• Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects, including project scope, estimates, schedules, task dependencies, and systems architecture (EA).
• Takes projects from original concept through final implementation.
• Prepare reports, presentations and participate in executive, senior level meetings.
• Review software documentation such as requirements specifications, systems architecture, Interface Control Document, security framework, test cases, scripts and reports.
• Conducts project meetings, daily scrums, and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Ensures adherence to clients' quality standards and reviews project deliverables.
• Manages integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.
• Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team.
Proficient in the following qualifications:
• Strong facilitation skills to effectively lead discussions across multiple groups
• Project Management / Project Planning on multiple projects
• Re-prioritize work based on changing business priorities
• Ability to prepare cost estimates and manage budgets
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Effective liaison between business and technical teams
• Oral and written communication skills including presenting to Executive Level Management
Strong knowledge in several of the following qualifications:
• Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Change Management and Configuration Management (VersionOne, ServiceNow, etc)
• Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
• Capacity Planning
• Problem/Risk Management
• MS Office Suite
• SOX compliance / PCI compliance
Additional Required Skills/Experience:
• A minimum of ten (10) years experience in project management or related field, preferably in the area of software application development and/or related field ;
• A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred;
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred;
• Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program;
• Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job;;
• Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel;
• Broad knowledge of project management disciplines as outlined in the Project Management Body of Knowledge;
• Extensive experience with managing software application development projects of various sizes, including client interaction and meeting facilitation;
• Extensive experience defining project scope, developing work plans and project schedules, preparing project estimates, developing resource plans, and compiling project status reports;
• Extensive experience managing heterogeneous project teams composed of resources from multiple vendors/organizations;
• Extensive experience reviewing software documentation such as requirements specifications, design documents, manuals, test plans/cases, test scripts and test reports;