Project Manager

Padmore Global Connections is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the Enterprise Systems Department at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, focusing on strategic technology implementation and support of existing solutions. The role manages projects within scope, budget, and schedule while coordinating stakeholders, resources, risks, issues, communications, and project deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Under broad supervision, manages projects through full life cycle from project definition through implementation of project deliverables
• Creates collaborative partnership with all internal and external team members to accomplish the deliverables
• The successful candidate will work closely with various stakeholders to execute projects within scope, budget and schedule
• Project Management core responsibilities include time and resource management, scope management, issue and risk management, project execution
• This person plans, directs, and monitors the work produced by the team(s)
• He or she is responsible for managing stakeholder relationships, including general, ongoing communications, negotiation of scope and schedule changes, key risks, issue resolution, and ongoing progress reporting
• The Project Manager will shape client expectations, and manage scope, risk and budget related to the project
• This person must have a broad knowledge of project management best practices and be able to proactively identify potential project risks and proactively consult with key stakeholders and departmental leadership on how to develop and execute mitigation strategies

Requirements:

• 8-10 years job-related experience
• Effective analytical and presentation skills
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills; ability to tailor communication to different audiences, such as management, stakeholders, users, SMEs, developers, and others
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with both functional area experts and technical team members
• Demonstrated experience using JIRA and other project management tools
• Strong working knowledge of Agile Software Development Lifecycle Process, including incremental/iterative and Waterfall methods
• Ability to manage work on multiple projects with competing priorities
• Experience overseeing user acceptance testing and providing test cases/test scenarios for UAT
• Experience working with web application development teams who use technologies such as Java and Drupal
• Excellent organizational experience and professionalism
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• A Bachelors or Masters degree is required:
• Experience being both a Project Manager and Business Analyst on the same project is strongly preferred
• Experience working in research/educational institutions or small IT companies preferred
• Preferred degree in Business, Accounting, or IT-related field
• Project Management certification (PMP) preferred