Title: Project Manager with BA skills
Location: Cupertino CA (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 months
Implementation Partner: Infosys
End Client: To be disclosed
Responsibilities:
- Assist current lead Program & Product Manager(s) on helping management of multiple existing work streams on large scale project(s)
- Understand analyze & document business process workflow diagrams both asis and tobe and drive overall business analysis with multiple stakeholders
- Write detailed user stories with acceptance criteria from high level sometimes ambiguous epics
- Manage backlog & release roadmap for multiple cross functional applications working with engineers & business
- Prepare & maintain comprehensive project plans that details all preagreed milestones and dependencies & lead the project independently
- Own User Acceptance testing endend writing test scripts coordinating schedules with geos & technical teams facilitate triage calls obtain signoff & rollout
- Manage and upkeep of cross functional project plans BRDs Test Scripts and other project documents (Full project knowledgebase).
- Assist with project management office aspects as determined by the Program Lead (i.e. various presentations project status reports production support etc)
- Manage communications with geos WW & IT & arrive at common solution
- Ensure that all project deliverables are diligently tracked and managed while meeting time sensitive deadlines
- Tracking and managing project risks actions issues dependencies.
- Multitask numerous projects and/or requirements concurrently and communicate effectively and drive all project tasks when required
- Apply critical thinking to identify potential issues that will impact the progress and proactively address the issues
Qualifications:
- 6 years of experience in business analysis & user focussed product management
- Experience in managing cross functional project roadmaps
- Good time management skills and proven ability in meeting deadlines and working with both technology & business teams in high pressure and resultsdriven environment
- Excellent teamwork skills and ability to influence others and an ability to quickly establish trust and credibility
- High level of professionalism energy and sense of urgency to make things happen
- 5 years of experience on technology focused projects around customer facing application deployment and/or complex mobile app development.
- Experienced in waterfall Agile Scrum Hybrid program management methodologies
- Excellent organizational skills including attention to details and multitasking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detailed knowledge of product development process and life cycle management
- Selfmotivated and proactive with demonstrated sharp learning curve on technical solutions.
- Familiarity with software engineering is a plus
- Experience with data analysis is a plus
Education:
- Bachelors degree
- PMI/PMP certification preferred
- Agile certification preferred