Technical Project Manager (5-8+ Years Experience)

Company: Lean Industries develops and delivers comprehensive enterprise software solutions designed to lower the costs and improve the quality of managing consumer and fraud disputes, exceptions and adjustments for electronic payment transactions. Our products are highly-configurable workflow-based BPM solutions that are typically deployed on-premise at retail banks, card issuers, and transaction processing companies.

Lean Industries is growing rapidly and we seek self-motivated individuals to be part of our implementation project team.

Not only do we offer competitive compensation packages for people with the skills and motivation we seek, but also a stimulating work environment that only a small, rapidly-growing company can supply.

Locations

Dayton, Ohio (and surrounding area)

Richmond Hill, Ontario (Toronto area)

Remote locations will be considered for the right candidates

Job Type: Full time

Years of Experience: 5-8+ years

Job Description

Overview: a Technical Project Manager at Lean Industries leads software implementation projects. Main responsibilities include:

• Manage the entire execution of projects to ensure success as defined by standards of scope and timeline
• Together with the client, develop project plans that merge customer requirements with company goals and coordinate various managers and technical personnel during all project phases, from initial development through implementation
• Monitor project progress continuously and make detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables; anticipate and articulate project issues and risks, and continuously reports to the management team
• Communicate proactively with all internal and external personnel to identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements
• Detect changes in scope and/or schedule within active projects, assess the impacts, and enforce change control procedures
• Actively collaborate with their software configuration, development, and QA peers throughout the project
• Understand all the artifacts and tools needed for the success of the project implementation; own certain implementation/ configuration tasks

The desired candidate has experience working on enterprise software implementation projects. The candidate has industry experience in retail banking, card issuing, merchant acquiring, and/or similar industry experience in the electronic payments space. The candidate has experience working for rapidly growing technology companies and appreciates the need to multi-task across several concurrent projects.

Requirements

• Must be able to articulate payment processing and retail banking concepts
• Prior experience with software delivery projects required
• Must have a flexible and hands-on approach in order to position yourself between the business and the technical areas of the industry and software implementation projects
• Must be willing to be learn the details of how the software works, namely configuration and testing activities
• Demonstrated experience discovering, collecting and documenting business requirements and specifications
• Prior experience with business process management software, workflow automation software, and robotics technology strongly recommended
• Prior technology experience with relational databases and application servers preferred
• Demonstrates initiative and strong organization with the ability to work autonomously and independently of direct manager oversight
• Customer-oriented and highly cognizant of the importance of customer service
• Exceptional English written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with customers in one-on-one and in large group settings, both onsite and remote
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (including possession of a valid passport), and manage travel itineraries and business travel-related expenses until reimbursed
• Prior experience with, and a preference for working at, a small, growth-oriented company

Tools & Technology

• Microsoft Office products (namely Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• MS Visio
• MS Outlook
• Prior experience with project planning tools a plus, namely MS Project and Atlassian tools (JIRA, ServiceDesk, Confluence)
• Demonstrated experience with online meeting services (namely GoToMeeting, Webex, Skype)

Education & Experience

• Minimum of a 4-year college or university degree, or equivalent work experience of 8 years

Application requirements

• Minimum of three references must be supplied
• Background check required
• Drug testing required

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Project Management: 3 years (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Location:

• Dayton, OH (Preferred)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Additional Compensation:

• Bonuses

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule