Project Manager

Position : Project Manager

Location : Dallas, TX

Duration : Full time

Responsibilities

• Interact directly with a complex set of stakeholders, including one large key national client, and additionally, all related vendors, prospects, management and technical staff.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, project schedules, risk analyses and effort estimates.
• Simultaneously manage the day-to-day work of one or more projects
• Assign and prioritize the work of the team to align with the goals and objectives of the business.
• Monitor and control the progress of analysis, design, program development, testing, reporting, releases, deployments, training, and documentation tasks.
• Report progress to the project team and the management team
• Proactively manage project issues and risks, and promptly escalate relevant issues to senior management
• Assist team members in their duties, tasks, responsibilities and functions.
• Review work products from the team to ensure proper and timely quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills & Requirements

• BA/BS in computer science or equivalent experience
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) desired
• Possess outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly with customer communications
• Min. 10 years of experience in a technology organization
• Min. 5 years of technical project management experience
• Expert knowledge of RUP, Scrum/Agile or traditional IT project management methodologies
• Experience with distributed teams is required
• Must be highly proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
• Experience with e-Commerce, POS, CRM, inventory management, supply chain and accounting systems is a strong plus
• This is the specific need from the contract

BA/BS in computer science or equivalent experience

• Min. 10 years of experience in a technology organization
• Min. 5 years of technical project management experience