SMX Services & Consulting is looking for a highly energetic and collaborative Project Manager, located in Puerto Rico.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES- Follows a defined project management methodology, accountable for the detailed planning of steps and resources needed to meet objectives.
- Monitors and prepares reports to ensure work is progressing to meet the deliverables on time and on budget.
- Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
- Effectively applies project management methodology and enforces project standards.
- Ensures that in-flight reviews and quality assurance procedures take place for all projects.
- Minimizes exposure and risk on projects.
- Solves conflicts and issues in a timely manner, escalating to manager as appropriate.
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Ensures quality control for all projects.
- Effectively communicates relevant project information to leadership.
- Provides leadership to multi-disciplinary teams, as well as manages the work of outside consultants.
- Help define business analysis requirements and specifications.
- Helps Develop workflows, use cases, data flows, process flows, report specs, mockups, and wire frames.
- Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
- Reports on common sources of technical issues or questions and recommendations.
- Works with users to define and document application or process problems.
- Researches, analyze and evaluates requests for new features and enhancements.
- Manages and supports quality assurance efforts.
- Other duties as assigned by manager
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED - Possess thorough understanding of project management phases, techniques, and tools.
- Possess strong and tested project management skills, including risk management.
- Proven abilities in problem management, process analysis and root cause analysis.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. (Fully bilingual English/Spanish).
- Ability to work in a complex and matrixes team environment.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, set priorities, schedule, and meet deadlines.
- Possesses general understanding in the areas of application programming, database, and System Design.
- Possess quality presentation skills and experience in presenting complex plans and designs to executive-level management.
- Experience with infrastructure and Development IT Projects is required.
- Experience with E-commerce preferred.
EXPERIENCE & REQUIREMENTS - A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; a master's degree is considered highly advantageous.
- A minimum of five years of experience successfully managing enterprise level IT projects.
- Strong familiarity with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
