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Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship not available.
Our client is seeking a Sr. Technical Project Manager in Orlando, FL
Role Description
The Senior Technical Project Manager is responsible for delivering complex software development projects working with teams across multiple disciplines in a geographically dispersed organization, including working with vendors. The Senior Technical Project Manager will concurrently manage multiple medium to large digital projects across web and mobile applications, and/or one or more specific tracks within much larger scale programs, with oversight from a Program Manager. The Senior Technical Project Manager ensures on-time and on-schedule delivery for their projects working closely with Product, Technology, and Design.
Project Estimation
- Facilitate scope definition, and high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops for projects with cross-functional teams
- Quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency
- Document key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities
- Prepare and present high-level plan with estimates for executives and cross-functional leaders based on estimate outcomes Project Planning
- Create project schedule and communication plans
- Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks
- Establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans
- Develop the project plan and schedule with cross discipline functional leads
- Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are established
- Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget
- Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads Project Delivery
- Confidently lead and drive cross-functional projects, and individual project tracks of large programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget
- Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control
- Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership
- Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads
- Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams for the project (when appropriate)
- Communicate regular updates to project and executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast, including status report updates, financial/budget/variance reports, and other reporting as required
- Monitor adherence to schedule and milestone commitments
- Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation
- Prevent scope creep, record causes of change, and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget, as well as forecasts, are approved and communicated in a timely manner
- Use metrics, including burn-down charts, to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements
- Ensure proper project closure including retroactives/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting
Skills & Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in project management
- Strong project leader with experience in leading large, multidisciplinary digital teams
- Agile delivery experience
- Experience in a matrixed responsibility organization working with multiple Product Managers per effort
- Strong experience facilitating the gathering and development of requirements for complex solutions
- Possesses significant practical experience in the basics of project management (estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning).
- Experienced in multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development to final software acceptance
- Led teams with multiple discipline represented (including product management/strategy, technology, design, SEO, and analytics)
- Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently
- Proven track record managing individual project budgets and budget roll-up of multiple projects
- Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities
- Able to confidently lead teams to a successful delivery approach
- Able to work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity
- Able to work under tight timetables and high pressure situations
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle, shift gears, and maintain a sense of humor; deliver under extreme deadlines and intense business environment
- Must possess excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
- Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues
- Comfortable when communicating with executive level (Directors, VPs) in presentations, working sessions, and 1-on-1 interactions
- Practiced in negotiating with others in ways that result in win/win agreements and outcomes
- Must be open to coaching and guidance
- Exhibit good judgment skills on when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues
Benefits/Other Compensation
This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).
Why Hays?
You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the industry and market trends. Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there’s a position you really want, you’re fully prepared to get it.
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