• Coordinate all phases of the project life cycle, including initiation, planning, execution, and closure. • Develop schedules using Microsoft Project that accurately reflect the scope of the work and confirm alignment with priorities and resource allocation. The critical path must be defined. • Develop, refine, and lead the overall direction, coordination, implementation, and execution, leveraging life-cycle management processes and procedures to ensure consistency with commitments and goals. • Provide leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams to ensure process clarity, support, accountability, and transparency; review projects and resources weekly and make suggestions when needed to align resources more effectively with project leads. • Gather and define project requirements from internal and/or external teams and translate requirements to technical teams. • Work with cross-functional partners to align resources against project needs and/or work collaboratively to identify and address gaps. • Be responsible for setting clear expectations with the cross-functional team for their respective roles in delivering the defined project(s) on time and within budget, ensuring organizational transparency, accountability, and risk mitigation. • Develop strong relationships with internal team members at all levels to further foster collaboration, transparency, accountability, and risk mitigation. • Manage day-to-day client interactions and expectations for large-scale projects. • Manage and maintain budgets and cash flow and identify billing issues when they arise.