Position: Sr. Application Development Project Manager
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid 3 days)
Employment type: Contract position
End-client: A leading university in PA
Interview process: 2 technical interviews (final round will be in-person)
Mandatory skills: Project Management, Application Development Experience (.NET, Azure, C#, and Microservices), Stakeholder Management & Cross-functional Coordination, Risk, Delivery & Project Lifecycle Management, PMP or relevant certifications.
Client note (very important):
- The client is looking for a candidate with 12+ years of experience for this position.
- The person should be local to Pittsburgh, PA, or within a commutable distance because the final round of the interview will be in-person.
Job description:
We need to identify strong local Pittsburgh PM candidates who can support a hybrid onsite model. The ideal profile should include strong project management experience in application development and/or modernization programs, stakeholder coordination, requirements management, delivery tracking, risk/dependency management, and comfort working in a complex university, healthcare, research, or enterprise environment.
POSITION GOAL:
Manage key technology projects with the goal of delivering each within scope, on time, and within budget.
You are a senior Project Manager with12 22 years experience and also the following experience:-
- 5-10 years in Software development using .NET, Microservices
- 4- 6 years in Microsoft Azure (with some Azure certification)
- Good experience in MS SQL Server along with .NET/C# backend
- 3-5 years in Project / Program Management
- Worked in an onsite offshore model in onsite for 3-5 years
- Communication skills excellent
- Are used to working with 6 7 client stakeholders in a single project / program (e.g. client side Director/VP, Business Users of SW, Product Owner, Architect, QA Lead/QA Director, DevOps and Infra).
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to lead all relevant project stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
- Assist all departments involved in a project to set realistic goals and ensure technical feasibility of solutions.
- Coordinate resource availability, alignment, and allocation across all departments both technical and non-technical to ensure project success.
- Develop risk management plans and perform risk assessments.
- Develop detailed work breakdown structures, monitor, and track progress against task completion.
- Successfully build and manage relationships with project team members and external partners to the district.
- Develop communication plans and consistently communicate project status to stakeholders in an organized consistent manner.
- Lead change management of scope, schedule, and budget.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Assist in coordinating district-wide events and activities as designated.
- Coordinate the development of and monitoring of budgets, including expenditures related to programs and grants.
- Coordinate efforts of personnel outside scope of authority to achieve project goals.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Chief Technology Officer.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience; degree preferred.
- Three (3) years of work experience implementing, managing, and maintaining multiple simultaneous technology projects.
- Experience leading, to completion, enterprise-level application or infrastructure projects.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple vendors and subcontractors.
- Having or working toward attaining Project Management Institute Certification (i.e., Project Management Professional (PMP) status.
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