Job description

Job Description:

Major Purpose:

• Responsible for the successful delivery of smaller strategic or larger tactical projects which are generally of moderate complexity.
• Utilizes and provides project management expertise to direct, with personal involvement, work assignments involving the work teams.
• Establishes priorities and gathers the resources necessary to staff any team leaders as well as the work teams.
• Directs, with personal involvement, the design of major components involved in the project.
• Directs, with personal involvement, the technology to be deployed on project; sometimes introducing new technology. Integrates and coordinates with user groups, business management, or I.T. management.

Projects meet some or all of the following criteria:

• 6 to 12 persons on the project team; 3 to 6 disciplines involved; multiple facilities within Division are involved; scope in dollars is $500,000 to $5,000,000 and is determined on budget, revenues generated, savings, etc.)

Major Duties:

Ensures project quality by adhering to standards in development, testing and, quality methodologies assuring integration with other systems.

• Develops, tracks, and meets the capital and expense budget, generally at the project level.
• Provides day to day work direction and assistance to a group of professional staff, primarily in the context of work needed against project plans.
• Determines resources needed to assure successful completion of project and secures resources from others (project leader/champion, process owner, division leader, etc.).
• Assists in coaching and developing team members. Provides performance input to team members' managers.
• Monitors ongoing project status and maintains communication with business partners or stakeholders regarding the project status.
• Nature of projects requires significant communications outside the immediate project team.
• Looks for process improvement and process definition opportunities and leads others in adhering to existing processes and contributing to their improvement.
• Participates in the project planning process of new products/services and/or major improvements to existing products/services.
• Develops the project plan and leads the project team in executing that plan.
• Applies a solid foundation in project management and executing that plan.
• Applies sophisticated project management discipline and experience.
• Project plan developed by focusing on project definition, scope, business requirements, cost, completion dates, resource allocation, and quality/reliability.
• Uses sophisticated risk management, communication strategies, etc. as part of managing to the success of projects.
• Builds project management skills in others.
• Contributes generally heavily to the technical decisions of the team. If not, gets the right technical talent applied.
• Assists in resolution of difficult technical issues whether within the company or with outside suppliers.
• Frequently is also responsible for establishing the overall technical direction for projects.

Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:

• Understanding of applications development environment, database, data management and infrastructure capabilities and constraints.
• Understanding of activities, their sequence and measurement, and the ability to facilitate implementation of process and participate in process.
• Skill in interpersonal communications, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• Business process knowledge of assigned area(s) and/or function(s).
• Understanding of computer technology, methodology, and full life-cycle development.

Education:

• Degree in an Information Technology discipline or equivalent experience. - University Degree (4 years or equivalent)

Work Experience:

• Experience implementing major Information Technology programs or projects that are broad in scope or multi-unit/cross divisional. (4 - 7 years)
• Information technology experience and/or business experience. (4 - 7 years)
• Experience in Project management and business planning. (Small Projects)
• Project management experience including plan development, budget management, team management, requirements gathering, delivery and deployment. (1 - 3 years)

Specific Position Requirements

• Highly effective communication skills and successful experience working with multiple software teams on complex projects is required.
• Formal development experience is not required, but high technical aptitude is desired.
• Must be able to understand technical requirements and translate them to business needs.
• Experience working with and across multiple agile teams and engineers required.
• Rally experience a plus.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity/affirmative action Employer (m/f/d/v) supporting workforce diversity.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour

Work Location: One location

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