Sr. Project Manager - technical

Data Recognition Corporation - Maple Grove, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Maple Grove, MN

Educational Services

About the position

The Sr. Project Manager - technical role at Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) is designed for an experienced project manager who will lead and manage projects within the educational assessment and analytics sector. The position requires strong leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills to ensure project milestones and deadlines are met while managing expectations and scope with development teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage expectations and scope of work with both the development team and stakeholders
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact and work with implementation teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Facilitate Release Planning readiness by preparing development backlogs that drive the Release
• Establish and communicate release cadences
• Facilitate project team discussions; ask appropriate questions; identify gaps in the project plan; identify assumptions; manage risk; negotiate disagreements; find creative solutions
• Understand dependencies of other projects within Information Technology
• Manage quality into the software development lifecycle through adopted methodology

Requirements

• 5+ years Project Management background
• Demonstrated understanding of project management methodologies and tools
• Strong facilitation, communication, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated collaborative leadership skills; ability to successfully direct the work of others
• Experience in software development or business analysis
• Familiarity with change management/release management
• Experience using JIRA
• Familiarity with Google Suite

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration or related field OR equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Atlassian, Google suite, Lucid Charts, and applicable data analytics tools
• Ability to consistently perform well during times of increased workload
• Set and meet deadlines
• Manage multiple job functions simultaneously