Senior Technical Project Manager

by netways Thu Dec 27, 2012 1:51 am

1) Job description:

Seeking a 5+ years Project Manager Experience responsible to develop & implement strategic plans for the Project Management Office that will have a differentiated impact on the organization. Besides, be able to execute project plans throughout conducting various project management related activities with the knowledge of various project management methodologies such as Project Management Institue (PMI), MSF, SCRUM, etc…

The candidate will have a unique opportunity to work within an innovative & creative team of project managers managed by a highly experienced and talented PMO implementing cutting edge business solutions within various industries and in different locations around the world.

As a member of the Project Management Office, the candidate would work on extending the Project Management Processes adopted within the office, including developing lessons learned, enhanced reporting & communication scheme, software development processes, guidelines and best practices.. This is a mid to senior level project management position, that will be required to juggle multiple projects of average size, scope and risk

2) Responsibilities:

· Taking a lead role in the assessment of the IT commitment resulting from a sales activity identifying all related risks, issues, counter measures, corrective or mitigation acts to be conducted prior to such commitment

· Prepare & Validate project plans

· Provides input to and underwrites the project budget to management

· Acquisition, preparation, assessment, assignment and management of the resources required for the project

· Planning, monitoring and controlling the project through defining and applying project management related methodology

· Define & implement project review, change control and acceptance procedures that conform to the chosen project methodology

· Proactively Indentify project related issues through logging, assessing, prioritizing and conducting corrective actions for resolving the pending issues in subject

· Identify & execute course of actions designed to minimize or avert risk through assessing risk related items building a risk log stating the probability of occurrence and coming up with the risk exposure factor accordingly

· Recommend contingency provisions in the project budget

· Taking accountability for the project financials through assuring and authorizing billable deliverables to be processed for payment

· Managing projects in more than one country distributed among different geographical locations around the world

· Managing virtual teams through conducting remote project management activities

· Conducting pre-sales related activities during the project execution life cycle

· Conducting software quality management techniques & code reviews that would enhance developer productivity

· Technical consultancy on evaluating, proposing and implementing information worker solutions targeting various industries and sectors

· Developing development road maps, project plans, project estimates, Vision Scope, Functional Specification, Design, Project Structure documents, communication plans, Technical & Financial proposals

· Conducting Project Kickoffs, Project Closure Activities, Project Execution Plans, Detailed Development Plans

· Managing People and developing others

· Building strong relationships

· Delivering excellent service

3) Job Requirements:

· Passion, diligence, integrity, and exceptional aptitude

· Proven leadership capability and experience managing teams

· Decision making through predefined authority upon project assignment

· Resource management for projects of medium-to-high scale and leading project teams

· Communicating and influencing through conducting and presenting well-developed communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate and consult with various individuals

· Problem solving skills through conveying well-developed conceptual, analytical, research and evaluation skill, including the ability to provide innovative thinking in solving complex problems

· Team working spirit and acts through being able to work with a high degree autonomy and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

· Ability to analyze business requirements and understand business value

· Experience estimating, planning, designing, and implementing Business Solutions

· 5+ years of project management

· 5+ years of application development experience in some combination of enterprise architecture, software development, systems integration, package implementation, and interaction design

· 3+ years building web application with ASP.NET and VS.NET, including an intimate knowledge of inner workings of the .NET web control and component model.

· 3+ years of C#

· 5+ years of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

· Deep implementation experience in Microsoft technologies used to build end to end solutions

· Broad knowledge of information technology, including but not limited to: distributed transaction processing, middleware, rules engines, and network communication

· Expert-level knowledge and experience in application security, scalability and performance

· Experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle)

· Familiarity with modeling tools and the ability to read and construct basic UML diagrams

· Understanding and experience in implementing of design patterns

4) General Qualifications:

· Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

· Experience leading and mentoring other developers

· Ability to collaborate and communicate with members of other groups

· Experience working in small collaborative groups using Agile methodologies

5) Additional Qualifications:

· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

· Masters degree in a related field preferred

· Microsoft related certifications is a plus And PMP Certification is a plus

· Actively use Project Management Institue Professional Practices