Project Manager - Red Hat Commercial Services

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, and they are seeking a Project Manager to join their Commercial Services organization. In this role, you will manage projects from initiation through delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

• Control project requirements, scope, and change management issues
• Determine, monitor, and review all project economics to include costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risk
• Ensure adherence to legally binding requirements
• Facilitate development of recommended project control solutions to be used for planning, scheduling, and tracking projects through integration of various project management tools
• Manage project forecast projections to both client and internally within Red Hat
• Work with management on project proposals, bids, contracts, estimates, and schedules and contribute to project estimation process
• Plan, schedule, monitor, and report on activities related to the project, including subcontractor monitoring
• Establish appropriate metrics for measuring key project criteria
• Develop project control and reporting procedures and manage changes in operational plan
• Undertake status review meetings among project team members and clients
• Integrate and use specific industry PM and technical delivery methodologies (e.g. PM methodologies based on Agile, Red Hat Services Project Management Methodology, Systems/Software Development, Product Development)
• Assist in the training of the project team on application of appropriate procedures and motivate team members to accomplish project goals, meet established schedules and resolve technical and operational issues
• Maintain awareness on emerging technologies and Project Management techniques
• Travel to work alongside regional accounts and service provider partners in person

Requirements:

• 3-5 years of relevant program and project management experience; preferably managing large, complex enterprise IT projects
• Track record of successfully managing projects from inception to closure
• Experience with establishing and contributing to process improvements
• Experience in dealing with projects and multicultural and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to work effectively across a widely diverse management team, as well as a broad spectrum of internal and external partners
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, inclusive of the ability to communicate and integrate with executive level customer personas
• Solid organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Healthy balance of business and technical background
• Ability to articulate the Project Management value proposition and be an evangelist for the Red Hat Services PM methodology and techniques
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Ability to travel frequently to work alongside customers and visit customer sites - up to 50% annually
• Experience using various project management and agile tools, frameworks, and methodologies
• Experience with and knowledge of open source software technologies
• Scrum master, lean, product management, and project management certifications and computer science training are a plus