Principal Project Manager, Smartsheet
$172.5-221.3k
Dynamic workspace platform for collaboration
Be an early applicant
Dynamic workspace platform for collaboration
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$172.5-221.3k
1001+ employees
Company mission
to empower anyone to drive meaningful change — for themselves, their businesses, and the world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience (PM certification)
- 5+ years of relevant experience in a Project Manager or similar role
- Understanding of project management methodologies and best practice tools - including Smartsheet
- Experience in People Operations / Human Resources, ideally operating at the leadership level managing projects across functions, geographies and timezones and liaising with leaders across the business
- Strong understanding of the business, financials and key value creation initiatives and company priorities
- Experience completing projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline with leading change management activities
- Comfortable working with executives and leaders of multiple functions, company wide and leading org-wide projects as well as key HR projects that impact large parts of the business
- A track record of driving alignment through education and creating awareness across the People function, representing the CPO and PLT and breaking down silos within the function
- 3+ years of experience in crafting communications to inform and ensure alignment within the function and in helping drive consistent and coordinated messaging from the People org to the business
- Worked with other PMs within the People org and across the organization in other functions and./or any centralized PM function to drive key value creation and transformation initiative
What the job involves
- We're looking for a strategic, business minded Principal Project Manager to drive process and efficiency to our People (Human Resources) team work
- You will have a history of collaborating to plan, direct, and implement People programs while delivering an engaging employee experience
- You will be an essential part of our People & Culture team and will report to the Chief People Officer
- Oversee and drive the design, development, documentation, and execution of key company and functional projects to timely completion, representing the people aspects for each project and initiative
- Establish relationships and collaborate with partners to understand their needs and business goals and to share information to help ensure better awareness and alignment against the overall Company and People goals, representing the CPO / People org
- Utilize gathered information to prioritize requests, build requirements, find and assign resources, and track projects through to completion
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks and scope changes
- Lead project-related team meetings, including kick-offs, requirements gathering, status updates, and internal/business reviews. Clearly communicate actions and next steps to ensure alignment and progress
- Anticipate and advise on project risks, and lead the development and implementation of mitigation strategies
- Drive process improvements and efficiencies to achieve operational goals
- Promote understanding across partners around project status, spend, priorities, and resource allocation
- Guide decision-making processes with business partners to achieve project objectives
- Iterate and scale systems and projects to meet Smartsheet's global needs
- Conduct post-project retrospectives to capture learnings and implement improvements for future initiatives
- Manage team capacity by understanding the current state of the project pipeline and making data-driven trade-offs
- Coordinate with internal teams such as legal, compliance, payroll and product to align work with proposed schedules and long-term security strategies
Our take
With teams increasingly moving to remote work across many industries, companies have been reaching for tools to keep operations smooth and communications open. Founded in 2005, Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform helping a vast range of companies, from small businesses to large enterprises, plan, track, and report on work.
Like other team collaboration software companies Lucid and Atlassian, Smartsheet saw strong growth between 2020-2022, achieving almost 40% year on year revenue increases through 2022. If the company can continue this success, it stands to make real gains in a global team collaboration market expected to be worth about $20 billion by 2028.
Smartsheet has embedded itself across various industries, with deep integrations with applications from the likes of Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, and Microsoft, leading to it being the first work management sector Unicorn to reach $1 billion in recurring annual revenue in 2024. Whilst remaining broad in application, it is also expanding and upgrading its product offerings; this may prove crucial in further distinguishing itself from well-backed startups like Monday.com and Asana as they begin jostling for market space.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2017
$53.9m
SERIES F
May 2014
$35m
SERIES E
Total funding: $121.4m
Company benefits
- Lucrative Employee Stock Purchase Program (15% discount)
- 401k Match to help you save for your future (50% of your contribution up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
- Monthly stipend to support your work and productivity
- Flexible Time Away Program, plus Incidental Sick Leave
- Up to 24 weeks of Parental Leave
- Personal paid Volunteer Day to support our community
- Opportunities for professional growth and development including access to LinkedIn Learning online courses
- Company Funded Perks, including a counseling membership, primary care membership, local retail discounts, and your own personal Smartsheet account
- Teleworking options from any registered location (role specific)
- HSA, 100% employer-paid premiums, or Buy-up medical/vision and dental coverage options for full-time employees
- Equity - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) with all offers
- US employees are automatically covered under Smartsheet-sponsored life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability plans
- US employees receive 12 paid holidays per year
Company HQ
West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
Articles
Leadership
Mark Mader
(President & CEO)Having studied at Dartmouth, Mark spent 2 years as a Greenwich Associates Research Associate before 10 years at Onyx Software. They then founded Smartsheet in 2005 as CEO.
Brent Frei
(Board Member)Brent worked at Motorola and Microsoft for 4 years before founding Onyx Software in 1994 and Smartsheet in 2005. They have been a Board Member since, alongside working as CEO of TerraClear.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 38 more jobs at Smartsheet