Position: #Technical Project Manager III
Work Onsite: Remote
Duration: 3+ months potential extension
Reason for Opening: Peak period
Duties:
- Identify project goals, scope, resource mix, budget, execution workflow, dependencies, DRIVE matrix, tracking/ measurement model, communication plan, change management, risk mitigation, and governance.
- Execute and track projects against set goals, timelines, committed results, quality gates, and performance KPIs.
- Follow effective processes to optimize delivery within an agile environment.
- Identify, escalate conflicts, and resolve them.
- Provide status updates to the project team per governance model as well as cross-organization
- Optimize delivery to mitigate the impact of project constraints.
- Implements medium to large cross-team, multi-year programs and projects.
- Align project plans to roadmap i.e., budgets, resources, dependencies etc.
- Define project metrics, communicate progress, exceptions, and trends to executives.
- Work with development leaders to define, collect and analyze relevant development team project metrics, with an eye toward continuous improvement
- Communicate scope, project roadmap, priorities and key delivery status to project stakeholders and business teams.
- Identify and manage project risks and exceptions.
- Propose mitigation of risks and resolution to exceptions of large scope within the overall project delivery workflow.
- Maintains awareness of industry trends, business conditions, and internal processes and practices to influence the success of project initiatives.
Required Job Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or Engineering.
- 6 10 years of experience in handling technical projects and priorities.
- Understanding of project management tools like ServiceNow SPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Visio, etc.
- Strong problem solving skills and technical aptitude (product feature/function understanding).
- Ability to act creatively, tactically, and strategically.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and associated collaboration focus.
- Strong estimation, scheduling, budget, and resource allocation skills to be able to estimate cross-Business Line delivery.
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to negotiate & persuade key decision makers.
- Strong ability to set clear expectations, manage team performance and build high morale among team members.
- Some Travel may be required to meet with project participants.
Preferred Skills
- PMP Certification or equivalent.
- Experience working in an agile software development environment, and with agile tools such as Jira and TFS a plus.
- Good understanding of Technology stack, product life cycle and automotive industry.
- Experience in collaborating with off-shore agile teams.
- Experience in collaborating across Business | Product Lines
- Detail, action, and process orientation to deliver projects in an iterative fashion and drive initiatives to completion.
Education:
- Batchelor degree or equivalent.