Project Manager

DATAMAXIS • Farmington Hills, MI

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About The Position

To plan, organize, and manage one or more small to medium sized projects to meet defined requirements or business objectives.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree with relevant coursework in business or computer science
• Five years' related work experience in project management with prior experience in systems development or support
• Basic knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practice
• Advanced leadership skills
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex problems
• Use independent judgment
• Communicate effectively with internal and external contacts

Nice To Haves

• Certification or advance degree in project management (i.e., Masters Certificate in Project Management or PMP/PMI-ACP-certification)
• Experience working within a SAFe environment

Responsibilities

• Creates project plans, defines scope, creates budgets and timelines, identifies staffing and other resource needs, prioritizes tasks, creates roadmaps, defines strategy, identifies and documents technical and business needs, develops risk mitigation plans, and ensures project objectives meet the defined business requirements.
• Executes project plans by overseeing staff assignments, facilitating meetings with the project team and end users to define and document technical solutions, engages external vendors as necessary, and executes operational readiness activities.
• Monitors and tracks the progress of project deliverables across multiple Agile teams and business units and focuses on regular and timely delivery of value to ensure that established cost, time, and quality goals are met.
• Communicates project status with key stakeholders as needed, leads project team meetings as needed to assess project progress, prepares and distributes ongoing status updates, escalates issues and risk as appropriate, and manages and documents change.
• Coordinates project activities and process definition with the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office and other departments as necessary to improve project team performance and ensure documentation requirements and formats adhere to corporate standards.
• Provides assistance, consultation, and mentoring to other project teams and Enterprise Portfolio Management Office staff.
• Utilize PPM and Agile tools to track and measure project and team progress, productivity, and individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees