R&D Project Manager

Sas; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sas in Cary, North Carolina, is seeking an R&D Project Manager for a hybrid role supporting SAS9 Foundation products. You will oversee planning, estimation, coordination, execution and completion of projects in alignment with division strategy.

Responsibilities include guiding deadline-driven, cross-functional teams, defining scope with stakeholders, managing schedules and risks, and maintaining project documentation to ensure successful delivery across domestic operations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading R&D projects in software development.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to define project scope, plan, and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

• Support R&D Engineering in deadline-driven, team-based projects.
• Facilitate project objectives, goals and requirements.
• Work with teams to define project scope and goals.
• Plan, prioritize, and adjust delivery schedule, scope, and resources.
• Maintain project documentation and status reports.
• Coordinate activities between team members and stakeholders to stay on schedule.

Skills

Communication

Decision making

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Job description

R&D Project Manager- Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

We’re a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here. We're recognized around the world for our inclusive, meaningful culture and innovative technologies by organizations like Fast Company, Forbes, Newsweek and more.

About the job

The SAS9 Division is looking for an R&D Project Manager. The position will support SAS9 Foundation products and solutions. This role will be responsible for all aspects of project management which include planning and estimation, coordination, implementation, execution, and completion of specific projects while ensuring consistency with the division’s overall strategy, commitments, and goals.

As an R&D Project Manager, you will:

• Support R&D Engineering teams in completing deadline-driven, team-based projects.
• Facilitate overall project objectives, goals and project requirements.
• Work with teams and stakeholders to define project scope and goals.
• Plan, prioritize, implement and adjust delivery schedule, scope, resourcing, and quality, based on individual project requirements per consultation with project stakeholders.
• Maintain project documentation such as project plans, schedules, issue lists, risk registers, and status reports.
• Coordinate, communicate, and facilitate activities between team members and stakeholders to keep projects on schedule and manage competing priorities.
• Coordinate risk mitigation activity and escalat[e] as appropriate.
• Manage project scope and expectations.
• Identify and constructively negotiate conflicts or areas of high risk.
• Leverage fundamental project management methodologies, processes, project tools, and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Identifies project dependencies and stakeholder influences, working jointly with other organizations who share responsibility for delivery of final product.
• Acts as central point of contact and interfaces with interested parties across the Company, such as Legal, Marketing and Technical Support, to ensure project success.
• Works with management to identify resource needs and coordinate technical resources for assigned projects, including both domestic and international resources.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline
• 5 years of project management experience in software development
• Experience with R&D project management
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the