Must have skills : Application development background with fixed-bid delivery experience
US SLED/Public Sector experience is a plus!
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Manage various critical aspects of a project: scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, risks and communication
- Manage timely, high-quality, and cost-effective service delivery to the client
- Identify business needs of the client, act as an interface between the technical team and the client
- Create project plan to track progress, plan timelines and share with client
- Work with the Architect and Technical Lead to prioritize and track new functionality and ongoing releases
- Provide support during Validation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) phases with the client team to ensure all business requirements are met
- Provide regular status updates to stakeholders on project progress
- Manage project dependencies and critical path, track project timelines and milestones
- Work with QA and Documentation teams to ensure success of the total project
- Maintain overall schedule, timeliness of the team’s deliverables
Resource Management
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
- Ensure that each team member has adequate skills and knowledge on technology, project management and software engineering processes
- Reward and recognize performance
- Identify and resolve any outstanding issues among the project teams, that cannot be resolved within the team
Relationship Management
- Obtain and Communicate the Client’s feedback on project progress and success factors to the project team and other stakeholders
- Identify farming opportunities
- Lead the project initiation activity
- Work with Project Manager to drive growth, quality and customer satisfaction
Internal Collaboration
- Ensure regular collaboration with senior management, Project Manager and project stakeholders at client
- Ensure proper handover from sales to delivery
- Change Management - review/approve changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required
Escalation Management
- Be the point of escalation for all delivery related issues
Risk Management
- Monitor risks, develop and execute risk mitigation plan with the project manager, at completion of every major milestone including project closure
- Provide management oversight as predicated by review of the project risk analysis
Project Profitability / Finance
- Ensures the profitability of the project/s
- Review and close project account and financial files on project closure
Quality Management
- Ensure the quality of the deliverables and client satisfaction
- Understand the expectations of various stakeholders and seeks to satisfy them: client, users, governance group, senior management, team, support groups
Qualifications
- 10+ years of project management experience and fixed-bid projects
- PMP certification required
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
- Strong knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall)
- Experience managing budgets, timelines, and resource allocations, especially in fixed-bid environments
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Bachelor’s degree in business, IT, or a related field
- Preferred Skills:
- Experience in consulting or professional services industries
- Familiarity with software development projects
- Understanding of public sector compliance and procurement processes
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10007