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Must be answered by Candidate, Qualifying Questions: * Has candidate led software and hardware product development and introduction projects serving as the Project Manager for at least 3 years? * Is candidate willing to work onsite in North Kingstown, RI? * Has candidate managed projects involving software, hardware, firmware technologies? Project Manager Project Manager Duties & Responsibilities * Responsible to thoroughly understand and communicate Client stakeholder requirements to appropriate team members, and manage all requirements accordingly to realize each for the stakeholder. * Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately. * Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals. * Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management. * Follow Client policies, procedures and methodologies. * Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder's needs and requirements continuously in view. * Work collaboratively with development staff to maintain thorough knowledge of product capabilities, and to ensure that all communications between Client and its stakeholders are precise. * Maintain timelines and target dates in Microsoft Project. * Proficiency in Excel is required. * Define & maintain all product development processes, manage software development lifecycle. * Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other agile project related meetings. * Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility. * Facilitate productivity by ensuring that the team has tools to succeed. * Find and work to remove development and project roadblocks; motivates the development team and keep them excited to move forward; protects the team from outside distractions. * Manage the team - Ensure that daily, sprint and release commitments are being upheld. Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following: * Project Management - Develops project plans; Coordinates projects; Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget; Manages project team activities. * Delegation - Delegates work assignments; Matches the responsibility to the person; Gives authority to work independently; Sets expectations and monitors delegated activities; Provides recognition for results. * Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. * Change Management - Develops workable implementation plans; Communicates changes effectively; Builds commitment and overcomes resistance; Prepares and supports those affected by change; Monitors transition and evaluates results. * Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; Accepts feedback from others; Gives appropriate recognition to others. * Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments. * Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures. * Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics. * Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality. * Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; Manages competing demands; Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events. * Initiative - Volunteers readily; Undertakes self-development activities; Seeks increased responsibilities; Takes independent actions and calculated risks; Looks for and takes advantage of opportunities; Asks for and offers help when needed. * Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions; Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process; Makes timely decisions * Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans. * Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan. Experience and Location: * 2+ years of project management experience. * 2+ years of experience in the software development industry. * This is an onsite position in North Kingstown, RI. Communication Skills: * Verbal / Nonverbal - Convey easily and quickly any message; Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens attentively and seeks clarification; Responds well to questions; Maintain professional nonverbal communication analogous to situation * Written - Writes clearly and informatively with a high level of sophistication; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret complex written information. * Presentation - Presents clearly and informatively, easily maintaining audience attention and responding to audience needs; Able to facilitate discussion, progress effectively, and manage audience as needed. Deliverables: * Successfully producing a product support plan effecting the transition of a new product platform from a largely offshore development team to a combination onshore and offshore sustaining engineering team. * Working with both the client team as well as company team, manage the project smooth transition into the sustaining engineering phase of its lifecycle. * Be responsible for the documentation and process creation and publication of necessary procedures required for the successful completion of the transition process. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle-Projects" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/oracle-projects. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
