Contract Senior Project Manager - Florida

Title: Project Manager (Contract Role) (0577-006-811)

Location:  Florida

Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Summary:

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the delivery of enterprise-level and strategic programs/projects from inception to implementation. The ideal candidate will have a background as a software developer, that will be accountable for planning, executing and managing projects within the defined scope, quality, budget, and schedule established in the project plan. They will provide leadership and direction for technical application developers, database designers, business analysts, and business resources throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle. They will be responsible for executive status reporting, requirements definition, technical design/architecture, development, testing, release management, and business communication/change management. The Project Manager will be the primary liaison between IT and business, manage portfolio relationships, dependencies, risk management, and issue resolution. They will ensure efficient distribution of organizational resources between the various technology teams and project initiatives. For some select and smaller projects, the Project Manager will also fulfill the Business Analyst role in eliciting and documenting business requirements, translating them into technical specifications, and validation testing.

Requirements:

BA in Computer Science or related field

3+ years leading an application development team and owning project management oversight for deliverables

3+ years hands-on software development and architecture experience in Java, C, C++, .Net, or similar platforms

Understanding of project management in a RUP/Iterative/Lean/Agile/similar software development process

Experience managing several multi-month projects using Systems Development Life Cycle

Experience defining project requirements, work breakdown structures and project effort scoping

Previous experience as a developer – require

Recent coding experience – required

Expertise with tools such as MS Project, JIRA, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, etc.

                                                               

Any networking assistance that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Zach Stierhoff

BCI - Financial Services Recruiting

10 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1250

Chicago, IL 60606

312-460-8222 x102

zach@bcius.com

www.bcius.com

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