Project Manager

Project Manager (Salesforce)

Location: 1701 Congress Ave Austin Texas 78701 (REMOTE Till COVID)

Job Type: Contract

Skills:

• Create or support the development and maintenance of complete project management plans and project schedules that include all WBS elements of the project business such as milestones and critical path activities.

• Work with appropriate personnel to define scope, timelines, and budget.

• Ensure the timely posting of all required project management artifacts and approvals in compliance with our methodology standards.

• Supports the projects by facilitating project logistics.

• Creates and implements communication plans. Prepares reports for leadership regarding the status of projects.

• Route documentation for review with document owner by established scheduled deadlines and obtain all required approvals for publishing.

• Review and edit documentation to ensure validity and accuracy of information.

• Monitor the overall progress of each project to ensure that goals are achieved within the defined scope, time, and budget.

• Identify and communicate issues and risks to the appropriate parties, and find timely resolution of issues and mitigation of risks.

• Manage project change requests through established processes.

• Participate in project meetings, capture status updates and action items.

• Proactively engage with all members of the project team to create and deliver complete presentations on project goals and plans, including status reports.

• Maintains budget records, reconciles accounts, and prepares statements of expenditures for projects.

• Measures, tracks, and evaluates progress against the project plan, deliverables, milestones, and required tasks

• Project manage 1 – 4 simultaneous software development or enhancement projects.

• Project manage full lifecycle projects ranging from 3 – 18 months.

• Project manage a matrixed team of RRC IT, business area, and third-party professionals.

• Apply project management and product management practices of the realm.

• Produce and deliver RRC reports that include project progress, schedule, budget, risks, and issues.

• Adapt to periodic changes to scope, schedule, and resources.

• Matrix manage 1 – 8 fractional resources during the project life.

• Obtain peer and management approvals of project deliverables.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office tools.

• Communicate fluently in English, both orally and in writing.

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years Required/Preferred Experience

5 Required Experience with software development (full life cycle), data migration, and data integration.

5 Required Project Management experience which includes the preparation of project-related documentation, planning & managing project activities, and the implementation of projects or maintenance activities.

5 Required Experience in planning the project scope, directing staff members, handling change requests, forecasting budgets, and keeping everyone on the project within allotted time constraints.

4 Required • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or related discipline, or equivalent related work experience.

3 Required • Ability to provide solutions that allow for informed agency decision-making. • Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products. • Ability to effectively collaborate with others, initiate action and adapt to change

3 Required • Ability to foster working relationships with the team, vendors, and clients. • As needed, ability to perform detailed work related to the development of requirements, functional design documentation, system test definition and use case development.

3 Required • Strong interpersonal and team building skills, possessing diplomacy and good business judgment. • Ability to defuse tension among project team, should it arise.

3 Required • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment. • Strong analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills. • Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

1 Preferred Experience as Salesforce development team Project Manager.

1 Preferred Certification as a Project Management Professional.