Newfire Global PartnersRemote
Project Manager
United States of America
Full Time
3 weeks ago
$103,000 - $135,000 USD
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Key skills
Risk ManagementResource AllocationProject PlanningProject SchedulingBusiness AnalysisHealthcare domain experienceFinTech domain experienceJiraConfluenceSmartsheetMiroMicrosoft Office SuiteGoogle SuiteVirtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)Project Management Professional (PMP)Certified Scrum Master (CSM)Escalation managementProject ManagementLeadershipProduct ManagementCommunicationNegotiationPresentation SkillsCustomer SuccessSales
About this role
Newfire Global Partners is a leading technology firm specializing in transformative software solutions for innovative companies. The Project Manager is responsible for the successful end-to-end delivery of client engagements, requiring leadership in planning, executing, and finalizing complex projects while ensuring client satisfaction and alignment with business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning and implementation of projects
- Implement and support proper project life cycle and required processes and workflows
- Create and own the project roadmap and delivery schedule, ensuring alignment with overall objectives
- Perform project scheduling and planning with project leads
- Prepare regular project status reports and organize project status meetings
- Escalate project-related issues to the Program Manager on time
- Monitor project execution
- Function as a strategic advisor to clients, managing expectations and providing transparent updates on project health
- Establish proper communication channels between teams and customers
- Work with project leads to ensure the right talent is assigned to the right tasks without causing burnout
- Identify potential 'scope creep' early and manage the change request process
- Proactively mitigate technical and timeline risks
- Maintain and actively manage the project risk register, dependencies, and timelines
- Manage project health through diligent tracking of burn rates, billable utilization, and overall profitability against the Statement of Work (SOW)
- Ensure that the final delivery meets both the technical specifications and the client’s business objectives
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Business, Management, Computer Science, or a related field
- 5+ years of project management experience required
- Healthcare or FinTech experience required
- Professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) is highly desirable
- Proficiency in collaborative technology such as Microsoft, Google Suite, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and/or JIRA/ADO
- Exceptional verbal and written communication, presentation skills, active listening, negotiation, conflict resolution, and effective escalation management
- Experience in product management
- Experience in customer success management
- Technical background
- Consulting experience, experience working in a billable hour environment
- Ability to assist the sales team with scoping and estimating new project proposals (Pre-sales)