Senior Project Manager (Remote)

Our ultimate goal at ZBeta is to become the most sought-after Security Partner in the world. This drives every decision we make and the most effective way to realize this goal is by garnering a reputation for excellence and innovation in everything we do. ZBeta offers accomplished security professionals the opportunity to work and grow in a collaborative and trust-based environment alongside a team who cares deeply about results. We provide our employees with the opportunity to contribute ideas, implement improvement, and be truly supported in the pursuit of success.

As a Senior Project Manager on our Strategic Accounts Team, you will be responsible for managing security design and installation projects throughout North America. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of the project from initial engagement through project completion, managing multiple projects and scopes of work. You are a resourceful, knowledgeable, and self-motivated security professional who thrives in a collaborative and supportive environment.

ZBeta is a remote-first company with a distributed team. This role is open to individuals based in the United States.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Project Management: Identify project schedule, scope parameters, and oversee security design and implementation per client design requirements and standards. Manage early project initiation activities and develop project security scope, schedule, critical deliverables, and requirements. Manage scheduling, status and tracking of critical project tasks, issues, and deliverables. Prepare, issue, and manage Request for Proposal (RFP) documents for security systems installation scope. Evaluate RFP responses and prepare evaluation reports, to include evaluation criteria, scoring, and recommendation details.
• Design: Perform security site evaluations of potential client properties and review proposed design concepts. Apply client system design standards to in-progress site design, collaborate with client owner and user group stakeholders to define use cases and verify functional requirements, and produce a security functional specification for the project. Review all security system design documentation for compliance with published security requirements, technical standards, and installation standards. Redline documentation with corrections and log issues, as required.
• Client Relationship: Accountable for keeping clients informed of project status, including budget, schedule, issues, etc., and managing the client's expectations around the project design through individual and project team member communication.
• Collaborate: Serve as primary security point of contact for project teams and stakeholders. Attend regular project design, project management, Owner/Architect/Contractor (OAC), and construction meetings. Manage site activation activities for physical security amongst project parties and stakeholders to drive schedule, quality, and cost. Coordinate with ZBeta design resources for the development of complete scope of work documents for security systems procurement and installation.
• Documentation: Produce project status and issues reports and meet with client stakeholders weekly to review and resolve high-priority project issues. Log all instances of issue resolutions that constitute exceptions to the published client security requirements to facilitate effective requirements exceptions reporting and/or requirement document updates.
• Quality Control: Conduct on-site inspections during construction and installation and final acceptance testing of completed systems installation. Manage project lessons learned, site metrics evaluation, and contractor performance evaluations. Review all security system design documentation produced by the system designer for compliance with published security requirements, technical standards, and installation standards. Oversee the delivery of all shop drawings and close-out documentation required from the integrator/contractor.

Requirements

• This is a remote position and the ability to travel up to 20% is required
• 5+ years project management experience leading complex physical security design and installation projects
• Demonstrated working familiarity with low voltage and physical security technology and design concepts
• Demonstrated experience consulting with external clients on complex, aggressively scheduled projects
• Demonstrated excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders, both verbally and in written form
• Demonstrated ability to identify critical path activities, prioritize tasks and deliverables, and realize consistent progress
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software
• Proficiency in Studio and Bluebeam is a plus
• Proficiency in project management tools, such as MS Project, SharePoint, and QuickBase
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Please note, this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
• All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check

Company Overview

ZBeta is a world-class strategic physical security and system design firm. We help our clients transform the professional security function into a model of organizational excellence and empower businesses to perform at their best through effective, inventive, low-friction security solutions.

We are independent and product-agnostic. We resist the appeal of cookie-cutter, path-of-least-resistance solutions and remain uncompromisingly focused on our clients and their business. Our team brings decades of expertise, diverse perspectives, and hundreds of lessons learned to every challenge. Our reputation is built on relationships, our meticulous attention to detail, and our ability to deliver at scale.  

Our company provides competitive compensation based on experience. Our excellent benefits package includes 100% paid premiums on health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a 401k retirement plan, and significant work schedule and workplace flexibility. We are an equal-opportunity and drug-free employer.