Software Project Manager will:

" Manage all aspects of the projects, including proposal development, work breakdown, cost estimation, project planning, schedule development and maintenance, monitoring and control, status reporting, risk management, and product delivery.
" Develop project management plans.
" Gather and manage requirements, and maintain requirements traceability. 
" Contribute to personnel recruiting and performance assessment efforts, project cost estimation and proposal assessments, and project management and technical lessons learned dissemination.
" Continuously monitor project status using a variety of applicable methods to manage and control project resources and scope. 
" Participate in identifying the training, tools, infrastructure, environments needed for the project. 
" Drive best practices throughout the software development team and ensure the practices are applied effectively. This includes and is not limited to: reviewing and managing functional requirements, documenting and reviewing designs, peer code reviews, and bug tracking and resolution.
" Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications:

Required Education/Experience/Skills:
" Bachelors Degree from an accredited university in a related area and 10 years experience in the field or in a related area
" Minimum of 10 years of software development technical experience
" Minimum of 5 years of experience in management for software development projects, including project planning, WBS definition, cost estimation and management, schedule development and management, and risk management
" Knowledge of and experience with implementing common Software Development Life Cycles (SDLCs) such as waterfall, spiral, iterative/incremental, and agile
" Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
" Must have excellent customer relations and negotiation skills
" Experience with MS Project, Excel

Preferences:
" MBA or advanced degree in Management or Business
" INCOSE systems engineering certification
" Resource management experience
" Software project proposal production experience
" Experience developing software within a federal environment and complying with federal governance processes
" Knowledge and experience with NASA project management requirements, software engineering requirements, and software engineering work instructions
" Safety-critical flight software development experience
" Hardware/Software Integration experience
" Experience with successfully delivering complex projects in a matrix organization is preferred
" Familiarity with CMMI maturity levels and process areas, and experience with CMMI compliance and appraisals is
" Experience creating RUP based project management artifacts
" Experience managing projects with EVM requirements
" Experience with Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D)
" PMI PMP or other Project management certification