Project Manager

Project Manager

Optomi, in partnership with one of our top clients, is seeking a Project Manager to bring new products to market through an Agile development process. This role ensures new products meet specific customer requirements, program goals, timelines and budgets.

This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule (3 days onsite a week) and will be based out of Minneapolis, MN.

Experience of the Right Candidate:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Business (or similar technical discipline) and at least 7 years experience in project management, product management, or software development is required.
• Experience leading & managing Agile development teams supporting enterprise applications of 50,000 users is required.
• PMP Certification strongly preferred.
• Experience with change management preferred.
• Experience managing enterprise applications with 50,000 users with an Agile development process from concept to production.
• Knowledge of software development project metrics.
• Business and financial acumen, and experience in business case development and scenario planning.
• Proven ability to integrate business, marketing, and technical elements of a new product development program, including anticipating issues and driving countermeasures and issues to closure.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience with project management software.

What the Right Candidate Will Do:

• Works closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to ensure requirements align with program objectives.
• Works closely with management and business leaders to create program scope, objectives and risk assessment.
• Anticipates issues and drives countermeasures to ensure programs meet intended objectives.
• Directs and coordinates activities of program personnel to ensure programs progress on schedule and within budget while meeting established customer requirements.
• Resolves people and team dynamic issues for the effective performance of the program team in completing their assignments.
• Manages intra-program dependencies and their interrelationships, and their impact upon other programs and projects.
• Schedules and leads timely status review meetings.
• Escalates issues and mitigation recommendations to upper management.