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ID #17220407
State Florida
City Saintpetersburg
Job type Contract
Salary USD Market Market
Source Software Management Consultants, Inc.
Showed 2021-07-24
Date 2021-07-23
Deadline 2021-09-21
Category Et cetera
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Project Manager - Project Manager, Agile, SaaS, JIRA

Florida, Saintpetersburg, 33701 Saintpetersburg USA

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Job Description: Technical Project Manager

Job purpose

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals. They are responsible for providing project planning and management for these initiatives. They ensure that projects are completed to specification, within an established time frame and budget. They use their industry and development expertise to improve all aspects of project planning and resource management.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management
  • Apply, promote and contribute to Agile delivery methodologies, standards and tools
  • Responsible for various project reporting consisting of tracking Estimates versus Actuals and Managing to Earned Value, using Burndown Charts
  • Facilitate the definition of the project scope, project management/SDLC approach, milestones, tasks, deliverables and resource requirements
  • Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, risk and issue logs, budget/ongoing project forecast of resources and materials and other project related artifacts
  • Oversee the daily tasks of highly technical personnel while ensuring active momentum toward established milestones
  • Effectively negotiate project resource needs and competing priorities independently of management
  • Create and execute strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning
  • Manage, assess, and negotiate project scope changes
  • Ensure that assigned projects are delivered in compliance with all department standards, policies, and guidelines
  • Apply appropriate levels of methodology tailoring to meet project-specific needs, while still operating within the standard project management framework
  • Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise members of the project team and pure-play project managers
  • Escalate issues that require executive, management or business attention
  • Manage vendor performance and drive deliverables to meet agreed upon target dates and levels of quality
  • Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goals
  • Ensure business engagement throughout the project, project decision making, managing scope/budget changes, business requirements elicitation and prioritization, acceptance testing, training, etc.
  • Attend conferences and training as required to maintain proficiency
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

    Qualifications
  • 10+ years working experience in project management
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Demonstrated track record of success at delivering software development projects on time, within budget, and with high quality
  • Knowledge and application of industry standard project management principles and methodologies
  • Experience delivering solutions using various Software Development Lifecycles
  • Exceptional organizational, communication, and time management skills
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Experience working with internationally distributed teams preferred
  • Experience delivering SaaS solutions preferred
  • Ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks
  • Positive and professional attitude
  • Ability to engage relevant stakeholders across functions to document and communicate impediments
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and take accountability in work
  • Ability to rapidly learn and administer new workflow systems or toolsets with minimal supervision
  • Prior experience with both Agile and waterfall SDLCs
  • Familiarity with Project Management groupware like Jira, Asana, and/or MS Project
  • Agile certifications a plus
  • PMP Certification a plus
  • Masters degree in Project Management or Technology field or commensurate experience required
  • An individual must be able to perform each Essential Function of the job satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the Essential Functions

    The Physical Requirements for this position include being able to constantly operate a computer, frequently communicate within the company, frequently communicate with customers or potential customers, occasionally remain in a stationary position, and occasionally transverse about inside the office.Required Skills: SAAS; MS PROJECT; AGILE; SDLC; Integrtations; Cloud. Don't hesitate! Submit your resume today. SMCI is an EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, marital status, military, and veteran status. Members of minority groups, Vietnam Era Veterans and individuals with mental or physical disabilities are encouraged to contact us regarding employment opportunities. In addition, in order to support the provision of business to minority-owned and Women-owned businesses (MWBE), such MWBE are encouraged to contact us regarding subcontracting business opportunities with our firm. (No third parties, please)(H1 sponsorship currently unavailable)(Local candidates only, please)

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