Project Manager

Company: BirchStreet Systems
Location: Newport Beach, CA 92660

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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.