RESPONSIBILITIES

Vary by project but may include:

• Prepare project plans, including task assignment, prioritization, and forecasting – common tools include Gantt charts, MS Project, Excel, and MS Word
• Identify and assign project risks and issues, and track progress toward mitigation or resolution
• Prepare and manage project schedule, which requires balancing inputs such as cross-committed resources and vendor timelines
• Control project scope by gaining initial alignment with sponsors and stakeholders, and minimizing change using strict change control processes and documentation
• Prepare and oversee project budget, including team member, vendor, and product costs
• Establish an environment of planned and unplanned collaboration and communication through status reports, facilitating regular meetings, following-up on tasks and issues, and escalating important information to senior management
• Analyze project control documents (such as project plans and budgets) to determine common project performance metrics like Earned Value, Budget at Completion, Run Rate, and others (based on client need)
• Build and manage internal and external communication plans
• Work with IT and Functional Partners (Product Owners) to ensure priorities and needs are fulfilled within agreed upon terms
• Lead Agile teams and track metrics centered around team performance and code quality
• Forecast delivery results by way of the latest methodologies (i.e. Burn ups) and present to stakeholders
• Implement, train and lead Scrum/Scrum of Scrums (such as SAFE) methodologies by participating in resource hiring, recommending delivery/team structure and gathering metrics to drive behavior
• Onboard new resources through training in a variety of skillsets (SCRUM, SDLC, business process, etc.)
• Assist in knowledge transfer to team members and organizations after as part of Release Management to ensure sustainable levels of high quality service levels
• Continuously evaluate the industry along with customer insights as input into the organization’s SFE solution set and creating business value recommendations for change if so needed
• IT compliance and security related to Sales Solutions (WICO, HIPAA, FDA, SOX)

QUALIFICATIONS

Our best Project Management Associates possess most of the following:

• 3 - 4 years’ relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management, Communications, or similar required
• Must be eligible to work in the US currently and in the future without employer sponsorship
• Strong attention to detail – expected to be point person for project progress, task status, budget forecasts/actuals, milestones, resource plans, and schedules
• Ability to influence others and lead without authority
• Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication, including clear structure and main point communication
• Highly organized – able to manage multiple project plans, dozens of resources, budgets and schedules while maintaining accuracy and handling fine details
• Strong work ethic – willing to work the hardest and go the extra mile to achieve project success and client satisfaction
• Client service mindset – able to put the client and project needs in front of everything else. Must possess positive attitude and do whatever it takes to get the project to the end goal
• Direct experience in working in or within the Commercial domain is preferred
• Track record of experience in planning and managing the finances and schedules of medium-sized projects (>$500k) preferred
• Experience leading Agile Scrum teams is required (CSM is preferred)
• Experience with scaled agile frameworks and knowledge of a Release Train Engineer is a plus
• Ability to coach people in various levels on software delivery processes

Technical understanding of databases, integrations, job scheduling and error handling is required

Ability to operate effectively with partner IT organizations as well as with vendor partners is required

Experience implementing solutions on the Salesforce.com platform is preferred

Client-provided location(s): Atlanta, GA, St. Louis, MO, Raleigh, NC, Minneapolis, MN, Bridgewater, NJ, Morristown, NJ

Job ID:

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2019-02-25T18:06:11.271102