Description
Our telecommunications client has an immediate opening for a Senior Technical Project Manager possessing strong experience in managing enterprise-wide Application Development projects including Web Applications.
We cannot sponsor Visa's for this position. If you need sponsorship, please do not apply. We are only interested in seeing candidates local to the metro Atlanta area, able to commute to and from Alpharetta, GA.
DESCRIPTION:
The PM should be adept at overcoming technical, capacity, and human obstacles and should be a relationship builder. This role will lead other technical personnel including developers, architects, technical analysts, and business analysts. The PM should be a confident leader who is comfortable accepting accountability for the ultimate outcome of the project/program.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establish the scope and goals of the project.
Establish a pragmatic, detailed plan to ensure the project is executed and meets the goals of the sponsor. Identify and articulate the risks of the project.
Drive project issues through to resolution using the methodology established for the department.
Ensure the finished project is supportable through frequent life-cycle communications with the operational team that will ultimately run the systems and processes being implemented.
Build a structured approach to successfully complete the project in the allotted time.
Develop written project plans that are understandable and match the capacity and ability of the organization. Effectively communicate those plans with all project team members and leadership constituents.
Determine the personnel, capital resources, equipment, and tools needed to complete the project (ie know how to estimate). Proactively manage resource and scheduling issues.
Manage change control procedures.
REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must possess an understanding of several application areas including Product Catalog, Offer, Pricing, Sales/Orders, Fulfillment, Reporting, Payments, Billing, Account Mgmt, Customer Notifications,and have a minimum of 8 years relevant work experience
Preference will be given to Candidates with
(1) prior hands-on development/coding, technical project management and/or release management experience
(2) experience with customer notification systems and web order fulfillment
(3) knowledge of Web Methods 7.x or higher
(4) knowledge of .NET and Java as well as SQL and Oracle databases
(5) experience with communications products