Project Manager (Remote- US)

Project Manager (Remote- US)


Job Location (Short): Madison, Alabama-USA


Workplace Type: Remote


Req Id: 3055


Responsibilities

Octave project managers lead large-scale software implementations within our North America Public Safety division. The PM is responsible for overseeing all aspects of project implementation, communication, customer relationship success, and maintaining delivery on time, on budget, and within scope. The Octave PM is the gatekeeper to a project's successful contribution to the overall business portfolio.


Key Responsibilities


Communication


Serves as the primary liaison to customer PM partners, agency and Octave stakeholders, and project teams


Responsible for hosting regularly scheduled internal and customer-facing status meetings, including ownership of agendas, details, minutes, notes, and follow-ups


Partnering with project teams on task performance/completion, overall project progress, statuses, and documentation


Maintaining customer-facing task tracking/project plan updates, ensuring completion, accuracy, quality, and achievement of contracted SOW tasks


Escalating within PMO and Services leadership as required to maintain project success


Conducting/Representing Project To Executive Leadership as required


Technical Project Aspects


Understanding and aligning provided project SOW's, Levels Of Effort (LOE's), to overall project progress, completion, and delivery success


Collaborating, requesting, and coordinating project resource needs as required with Technical/Pod management


Aligning with project team members to track issues, disposition, and escalations to technical leadership and Product (GTC) as needed


Facilitating the resolution of issues and escalations, internally and externally, to maintain project schedule, budget, and quality expectations


Risk Management And Mitigation


Maintaining consistent updates in the PMO Salesforce portal covering current developments, risk categories, and critical path dates for the projects and portfolio


Presentation of project and portfolio risks, successes, and needs on regular Risk Reviews


Budget And Financials


Analysis of labor reports to individual task expectations and completion


Management of monthly Estimate At Completion (EAC) projections, coordinating with Project Accounting group


Mitigation of the weekly/monthly path of the project against allotted budget, mitigating potential budget overages with PMO leadership as needed


Education / Qualifications

Bachelor's degree, or commensurate documented experience in a role with similar responsibilities


PMI PMP, or equivalent certification, required


Minimum 5 years project management experience implementing large-scale software implementations, or equivalent scope


Strong understanding of Public Safety culture, success, and collaboration preferred


Strong written and oral communication, presentation, and critical-thinking skills


Intermediate-to-Senior level knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - including Microsoft Project


A self-motivated, organized, and detail-oriented mindset


An open-minded, embracer of diversity of thought and contributing to PMO team culture


About Octave

Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.

Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.


Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.

Why work for Octave?

All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.

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