Technical Project Manager
at KYYBA Inc
in
Columbus,
Ohio
Posted in Other about 15 hours ago.
Type: full-time
Job Description:
Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Duration: Open ended
Location: Columbus, OH
Shift: : A shift, 8-5PM EST
Hybrid role: schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote)
Required Skills: Demonstrated experience planning, running and managing
complex IT projects or similar efforts including the use of delivery
management tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project) and project management
concepts (e.g. issue, risk,
dependency mgmt.); Sufficient technical delivery experience/ understanding
to help guide delivery and be an active participant in technical project
discussions.
Ability to structure, illustrate and or communicate complex concepts in a
understandable, practicable manner; Strong written, verbal, visual
communication skills; Ability to be effective in dealing with uncertainty;
Ability to prioritize effectively
in a dynamic manner; Strong analytical and conceptualization skills; Strong
people leadership skills; Must have a good understanding of agile IT
delivery processes.
Nice To Have Skill Set (Technical + Soft Skills): Custom software design and
development experience (ideally C#); Experience managing vendor and/or
offshore IT delivery teams;
What business problem needs to be solved?: Implement new package contract
management. Migrate 1.9 Mio active contracts. Deliver over 200 integrations
from new systems to legacy systems. Enhance legacy systems to integrate with
new contract management system. Significant testing of the new system, the
legacy systems, and the integrations.
Project Focus/Description: Candidate will be focused on driving/supporting a
portion of the integrations and managing/driving some of the small-medium
legacy development activities. May get the "opportunity" to take on other
tasks in the overall delivery as their capacity allows.
Additional Information: Candidate must have IT delivery/PM experience. Ideal
candidate would be strong using JIRA as well as having well-developed
project mgmt. and technical delivery skills. Must be a good lead
collaborator who can build and maintain relationships with members of the
delivery team.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 10-15 years of Project Management experience
* Experience in managing multiple parallel work streams
* Strong organizational, leadership, problem solving and influencing
skills
* Strong interpersonal (relationship building), written and verbal
communication
* Sensitivity to future Organizational Change and multi-cultural
characteristics of Global IT organization
* Strong Microsoft Office, including Visio, MS Project, Power Point
and SharePoint skills required
* PMI/PMP certification desirable
* Scrum Master experience, certification desirable
* Business Analysis experience desirable
* User story experience desirable
Responsibilities: This position will be responsible for Project Management
activities for their assigned projects. The ideal candidate must have strong
project management experience in a global setting, having worked in multiple
technology domains. Candidate must be a strong self-starter as well as able
to manage competing priorities. He/she must possess excellent leadership,
problem solving and communication skills (written, verbal, and instant)
while able to build and maintain strong working relationships within a
global, culturally diverse environment. Primary Responsibilities:
* Leads, owns and manages project delivery for assigned projects
* Responsible for project planning and execution using project
artifacts to include: MS Project plans, schedules & resource plans
* Ensure projects are delivered within the agreed upon schedule,
budget, and quality constraints.
* Accountable for addressing external and cross team internal
dependencies, mitigation and resolution of project level risks and issues.
Escalates to Project Owner and Executive Sponsors as necessary.
* Acts as the communications conduit to Project Owner, Sponsors and
Steering Committee by conducting periodic briefings/status updates as well
as providing support and guidance for general communications to key
stakeholders.
* Builds and maintains a comprehensive Project Plan/Schedule with
Project Schedule rollups.
* Ensures all Projects adheres to the Program/Project Management
Quality Framework, the Global PMO policies and procedures, and other
compliance processes where applicable.
* Produces weekly status along with financial reporting and metrics.
* Identifies and manages dependencies
* Continuously monitors plan focusing on activities and milestones at
risk
* Facilitates population of risk register and keeps risk management
plan up to date
* Provides proactive communication of project risks
* Creates alerts to notify project Sponsor and Steering Committee of
upcoming due dates and emerging issues
* Creates status reports, dashboards, milestone reviews, and ad hoc
reports
* Participates in deliverable creation as necessary - especially
business analysis and user story creation
* Validates and approves deliverables
Comments/Special Instructions: Looking for a Technical Project Manager with
both a development/delivery and project management background.