Project Manager

AvePoint•Jersey City, NJ

29d•$95,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Beyond Secure. AvePoint is the global leader in data security, governance, and resilience, going beyond traditional solutions to ensure a robust data foundation and enable organizations everywhere to collaborate with confidence. Over 25,000 customers worldwide rely on the AvePoint Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce, and other collaboration environments. AvePoint’s global channel partner program includes approximately 5,000 managed service providers, value-added resellers, and systems integrators, with our solutions available in more than 100 cloud marketplaces. To learn more, visit www.avepoint.com. At AvePoint, we are committed to investing in our people. Agility, passion and teamwork set us up to do our best work and foster a culture where you are empowered to craft your career, make an impact, and own (y)our future. Unleash the power of you! Overview Want a role where you can oversee enterprise-level projects in the fast-paced tech industry? This position is your opportunity to manage a slate of diverse projects of all scopes and sizes for a global organization. What will you be doing? As a Project Manager, your job is to work with cross-functional teams, as well as with external vendors, partners, and customers to fulfil the project deliverables. You will be tasked with developing and managing project schedules, scopes, resources, and monitoring of project health. This includes identifying risks, defining problem solving strategies, and facilitating conflict resolution to ensure our projects are successful from start to finish.

Requirements

BA/BS degree
3-4 years of relevant project management experience
Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget
Manage and advise customer of project scope and objectives, involving relevant business and technical stakeholders to help ensure technical feasibility
Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on knowledge and/or experience in software development and web technologies
Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders, including reporting and escalating to management as needed
Demonstrate leadership leading personalities in cross-functional teams and managing priorities as well as establishing and maintaining relationships with third parties/vendors
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation such as project plans, weekly status reports, etc.
Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills, extremely high attention to detail, ability to manage multiple time-sensitive projects concurrently
Awareness of new and emerging technologies and their potential application to AvePoint’s business and the industry
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project and PWA
Familiarity with CRM systems including Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Fast learner with a passion for technology

Nice To Haves

Certified Scrum Master certification preferred
PMP Certification or PSM are a plus!

Responsibilities

Work with internal stakeholders and external vendors to initiate a project. Clearly define project goal and objective, project scope, deliverables, and prepare project management plan.
Unify team efforts and lead effective team meetings, communication and promote collaboration, resolve conflicts and remove roadblocks from both external and internal counterparts. Work alongside an international team from other regions when necessary.
Identify potential risks early, analyze possible impact, and develop mitigation strategies.
Maintain open and transparent communication with stakeholders. Closely monitor project progress and provide regular updates to various levels of stakeholders.
Manage other day-to-day operational aspects of projects and ad-hoc tasks. Creating and executing project plans and revising them as needed to meet changing needs and requirements.
Identifying and assembling project teams as well as providing leadership and mentoring to ensure effective completion
Effectively applying AvePoint delivery methodology and enforcing project standards.
Minimizing company exposure and risk on projects through early detection, development of contingency plans, and full communication
Maintaining current and complete project management data and documents in the company database; analyzing and reporting project performance metrics
Effectively managing communication across all levels of management (both internally and externally)