Project Manager

Atria Group LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Atria Group LLC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee software development projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive PMO experience and a robust understanding of the software development lifecycle, preferably in the medical device or life sciences sectors. This 6+ month contract role requires strong communication skills and the ability to manage project risks effectively while ensuring stakeholder needs are met.

Qualifications

• 6+ years project management experience in software development.
• Experience in regulated industries like medical devices or pharma preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, plan, and organize project activities.
• Facilitate project meetings and maintain project documentation.
• Ensure effective communication within the project and with stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Reporting

Agile/Scrum

Education

BS/BA in science, engineering or business administration

Master's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering or technical field

Specific Project Management training/certification

Tools

MS Project 2010 or greater

Job description

We specialize in Staffing, Consulting, Software Development, and Training along with IT services to small to medium size companies. AG's primary objective is to help companies maximize their IT resources and meet the ever-changing IT needs and challenges.

In addition, AG offers enterprise resource planning and enterprise application integration, supply-chain management, e-commerce solutions, and B2B public exchanges and B2B process integration solutions. Our company provides application analysis, design, development and programming, software engineering, systems development, testing, integration, and implementation, and management consulting services to various clients – including governmental agencies and private companies – throughout the United States and India.

We provide these services in multiple computing environments and use technologies such as client/server architecture, object-oriented programming languages and tools, distributed database management systems, state-of-the-art networking, and communications infrastructures. Our honest and realistic approach to recruiting dictates that AG does not entice or lure engineers from their employers. We represent only high caliber technical professionals who have committed to making a change required by career.

Job Description

We need people with PMO experience where people have done reporting work extensively as per the needs of project stakeholders (experience should reflect in the resume)

Duties: The candidate will be expected to engage in learning Ventana's product development process, tools and project knowledge transfer. Following this, the position's main focus will be to apply their learning and project management experience to:

1. Manage, plan and organize project activities in a dynamic environment

2. Manage project team to major milestones by prioritizing and delegating key project tasks to team members

3. Facilitate project meetings, write/distribute/maintain meeting minutes and other project documentation using an electronic document management system

4. Manage project risk throughout the life cycle of the project, including developing and maintaining issue logs to ensure accountability for resolution of key issues

5. Ensure the flow of project communication is effectively maintained within the project and with project stakeholders. Assists in preparing/maintaining monthly project metrics and updates.

Skills: Must Haves:

• 6+ years of relevant project management experience in a software product development setting
• Specific project manager experience related to software development and software development lifecycle, preferably in a regulated industry such as medical device, pharma, or life science research domains.
• Experience with all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Project 2010 or greater including critical path analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skill Matrix: (mention # of years of experience)

PMO Experience:

reporting work extensively as per the needs of project stakeholders:

Agile/Scrum:

Project Management:

Medical device, pharma, or life science research domains:

MS Project 2010 or greater including critical path analysis:

Qualifications

Keywords:

Education: Formal Training/Education:

Minimum (required): BS/BA in science, engineering or business administration or equivalent combination of education and work experience

Preferred: Master's degree. Life Sciences, Engineering or other technical field of study. Specific Project Management training and/or certification.

Experience:

• Minimum (required): 6 years project management and/or product development experience
• Preferred: Experience in enterprise software product development
  

Additional Information

• Good comm skills are a big priority
• Duration: 6+ Months contract

Candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.