100% Remote Technical Project Manager

Jobs via Dice; Bridgeport (CT); Remote; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Project Manager to lead mission-driven projects for a large non-profit organization. This role requires a dynamic individual who can translate project proposals into actionable plans, manage diverse teams, and ensure successful project delivery. With the flexibility of a fully remote position, you will work closely with leadership to define project scopes and drive improvements in operational workflows. If you have a passion for advancing Open Science and possess strong project management skills, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a meaningful impact.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of technical and process project/program management experience.
• Ability to manage complex, multi-disciplinary software products.

Responsibilities

• Translate project proposals into scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Manage project delivery, issues, and stakeholder communications.

Skills

System Integration Testing

Leadership

Workflow

Science

Project Scoping

PMO

Software Design

Project Delivery

Stakeholder Communications

Job description

• Posted 60+ days ago | Updated moments ago

Overview

Remote

On Site

Salary: $50 - $65

Employment Type: Full Time

Skills Required:

1. System Integration Testing
2. Leadership
3. Workflow
4. Science
5. Project Scoping
6. PMO
7. Software Design
8. Project Delivery
9. Stakeholder Communications

Job Description

TEKsystems is seeking a Technical Project Manager for a large non-profit organization to drive the success of a mission-driven project portfolio. The company is based out of California but can sit 100% remote in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and California.

Duration: 3-6 months (dependent on workload can potentially convert to full-time)

Must be a US Citizen with the ability to work on W2 employment (no sponsorship)

Description: In this role, you will work closely with the Leadership Team to define project scope, design a solution that meets needs, and execute its implementation. You will be part of a maturing organization, with the ability to influence the way we select, develop, and implement projects. You will work closely with business and technical leaders to assess and improve existing operational workflows, develop tools, and features aimed at furthering our mission of advancing Open Science.

Responsibilities:

1. Translate ambiguous project proposals into project scope, goals, and deliverables.
2. Execute projects using project management lifecycle standards set by the PMO.
3. Facilitate active project team discussions to add project management perspective to the project team.
4. Facilitate solution design discussions and keep the project team on scope and schedule.
5. Identify, mitigate, and resolve risks.
6. Keep team on track for project delivery, manage issues, conflicts, sponsor, and stakeholder communications.
7. Conduct resource analysis and develop project plans using capacity management and project planning tools.
8. Proactively resolve conflict between people and escalate appropriately if needed.
9. Work with a diverse mix of business areas including marketing, product, technology, and facilities to manage assigned projects that meet defined objectives.
10. Work with project teams to create, execute, and as needed, revise project work plans and schedules.
11. Ensure project documents (including project charter, scope, resourcing, communication, and risk management) plans are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
12. Resolve and/or escalate project issues in a timely fashion.

Top Skills Details:

1. 4+ years prior technical and process project/program management experience.
2. Experience managing technical and non-technical project teams.
3. Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary software products and application development projects.
4. Proven track record of applying project management methodology to create project plans and execution strategies.

Fully remote. Team is spread out. 11am-3pm EST is prime work hours.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

1. 5+ years prior technical and process project/program management experience.
2. Experience in formulating and testing scope and value assumptions.
3. Ability to probe teams for information to arrive at accurate project health assessment.
4. Must be able to foresee risks and issues and actively work to resolve them.
5. Experience implementing enterprise-wide SaaS solutions.
6. Demonstrated ability to manage projects to completion on-time and within budget.
7. Excellent organizational and personal time management skills.
8. Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
9. Highly efficient, organized, and flexible. High level of maturity and confidence interacting with senior staff and setting project deliverables.

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