, and process oriented; team building skills a plus.
• Certified PMP preferred and Agile/Scrum Certification an advantage.

Target Base Salary Range: $140,000-$150,000

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 7+ years of Project Management experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off Packages

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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