Sr Software Project Manager

BioMerieux • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

Sr. Software Project Managers in IS, lead software development teams by facilitating agile software development ceremonies in partnership with the team Business Analyst. They also act as Release Leads for deployments of software changes including partnering with a Technical Writer to create, update, and gain necessary approvals for deployment paperwork. They work with stakeholders, managers, and portfolio managers to assist in prioritizing and scoping upcoming work as well as report project status frequently to the managers, portfolio manager, and Business Process Owner. This role is also tasked with creating and maintaining high level project plans for cross-team projects and assisting with communicating status, risks, and blockers to higher level leadership. Sr. Project Mangers partner with other PMs to contribute to process definition and improvement and representing compliance to Quality Management processes in audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business, Information Systems, Software Development, or a related field with 5 years of experience in writing and maintaining software or managing software projects: Writing technical documentation for software projects Understanding of software engineering practices, including design, project organization, and configuration management Strong planning, organizational, and writing skills
• OR High School Diploma/GED with 9+ years of experience in writing and maintaining software or managing software projects: Writing technical documentation for software projects Understanding of software engineering practices, including design, project organization, and configuration management Strong planning, organizational, and writing skills
• Consistently upholds and reflects the core ethical principles and values that bioMérieux promotes.
• Ability to work cross-functionally allowing for better collaboration and communication when working across teams to achieve shared objectives
• Effective Presentation Skills - including the ability to present technical data
• Creativity in forming new ideas, solutions, and approaches to challenges; to think outside-the-box
• Planning objectives and strategies to achieve them within a set timeline
• Managing and measuring work by tracking progress, performance, and goal achievement using metrics and KPIs.
• Skilled in MS Office tools that include Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel
• Skilled in Jira/Confluence (focus on board/sprint administration and reporting)

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing international projects preferred
• ServiceNow familiarity preferred
• Azure DevOps familiarity preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead development teams during all phases of software development lifecycle including facilitating appropriate scrum ceremonies.
• Act as the team/project interface to other teams at bioMerieux.
• Facilitate communication and project documentation for the team or cross-team projects as assigned.
• Set and communicate project milestones for the team and determine effort required to implement a software design.
• Work with the team architect to assign software engineers as technical subject matter experts on projects.
• Facilitate the creation and execution of software test plans that follow appropriate local or global processes.
• Identify risks and blockers to the team or project and manage solutions.
• Work with Technical Writer to complete and get necessary approvals for Deployment Documentation
• Ensure adherence to Software Release processes.
• Suggest, gain approval for, and implement improvements/enhancements to software based on stakeholder and team feedback.
• Asses the quality of third-party components for use in software development.
• Understand and accomplish department goals.
• Understand the enterprise systems used by bioMerieux .
• Understand bioMerieux's mission, values, and core technologies.
• Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• A choice of medical (including prescription), dental, and vision plans providing nationwide coverage and telemedicine options
• Company-Provided Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan including a generous non-discretionary employer contribution and employer match.
• Adoption Assistance
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter Benefits
• Various voluntary benefit offerings
• Discount programs
• Parental leaves

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees