Software Project Manager

THE POSITION

The Project Manager will provide software project leadership and coaching to all team stakeholders in support of Lanvera's product roadmap. The position will report to the Enterprise Project Management Manager who is responsible for driving and overseeing the plans and schedules for all Product Development, IT Infrastructure and DevOps initiatives. The position will serve as Project Manager to multiple delivery teams ensuring stakeholders' adherence to the defined process and delivery against commitments. The position will work across the organization to define and implement team performance metrics and project status.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide project management oversight and directly influence activities on business-critical projects from the conceptual phase through solution implementation and project close.
• Partner with CTO, Enterprise Project Manager, and key stakeholders to develop SDLC processes and provide guidance and support for continuous improvement.
• Partner with Enterprise Project Manager to oversee SDLC process implementation ensuring stakeholder adherence.
• Contribute to the enterprise prioritization process.
• Serve as the single point-of-contact regarding all project concerns for assigned projects and teams and drive projects to completion against commitments.
• Provide effective and accurate status of all in-flight projects from minor enhancements to the strategic roadmap for assigned projects and teams.
• Partner with key stakeholders to develop and implement team performance metrics across the organization.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Bachelor's Degree in MIS, Business or related field
• Agile methodology Scrum Master certification (Scrum, SAFe, etc.)
• Strong knowledge and practical experience with various agile methodologies
• 10 years of combined experience in large scale product (software) development with minimum of 7 years as a hands-on Project Manager / Scrum Master / Agile Coach.
• Strong ability to work with others to achieve a common goal, resolve conflicts and manage cross-functional and external relationships; demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence without direct authority
• Ability to contribute to a positive work environment and install a 'sense of urgency' and motivation in others
• Ability to manage complex enterprise projects from inception to delivery on time and on budget utilizing the optimal project management disciplines and approach for the given situation.
• Ability to assemble and guide a cross-functional team to achieve assigned goals and objectives
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization, e.g., executive, management, individual contributors
• Excellent analytical, decision making, problem solving, team and time management skills
• Excellent executive and team-level presentation and facilitation skills
• Highly collaborative team player able to work effectively at all levels of an organization with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus.
• Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities