Project Manager

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is actively looking for a Project Manager for SRA to support their work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. The role involves coordinating complex technical projects within a scientific environment and overseeing the full software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a scientific environment, including defining technical and functional requirements, quality control planning, implementation, upgrades, and integration with existing NCBI systems through Agile Process methodology
• Position includes daily coordination of complex technical projects dealing with scientific and genomic data
• Participate in and provide technical and administrative expertise to software development projects
• Responsible for software/system design and specifications, system implementation and integration, and testing
• Will be responsible for tracking milestones, and producing deliverables
• Balances risks, schedules, and resources
• Coordinates cross-functional teams of various sizes with diverse technical skills sets
• Advises senior management on technical issues
• Communicates project issues to stakeholders and senior management

Requirements:

• Formal education (minimum: Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science or related field
• Requires at least 3 years of project management experience and at least 5 years of experience developing the software and/or managing the software development
• Strong Technical Knowledge of software application development
• Experience managing software development projects using Agile methodology
• Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and departments
• Effective verbal and written communications
• Experience in delivery of complex enterprise level software development projects
• Master's degree preferred
• PMP Certification
• Experience with scientific or biological data a plus
• Experience as software development technical lead
• Experience working with large databases, statistical analysis, and clinical data
• Experience in a research and development (R&D) environment with demonstrated ability to analyze problems and propose multiple solutions
• Experience with large distributed systems and cloud computing