Sr. Project Manager - technical

Data Recognition Corporation - Osseo, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Osseo, MN

Educational Services

About the position

The Sr. Project Manager - technical role at Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) is focused on leading and managing projects within the educational assessment and analytics sector. The position requires a dedicated project manager with strong leadership skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities to ensure project milestones and deadlines are met while managing expectations and scope with stakeholders and development teams.

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