Senior IT Project Manager - Beazer Homes

Overview:

Serves as a liaison between the business community and the IT organization in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs. Leads and delivers projects on time, and within budget while meeting the identified business requirements.    

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Company Overview:  Beazer Homes is committed to employee wellbeing and life-work balance, offering development opportunities, a flexible time-off program, and an industry leading parental leave policy.

 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifies project capabilities and works with development team to assign level of effort.
• Leads sprint planning meetings and daily project stand-ups.
• Manages project backlog and priority, including prioritization and risk management of enhancements introduced throughout the project.
• Communicates project status with the project team and business stakeholders.
• Develops user acceptance test (UAT) plans and manages UAT efforts with business users.
• Develops master test plan throughout project implementation, and transitions test plans to operational QA and BA teams at project close-out.
• Executes system testing throughout project implementation.
• Works with non-technical business users to capture business requirements.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional capabilities for new projects.
• Estimates work effort and builds a business case for specific enhancements.
• Identifies and drives improvements in the use of IT applications.
• Educates the IT organization on the direction of the business.
• Creates and updates application living documentation for all projects.
• Facilitates meetings with key stakeholders.
• Analyzes complex issues quickly and chooses best solutions and course of action.
• Manages multiple tasks and priorities as well as expectations.
• Senior project managers will also:
  • Possess an understanding of technological trends and use this knowledge to bring solutions to project delivery.
  • Negotiate agreements and commitments by facilitating communication between business unit(s) and IT from initial requirements to final implementation.
  • Mentor project managers and business analysts in project management methodologies.
  • Provide peers with lessons learned for future project success.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information System, Business Administration, or related fields or equivalent experience.
• Experience with both agile and waterfall project methodologies.
• 1 to 4 years (5 to 10 years for a senior) experience managing the full life cycle of complex IT projects.
• 1 to 2 years (3 to 5 years for a senior) experience as a business analyst.
• Experience with application quality testing.
• Proven ability to manage user acceptance testing
• Excellent interpersonal skills, positive attitude; negotiation, conflict resolution, risk management skills required.
• Mature professional and team player and can get tasks accomplished across teams.
• Proven ability to work in a changing/growing environment.
• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Possesses analytical and process detail mindset.
• Must be solution oriented and a creative problem solver.
• Highly experienced in using MS Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Excel.
• In addition to the above, Seniors:
  • Have 3 to 5 years experience in business strategy and methodology related to assigned business area.
  • Ability to work with Project Managers and/or Business Analysts to ensure project timelines are appropriate.
  • Ability to interact with business users and manage tasks by using cross-functional management skills

Physical Requirements:

• Typical office environment
• The position may require limited travel (less than 10%)

Additional Responsibilities 
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Additionally, an employee's job duties may change at any time, in the company's sole discretion.
 
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