Project Manager - 8220 - V2Soft

V2Soft ( www.v2soft.com ) is a global company, headquartered out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with locations in Mexico, Italy, India, China, and Germany. At V2Soft, our mission is to provide high-performance technology solutions to solve real business problems. We become our customer's true partners, enabling both parties to enjoy success. We are committed to promoting diversity in the workplace and believe it has a positive effect on our company and the customers we serve.

SCOPE OF WORK:

• Project Manager will be directed and managed by the Office of Information Technology (Client) to oversee IT-related projects Department-wide.

Senior Technical Project Management Specialist (Work Title) Job Description:

1. Position Overview:

• This position is responsible for analysis and business solution definition, project execution in support of the Department's technical initiatives and strategies, and technical recommendation and testing.

Key Areas of Responsibility:
A. Analysis and Business Solution Definition

• Elicits requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, as well as task and workflow analysis.
• Serves as the liaison between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts effectively, transforms high-level information into details, abstracts up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Develops requirements and specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Identifies the implementation team's strengths and weaknesses and suggests areas of improvement.
• Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and provides the following documentation deliverables as needed: Functional requirements, Business Requirements, Use Cases, and Interface designs.
• Evaluates underlying assumptions for the implementation plan and challenges business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
• Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
• Plans projects in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost and agreed quality standards.

B. Project Execution

• Efficiently and competently responds to project issues.
• Successfully engages in multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Works independently with users to define concepts.
• Enforces project deadlines and schedules.
• Communicates and applies project standards.
• Manages resources in accordance with project schedule.
• Understands the components of running a fiscally successful project.
• Ensures requirements, functionality and resource allocations meet project deliverables based on the nature and scope of the project.
• Manages/schedules tasks, deadlines and milestones for all stakeholders and resources.
• Identifies and manages overall project dependencies and ensures project deliverables stay on-time, on-target, and on-budget.

C. Technical Recommendation and Testing

• Leads testing efforts.
• Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on, and resolved in a timely manner.
• Works with client personnel to identify required changes Communicates needed changes to development team.

Qualifications and Experience:

• At least ten (10) years of documented experience managing enterprise-level IT projects.

Preference will be given to candidates who have strength in the following areas:

• Experience in analysis and compilation of diverse sets of information from diverse sources (e.g. software applications, hard copy, electronic files) into structured and documented information solutions mapped to newly formed business requirements;
• Experience in serving in business process design and data analyst roles for implementing enterprise-level custom applications and COTS systems of large scale; and An active Project Management Professional or Agile Certification.

4. Skills and Competencies:
A. Communication

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group, executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Ability to communicate technical matters clearly in Client terms for full comprehension by non-technical users.
• Facilitation of team and client meetings.
• Deliver informative, well-organized presentations.
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• Seeks and participates in development opportunities above and beyond training.

B. Technical Understanding

• Possesses understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and system design.
• Understands Internet, Intranet, Extranet and client/server architectures.
• Understands how legacy and web-based systems interface.
• Working knowledge of relational databases.

C. Problem Solving

• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including the proven ability to adapt to a dynamic project environment and manage multiple projects.
• Identifies critical issues with ease.
• Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
• Pushes creative thinking beyond the boundaries of existing industry practices and client mindsets.

D. Leadership

• Generates enthusiasm among team members.
• Challenges others to develop as leaders while serving as a role model.
• Manages the process of innovative change.
• Trains other innovators through both formal and informal training programs.

E. Teamwork

• Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams, and support teams.
• Facilitates effective team interaction.
• Willingness to participate in all team roles.

5. Budget Scope and other Accountability:

• Monitors and provides input to the project budget.
• Completes projects on time and on budget.
• Understands security requirements for access to confidential information

6. Key Contacts:

• Develops relationships with staff and contractors to foster client ties.
• Communicates effectively with staff and contractors at all levels to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.
• Continually seeks opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen both user and Contractor relationships.
• Manages staff and contractor expectations effectively.
• Maintains relationships with other external organizations through professional association links wherever possible.

V2Soft is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( EOE).
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