Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Job Description:
As a Project Manager at BirchStreet Systems you will focus on leadership skills and Project Operations while enforcing quality standards.
Experience:
- 3+ years of experience managing large projects requiring multiple resources and budget.
- Has a deep knowledge of Project Management methodologies.
- Has a clear picture of what the Project Life cycle is and what the responsibilities are in each of the stages.
Skills
Project Skills:
- Methodologies – Deeper knowledge of Project Management methodologies; i.e. Scrum, Agile, Kanban, Waterfall, etc.
- PM tools – Proficient use of tools for project tracking, communication, and reporting.
- Standards – Enforcesstandards of quality, communication, and project management as set by the PMO and the Department.
- Project lifecycle – Demonstrated ability to manage a project throughout (start to finish).
- Risk Management – Works with other PMs, Product Management, and Development and other departments in identifying, researching and mitigating potential project risks.
- Schedule creation – Manages and prioritizes resources against a schedule.
- Resource estimations; Understands work required and skills needed.
- Project estimation – Defines and collects success and business metrics
- Identifies, tracks, manages and resolves project issues.
- Multiple projects – Keen awareness of priorities and resource constraints.
- Requirements – Understanding and identifying dependencies while gathering and documenting project requirements.
- Global Awareness – Maintaining a global perspective to understand and discover regional issues.
- Assumptions – Recognize and document assumptions which may jeopardize a project.
Documentation – Maintains high quality documents utilizing templates and formatting in accordance with the PMO methodology.
Personal Skills:
- Communication skills – Effective use of different communication channels.
- Information Sharing – Ensures information is accurate, timely, and includes all necessary parties.
- Able to communicate as effectively with technical resources as with business stakeholders and management.
- Bilingual –professional working (C1) or full working proficiency level (C2) in English is required
- Analytical skills – Ability to digest data from multiple sources to deduce possible outcomes.
- Team Leadership – Effectively addressing conflict management and cohesion.
- Self-confident – Poised; adds value; assertively contributes relevant opinions/thoughts.
- Problem solving – Gathers necessary resources to create solutions and apply them.
- Performs under pressure – Despite tense workload or tight deadlines, calmly aligns resources to meet demands.
Business Acumen:
- Technical environment – Understands the interrelation of business and technology systems.
- Prioritization – Ability to identify how a project matches to a company objective or strategic goal.
- Impact assessment – Awareness of how a project impacts the business.
- Change management – Identifying when to formally obtain authorization to modify a project’s scope and better adapt to new requirements.
Pluses:
- BS in Business, Computer Science/Engineering, or relevant fields.
- Familiarity with PMI standards and the PMBOK.
- PMP or Prince2 Certification.