What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Project Manager position at PTC?
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Role Summary
The Professional Services Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of ServiceMax software implementation projects. Your focus is ensuring a successful and expedient go-live for our customer in order for them to gain the long term benefits of our software. Projects are expected to be complex implementations, often involving integrations, middleware and potential partner or other 3rd party involvement. In this role you will utilize your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.
The successful candidate will demonstrate leadership in understanding customer objectives, appropriately representing ServiceMax, effective and timely communication, setting expectations, accurate planning, gaining mutual agreement and managing to budget, scope and schedules.
Responsibilities:
Project leader and owner for overall implementation success
Primary customer contact for the duration of each project and owner of all project communication
Plan and implement projects at various customer work sites in the US and abroad, including the activities owned by ServiceMax, customer, 3rd parties and any subcontractors
Track and manage the operational, financial, and deliverable aspects of projects based on timelines and work plans.
Proactively communicate both internally and externally, including project risks, issues, or any information that may affect success.
Translate customer needs / requirements into detailed project plans while driving internal execution to meet project targets.
Understand the client’s information technology governance structure and incorporate in the project plan / budget. Provide feedback to Scoping team as required
Leverage appropriate stakeholder involvement throughout the life of the project to ensure success
Identify opportunities to expand the project in ways that bring value to our customer and satisfy our profitability requirements
Participate in the development of proposals for projects
Manage budget and communicate status, including burn rate, to project executives on a weekly basis or as contractually required
Understand the client’s information technology governance structure and incorporate in the project plan / budget. Provide feedback to Scoping team as requiredResolve, document, and / or escalate critical issues as needed in a timely manner to minimize project risk factors
Ensure that delivered products and services achieve highest quality and performance levels
Negotiate change orders with the customers
Professionally represent ServiceMax during all customer communications. Document and evangelize customer product requests and requirements. Be a compelling and trusted “voice of customer” when evangelizing the features that will yield the biggest impact in current and future implementations
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with at least 5 years of experience in a consultant or project management position
At least 5 additional years of experience in a project management, engineering or manufacturing role
At least 5 years of experience leading enterprise software implementations with one or more Customer
Relationship Management Solution (such as Oracle, SalesForce.com, SAP, Siebel or other CRM software) configuration experience desired
Experience with enterprise integration platforms (such as Informatica, IBM Cast Iron, or MuleSoft)
Experience with technologies supporting SaaS applications, including XML, Web Services, HTML, Java and JavaScript
Exposure to Salesforce.com CRM. Salesforce.com certification is a big plus
Experience with field service operations or customer service management and call center support a big plus
Adept at interactions with C Level executives
Eligibility Requirements:
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.
Must be willing to travel 30%
Must be willing to work out of a home office
Desired Characteristics:
Previous experience in the software industry, preferably software services
PMP certification a big plus
Prince2/ITIL, Scrum Master Certification
Project Management of SFDC, Sales Cloud, or Service Cloud
Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.
If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?
