Project Manager

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Job Description

· Responsible primarily for the delivery of the project roadmaps and execution of project plans

· Owns the project roadmaps and coordinates inputs from key stakeholders to influence the roadmaps

· Owns and enforces consistency and best practices in management execution across the project

· Standardizes processes for managing schedule, scope, risks, and dependencies

· Interfaces with lines of businesses to ensure expectations are met and quality of delivery is smooth and efficient

· Maintains accountability for the overall health of the projects across financial, best practices, quality, and delivery spectrums

· Responsible for supporting organizational initiatives as part of overall continuous improvement for the technology organization

· Provides senior level executive communications on status of the project and key risks/mitigation plans

· Resolves issues and blockers for the project and escalates to senior management, as needed

· Builds, owns, and monitors the business case

· Builds and owns the project plans including budgets; monitors project spends including impact to Opex/Capex expenditures

· Manages and coordinates incoming and outgoing dependencies with both internal/external teams.

· Coordinates high-level estimation activities to support development of business cases and other product exploration activities

· Creates cutover/deployment plan with input from engineering teams

· Plans and coordinates go-live activities across engineering teams

· 5+ years of project management experience with technology projects

· At minimum, a BS degree in computer science or other relevant technology fields

· Expert experience in Project Management concepts and strategy

· Experience in Agile methodologies and frameworks, including Scrum and Kanban

· Ability to coach teams on Agile best practices

· Experience with managing scope, schedule, resources, and budgets for multiple projects

· Experience working with multiple business groups to balance expectations

· Experience with risk management and tracking project deliverables

· Knowledge of technical software development and quality engineering concepts

· A track record of successfully delivering projects in a large matrixed organization

· Financial and budgetary skills

· Experience managing systems integrators to deliver quality solutions as well as coordinate test deliverables across teams and manage sign off of test results with support of respective QA lead

· Ability to work collaboratively with teams and possesses a hands-on attitude

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, presentation experience to senior leadership

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Detail oriented and organized

· Experience with production releases, hyper care calls after going live, and prioritizing production issues with business and technical teams

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