Project Manager – Business Transformation

AWP Safety is North America’s leading traffic control and work zone safety partner, protecting the crews who build our infrastructure and the communities that rely on it. With more than 10,000 Protectors across the U.S. and Canada, we support construction, utility, municipal, and infrastructure projects with dependable traffic control services that keep people safe and keep projects moving.

Safety is Life at AWP Safety. Our people are the core of our business, and every role directly supports our mission to protect workers, drivers, and communities. Many team members start in entry-level traffic control or flagger positions, where we provide paid training, industry-leading safety practices, and opportunities to advance into leadership and operations roles.

We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven organization committed to operational excellence, customer service, and continuous improvement. If you want a career where your work truly matters—and where safety, teamwork, and development are top priorities—you belong at AWP Safety.

 

AWP Safety is seeking a senior-level Project Manager – Business Transformation to serve as a critical extension of the Vice President of Transformation, accountable for planning, governing, and executing enterprise-wide business transformation initiatives. This role will lead the day-to-day orchestration of AWP’s largest and most complex business transformation programs--including cross functional coordination and collaboration--and the operating model, process, and organizational changes that follow.

This position goes beyond traditional project management. The Project Manager will function as a transformation leader, translating executive strategy into executable roadmaps, aligning cross-functional leaders, managing enterprise risk and dependencies, and ensuring that transformation outcomes deliver measurable operational, financial, and customer impact.

The role requires comfort operating at VP and executive levels, balancing strategic intent with rigorous execution, accountability, and change adoption across the organization.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Transformation, this role will:

• Act as the primary owner of business transformation execution, accountable for progress, outcomes, and transparency.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across Finance, Operations, Sales, IT, HR, and Field Leadership.
• Provide executive-ready reporting, insights, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Influence priorities, sequencing, and resourcing decisions across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Escalate risks, tradeoffs, and decisions with clarity and data-driven recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

Business Transformation Program Leadership

• Own and manage the enterprise master project plans, including multiple workstreams, interdependencies, and critical path milestones.
• Translate strategic objectives into structured, executable workstreams with clear outcomes, KPIs, and success criteria.
• Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and change impacts; develop mitigation plans and executive decision frameworks.
• Govern scope, budget, timeline, and quality across initiatives with enterprise-level rigor.

Executive & Stakeholder Management

• Partner closely with the Vice President of Transformation to prepare executive updates, board-ready materials, and decision briefs.
• Facilitate alignment across senior leaders with competing priorities, ensuring accountability and commitment to outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to functional leaders on transformation sequencing, readiness, and adoption.

Business Process & Operating Model Transformation

• Lead enterprise process optimization across end-to-end value streams.
• Ensure redesigned processes are operationally sound, scalable, and measurable.
• Drive alignment between process design, organizational structure, roles, and technology enablement.

Technology Enablement & Adoption

• Support enterprise projects and  transformations, with a strong emphasis on adoption and business value realization.
• Coordinate training, job aids, and enablement to support sustained behavioral change.

Metrics, Outcomes & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and report KPIs tied to operational efficiency, financial performance, and customer experience.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to assess ROI, adoption, and lessons learned.
• Drive continuous improvement cycles beyond initial deployment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise project, program, or transformation management.
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale ERP or enterprise system deployments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project or comparable enterprise PM tools.
• Proven ability to operate effectively with VP- and C-suite stakeholders.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect execution to financial and operational outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, influence, and organizational leadership skills.

 

Preferred Experience

• Experience in high-growth, multi-location, or operationally complex environments.
• Prior work in private-equity-backed or transformation-heavy organizations.
• PMP or comparable certification preferred.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The employee must be able to successfully handle the physical demands of this position, which include the following:
• Hours of operation are M-F, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
• 40-hour work week Primarily sedentary or working at a desk
• Occasionally lift and move 10 -25 pounds
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• Proficient literacy
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, or reach with hands and arms

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.