[Hiring] Associate Project Manager @Argano

Role Description

The Associate Project Manager at Argano is responsible for supporting project management activities within Argano’s Pigment Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) practice. This role plays a crucial role in planning, executing, and closing projects while ensuring they are completed within the established scope, timeline, and budget.

• Lead the successful delivery of complex and strategic Pigment EPM implementations, maintaining accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality, and customer satisfaction across one or more engagements.
• Continue to execute and uphold the standard delivery methodology across active engagements, including project planning, status reporting, risk and issue management, key decision tracking, delivery ceremonies, and overall project governance.
• Serve as the primary delivery leader and trusted advisor for customer stakeholders, building strong relationships and maintaining alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead executive status meetings, steering committees, and strategic customer discussions while driving accountability across both customer and internal teams.
• Act as a senior point of escalation for delivery, customer, and operational issues, proactively resolving challenges to maintain project health and customer confidence.
• Partner closely with Solution Architects, Model Builders, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business requirements, solution design, and successful implementation execution.
• Drive project staffing, resource allocation, and capacity planning activities to ensure successful delivery and effective utilization of resources.
• Support delivery forecasting and project financial performance, including awareness of burn, margin, and overall engagement health.
• Contribute to project estimation, statement of work development, scoping activities, and pre-sales workshops to ensure successful project planning and delivery readiness.
• Develop deep knowledge of Pigment implementation methodologies, deployment strategies, integrations, and platform capabilities to effectively lead complex implementations.
• Mentor and coach consultants and Solution Implementation Managers, providing guidance, knowledge sharing, and support to strengthen overall delivery capabilities and reinforce delivery standards.
• Promote operational rigor and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance delivery processes, governance, and project execution practices.
• Develop a strong understanding of customer priorities and business objectives to proactively identify opportunities for additional phases, support services, and expanded solution capabilities.
• Partner with account teams and sales leadership to support customer retention, drive revenue expansion, and maintain long-term strategic relationships.
• Support pipeline readiness and portfolio planning activities by providing input into staffing, delivery capacity, and future resource requirements.
• Champion customer success and serve as an advocate for both the customer and the delivery organization to ensure positive business outcomes and long-term partnership growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of consulting, project management, or implementation experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional implementations and managing executive stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and strategic customer relationships simultaneously.
• Strong leadership, communication, and relationship management skills.
• Proven ability to drive customer satisfaction, revenue retention, and account growth.
• Experience managing project risks, dependencies, and escalations.
• Experience supporting project estimation, scoping, and staffing activities.
• Strong understanding of delivery methodologies, Agile principles, and project governance.
• Familiarity with portfolio forecasting, capacity planning, and utilization management.
• Knowledge of FP&A, WFP, S&OP, or related planning processes is preferred.
• Strong understanding of Pigment implementation methodologies and Connected Planning concepts.

Requirements

• Agile, Scrum, or PMP certification is preferred.

Company Description

Argano is the first of its kind: a digital consultancy totally immersed in high-performance operations. We steward enterprises through ever-evolving markets, empowering them with transformative strategies and technologies to exceed customer expectations, unlock commercial innovation, and drive optimal efficiency and growth.

Argano is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.