Senior Java/J2EE Project Manager, Prince2, PMP, Scrum

Alicante  ‐ Onsite
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An exciting opportunity is currently available in Alicante for an English speaking Java Project Manager. This position is located in the public sector.

Successful applicants will be responsible for the following tasks:

  • Guide the team in charge of project activities and review their deliverables;
  • Manage the development and implementation of information systems to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality;
  • Participate in functional working groups and progress meetings;
  • Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference;
  • Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan as well as providing the Programme Manager with regular and accurate reports;
  • Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensure that delivered systems are implemented within these criteria;
  • Provide effective leadership for the project team ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly developing their skills and experience;
  • Give proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables;
  • Review of project deliverables, quality control, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow up and organisation;
  • Manage the change control procedure gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors.

We are looking for candidates with the following profile:

Education and experience:

  • 8+ years of relevant experience (university studies are counted towards this total if relevant);
  • 5+ years of experience in project management of information system construction;
  • 3+ years of application development using Java-based technologies & frameworks;
  • 2+ years of experience with a software development process methodology (Agile, Waterfall, RAD, etc.);
  • 4+ years of experience with a project management methodology (Prince2, Scrum, PMP, etc.);
  • Knowledge of project management guidelines (eg PMBoK);
  • An additional 3 years in project management methodologies or tools (RUP, Prince2, and MS-Project) would be an asset.

Knowledge and skills:

  • Good knowledge of project management standards and methodologies;
  • Previous Java development skills - ability to check code, manage implementation of Java applications;
  • Java technologies  - J2EE, Hibernate, Spring, Eclipse, Struts, etc.;
  • High quality standards and familiarity with Quality procedures (eg ISO 1006:2003);
  • Excellent communication- and presentation skills;
  • Able to work in multi-cultural environments and participate in multi-lingual meetings;
  • Leadership capabilities;
  • Rapid self-starting capabilities and good reporting methods;

Language skills:

  • Fluent English is a requirement

This position is offered as a freelance contract.

Could interested candidates please send your CV in MS Word format quoting reference SENIOR JAVA PM.

We are looking forward to discussing this position with suitable candidates!

Start date
n.a
From
Charles Oakes & Co
Published at
28.08.2013
Project ID:
589608
Contract type
Freelance
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