Sr. Project Manager

🌟 Senior Strategic Project Manager | Remote, United States | Pax8 Drive Strategic Transformation at the Centre of Pax8's Growth Join Pax8 as a Senior Strategic Project Manager and help shape the future of the world's leading AI and cloud marketplace for small and medium-sized businesses. This is an opportunity to lead business-critical initiatives that influence our global strategy, accelerate innovation, and create meaningful impact across the organisation. As Pax8 continues its AI journey, you'll work at the forefront of transformation while growing your own expertise alongside emerging technologies and industry-leading talent. Why This Role Matters You'll become part of our world-class Strategy & Operations team, partnering with leaders across the business to bring clarity, structure, and momentum to complex strategic initiatives. This role offers visibility across the organisation and the opportunity to influence how Pax8 scales, evolves, and delivers exceptional outcomes for partners, vendors, and customers. At Pax8, you'll work in a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ambitious ideas are encouraged and where innovation is embedded into how we operate. What You'll Be Doing 🔹 Lead high-impact strategic programmes and transformation initiatives from concept through delivery. 🔹 Build and maintain comprehensive project plans that align business priorities, timelines, resources, and outcomes. 🔹 Partner with executive stakeholders to ensure programmes remain focused on delivering measurable business value. 🔹 Create structure and governance frameworks that promote effective decision-making and programme transparency. 🔹 Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and obstacles while proactively driving solutions. 🔹 Coordinate cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and accountability across multiple workstreams. 🔹 Monitor programme performance through metrics, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives. 🔹 Support organisational change efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working. 🔹 Drive operational excellence by improving workflows, enhancing efficiency, and embedding best practices. 🔹 Ensure quality delivery while balancing stakeholder expectations, strategic priorities, and business objectives. The Impact You'll Make Your work will directly influence Pax8's ability to execute strategic priorities, accelerate growth, and deliver transformational outcomes across the business. By bringing clarity to complexity and aligning teams around shared objectives, you'll help strengthen organisational performance and create long-term value for our partners, customers, and employees. What Success Looks Like We're looking for someone who brings: ✅ Extensive experience leading complex projects, programmes, or transformation initiatives in fast-paced environments. ✅ Demonstrated consulting, strategy, operations, or business transformation experience. ✅ Strong expertise in programme governance, execution planning, stakeholder engagement, and business operations. ✅ Proven ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior leaders and executive stakeholders. ✅ Strong understanding of project delivery frameworks, including Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, Design Thinking, and Waterfall approaches. ✅ Experience using project management platforms such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Wrike, Jira, Confluence, Asana, or similar tools. ✅ Exceptional problem-solving, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills. ✅ Strong financial and budget management capabilities. ✅ Experience leading organisational change and driving successful adoption of new initiatives. ✅ Ability to build trusted relationships, navigate complexity, and deliver results through collaboration. ✅ A bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience. Trust and Hiring At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire. To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you. We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process. Inclusion Matters We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in United States. Benefits Compensation Range: $95,200 - $136,000 (or more depending on experience) Competitive compensation package aligned to experience and market benchmarks. • Annual bonus opportunity • Equity participation through stock options • Comprehensive healthcare coverage • Dental and vision insurance • Retirement savings plan with company support • Flexible paid time off • Paid holidays • Professional development opportunities • LinkedIn Learning access • Employee wellbeing resources and coaching support • Global collaboration and career growth opportunities • Employee recognition programmes and company celebrations Grow Your Career with Pax8 There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organisation. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential. Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive — and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level. About Pax8 Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life. Background Checks As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records. Equal Opportunities Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Privacy notice: Expected Closing date: 10/02/2026 At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust‑based relationships — starting with how we hire. To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you’re applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we’re excited to meet you. Perks: At Pax8 we believe that your Total Rewards should include a benefits package that shows how much we value our greatest assets. All FTE Pax8 people enjoy the following benefits: 401(k) with Company Match Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Employer-Paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance Flexible Open PTO Paid Sick Leave Paid Parental Leave RTD EcoPass (eligible Colorado-based employees) Please take a moment to review our Proprietary Rights and Non-Competition Agreement — this document outlines important information about your rights and responsibilities if you join our team. Job Applicant Privacy Notice