Our client is looking for a seasoned Director-level manager to lead our team of project managers in delivering projects successfully and developing as both individuals and a team.
The ideal candidate will help us establish additional best practices in project management and manage the team in the challenging environment of a fast-growing company building products ranging from rich-media handheld applications to Web 2.0 tools to large-scale data systems.
Responsibilities:
- Leading and growing a department of ~20 project managers to deliver projects on time, on budget, with delighted customers and a happy team.
- Improving existing project management practices and establishing additional best practices, drawing from experience and analysis of existing WG process standards.
- Coaching project managers through project issues and production of quality project management deliverables (e.g. project plans, estimates, and functional specifications).
- Facilitating communication and learning within the PM team and across other teams (e.g. Development, QA).
- Managing career development via performance reviews and goal setting.
- Providing direction and motivation to the team.
- Managing relationships with peer Directors within Product Development team and with heads of other departments such as Services, Marketing, and Sales.
- Tracking and communicating critical project issues, risks, and decisions to executive management.
Required:
- Bachelors degree
- Demonstrated experience through 5+ years of hands on project management experience
using a formal software development methodology
- Experienced multiple full project lifecycles from concept to delivery
- Demonstrated leadership capacity (teams of 5 or more in multi-disciplinary environments-e.g., technology, user experience, design)
- Exceptional teaching and interpersonal skills; able to work effectively with junior employees as well as senior executives
- Direct managerial responsibility for 15+ individuals
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent organization skills; creativity and objective-oriented focus
Experience: Project Manager,AGILE, Waterfall 2,
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