Motorola Solutions is a global community focused on enhancing safety through technology. The Federal Software Project Manager will lead project teams, manage project plans, and ensure successful project completion while maintaining customer relationships and financial accountability.
Responsibilities:
- Develops, manages, and implements the master project plan using automated project management tools, processes, and procedures
- Defines and measures the performance relating to achieving specific goals
- Leads a multidisciplinary project team to achieve successful project completion
- Understands business implications on all projects
- Acquires and maintains a high level of understanding of relevant internal organizational workflows and practices
- Utilizes best practice project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness
- Serves as the primary point of contact for customers, subcontractors, and internal staff for the project
- Establishes and maintains contact with customers and channel partners as relates to their specific projects
- Provides regular status updates
- Organizes and facilitates meetings with internal and external customers to ensure the achievement of project goals, milestones, and deadlines
- Interfaces with customers and related project managers and channels
- Leads scheduling status reviews with team members to track current status against planned progress
- Provides ongoing assessment and mitigation plans of the risks associated with a project
- Alerts management of any problem(s) that could severely or adversely affect the project achievements; prepare a plan of action to resolve issues
- Accountable for financial success on the projects. Maintains project budgets (labor and capital) and financial objectives (revenue, margin, and cash)
- Analyzes project costs and leads cost status reviews with other team members and management to track current status against planned progress
- Ensures designated standards and processes are followed for assigned projects
- Responsible for monitoring & executing the change management plan per sold contracts
Requirements:
- High School diploma, Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, IT, Management, or Technology required
- 5+ years of experience working in an Engineering, or Project Management environment required
- Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Security Clearance as required by our government customers
- Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years of experience managing external customers facing complex deployment programs and/or software application deployments required
- PgMP or PMP are strongly desired
- Experienced with Public Safety communications systems is considered an asset
- Skilled in using project scheduling applications like Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, or similar applications to intricate master schedules and manage the project plan
- Ability to prioritize customer needs, satisfaction, and long-term success as the primary focus in all activities and strategies
- Strong financial acumen, demonstrated experience accelerating revenue growth and containing cost
- Experienced with project risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies
- Must be a self-motivated team player able to work effectively with general guidance toward objectives
- Must have excellent interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Must be able to think outside of the scope of responsibilities and take initiative
- Must be able to work collaboratively with regional and territorial management
- Must be able to effectively communicate with relevant peers and senior stakeholders
- Ability to manage projects, customers, and team resources across multiple timezones
- Must be willing to travel a minimum of 50% or more of the time away from home to include extended periods within the continental U.S. or internationally