Project Manager

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing to the contract for projects that are of a PMI level and accountable for managing the overall project delivery. The project manager interfaces directly with clients or subject matter experts as needed and directs the work of the entire ZeOmega project team. The PM will work closely with the directors and Scrum Masters of ZeOmega Teams to ensure an on time, quality delivery of product releases and client projects built by product teams. The Project Manager will maintain the schedule, the management of product team staff (from a project-work standpoint), the scheduling of meetings, capturing of meeting minutes, maintaining and ensuring issue, risks and actions are completed. This person is the first level of escalation for the project team and all key internal stakeholders. Resolution or Escalation of project issues is required and expected by the ZeOmega executive team.

Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of multiple projects.
• Understand contract, client and ZeOmegas responsibility for the implementation deliverables for projects being built with clients.
• Drive the estimation process with all key stakeholders and understand the estimates for the project and all deliverables.
• Perform Project Financial forecasting.
• Ensure that the PM deliverables as defined by the Product Planning PMO are created, reviewed and maintained on a regular basis
• Secure required resources per the schedule, roles are defined, responsibilities are outlines, and their allocation tracked and billed.
• Communicate project statuses to ZeOmega Leadership, as well as other key stakeholders both internally and externally (client) as required.
• Report project statuses weekly
• Ensure that all meeting minutes, issues, risks and actions are updated per the Product Planning PMO process.
• Manage changes to the scope of the project through change control process as defined by the Product Planning PMO process.
• Client Facing - Provide a proactive interface with client representatives and groups regarding business needs and determine essential requirements through effective communication for projects being built with clients.
• Project Schedule - Develop the project plan for the implementation of ZeOmega’s software platform along with coordination of internal and client facing meetings.
• Product Team Management – Effectively manage the performance by mentoring, motivating, and monitoring the Product team in accomplishing the completion of Product deliverables.
• Budget Management – Ensure the project team, development staff, IS Team, and QA department stay within budget with respect to hours utilized during the implementation of Jiva.
• Participate in a collaborative team environment, functioning with iterative methodologies with both internal and external resources.
• Ability to work with little guidance in driving projects through the process.
• Project Management Office (PMO) collateral duties in the creation of best practices and the streamlining of processes for the implementation cycle.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.