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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 "Citrix and Sap problems" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to citrix-and-sap-problems+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to citrix-and-sap-problems@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citrix-and-sap-problems. 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