Job Summary:
- We are equivant, a software provider for the justice community, and we’ve opened a remote role for a Project Manager.
- Join a team of experienced agile project managers, and help our company provide software solutions for the U.S. court system.
- The Project Manager will work with multiple equivant teams to manage and deliver customer’s projects.
- Project Managers work with our customers' leadership, accounting, and operational teams to transition their organization to new levels of efficiency and functionality utilizing equivant's software solutions.
- Experience managing software implementations, fixed-price projects and a thorough understanding of project management methodologies is a must!
- Up to 50% travel is required.
- In return, you’ll drive the success of a company that’s served the courts for 30+ years.
- equivant is a progressive software company with a casual culture.
- We offer a very autonomous work environment, a large annual bonus and multiple growth opportunities throughout our organization.
- Are you the Project Manager we’re looking for?
- If you meet the below requirements, please apply!
Job Description:
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the management of multiple software implementation projects across the US
- Full life-cycle management of projects by: Using defined project frameworks and/or best practices including initiation, planning, execution, performance monitoring, communication, coordination, quality assurance, budgeting, and reporting
- Identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path
- Incorporating change management controls
- Identifying, mitigating, and managing risk through implementation of process and tools
- Defining project scope and deliverables that support the goals of the business
- Establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to plans/schedules
- Estimating and ensuring resource availability and allocation necessary to achieve project goals
- Ability to communicate and work across all organizational levels; executive and non-executive staff, internal and external to the organization
- Managing all project documentation, prepare for operational hand overs
- Managing project communication for internal and external stakeholders
- Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors
- Ensure project owners and relevant stakeholders are informed in a timely manner of risks, plan deviations in terms of scope, and resource, schedule, or budget issues/opportunities
- Proactively manage project scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Conduct regular Project Status Meetings with customers
- Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders
- Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, issue logs, action item registers, and presentations, as required
- Contribute to further best practices and tools for project execution and management
- Conduct project closeouts and create recommendation reports and lessons learned documentation
- Analyze customer needs and recommend new processes or modify and improve existing processes that align and support new/existing software
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business/CS/MIS or related experience
- 5+ years of experience managing fixed price and time and materials software implementation projects
- Advanced understanding of project management methodologies and tools
- Skills in communicating with all levels of technical and operating management (both written and oral presentation skills)
- Leadership and decision making skills
- Proficiency with MS Office
- Excellent consulting and business analysis skills
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task, including the ability to manage multiple diverse projects with competing deadlines
- Strategic planning and thinking
- Must be flexible in work time to coordinate appropriately with teams in different US time zones
- Available for travel of up to 50% with possible weekend and nighttime activity as needed
Preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in CS/MIS
- Experience/knowledge of the US judicial system
- PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP certification
- Background in management consultancy, professional services or similar in-house function
- Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
- Proficiency with MS Project
- Experience in consulting/business analysis
EOE/M/D/F/V
Worker Type: Regular
Number of Openings Available: 1