Main Responsibilities of a Senior Technical Project Manager at Specright
Tessa's main responsibilities as a Sr. Technical Project Manager involve a dual focus: managing key customer implementations to ensure projects are "on budget, on schedule," and simultaneously overseeing strategic initiatives within the PMO, "herding cats" to maintain project portfolio momentum and ensure consistent process adherence. This role blends hands-on project management with organizational leadership.
Project Management, Leadership, Strategic Initiatives, Customer Relations, Process Improvement
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Tessa Frey
Sr. Technical Project Manager, PMO Special Projects
Specright
University of California, Irvine - 2013
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History, Art History
Technology
Operations and Project Management
Honors Student, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
Video Highlights
1. Manages projects for key customers, ensuring projects are on budget, on schedule, and meet customer requirements.
2. Leads the project management organization, driving strategic initiatives and ensuring the portfolio moves forward.
3. Focuses on process improvement within the project management organization, including template usage and tool utilization. While not directly managing people, this role heavily influences team success.
Transcript
What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
My job, in a nutshell, is often like herding cats. I have a couple of different roles.
I'm the lead in our project management organization and I also manage projects. On the project management side, I work with key customers to ensure their implementations go smoothly.
This includes making sure they are on budget, on schedule, and that everything happens as it should. I also ensure our customers are happy and all requirements are fulfilled.
Then, on the PMO side, I manage strategic initiatives within our project management organization. I make sure our entire portfolio is moving forward and that people are using our templates and tools correctly. I help with that as well.
While I don't officially manage people, I do manage them indirectly.