Project Manager

June 21

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Coforma

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Software Development • Digital Services • Design Research • UX Design • Product Design

51 - 200 employees

🏛️ Government

Description

• Project Managers at Coforma are responsible for managing a portfolio of projects and coordinating the teams assigned to those projects • Our Project Managers leverage their strong situational awareness skills to provide tactical and team leadership throughout the project life cycle • They oversee the development of critical project integration points with a broader foundation and associated deliverables • Project Managers assist in developing company processes, help guide their implementation, and drive organization-wide adoption while maintaining up-to-date guidelines • The ideal candidates for this role are comfortable navigating both organizational and project ambiguity • If you’re passionate about improving lives through digital products and services, then Coforma is an excellent company for you

Requirements

• While we're looking for applicants at the L3 (4+ years of experience) to Senior (8+ years of experience) levels, Project Managers at all career levels are welcome to apply • Minimum of 2 years of experience as a Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or Product Manager • Experience in an agency setting managing small- to large-scale digital design and development projects • Experience working with product, research and design, and engineering teams as a cohesive unit and maintaining open lines of communication in a multi-disciplinary environment • Passion for learning, ability to create and adapt systems, and ability to collaborate with creative, technical, and business stakeholders and team members • Experience using agile frameworks like Lean, Scrum, Kanban, and Test-Driven Development (TDD) • Experience working cross-functionally with strategists, product designers, developers, communications, and other disciplines • Experience managing milestones, dependencies, communications, and stakeholder expectations • Strong organizational skills and keen attention to detail • Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally (whether verbally or through assistive technologies/aids) to increase transparency • Strong competency in situational awareness, situational leadership, and conflict mitigation and resolution • Ability to nurture relationships to help drive prioritization across multiple projects and create ecosystems of success • A proactive, empathetic, persistent, positive, and growth mindset • Full-time resident of the contiguous United States (must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship) • Applicants selected for this position may be subject to a government security clearance and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information related to the nature of some of our client's work

Benefits

• Lead your project team and drive results related to contractual objectives • Manage team members in collaboration with Account Directors • Serve as the primary point of contact for and proactively build relationships with stakeholders and project partners • Understand the team's objectives, systems, and capabilities in order to make decisions about project priorities and help resolve issues • Implement and manage project onboarding templates and processes, including educating team members on roles, responsibilities, and internal processes • Execute day-to-day management and oversight of projects, including scope, schedule, cost/budget, risk, quality, and resources • Build and develop the project team to enable optimal performance by providing purpose, direction, and motivation and creating holistic success for everyone involved • Manage the team's velocity and continually improve processes for organizing and completing work • Serve as a bridge between upper management, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams tasked with project execution • Coordinate with partner teams to ensure alignment, build understanding, identify and resolve conflicts, and ensure successful outcomes • Report risks, successes, progress, backlog, and failures to stakeholders in a timely, clear, and efficient manner • Monitor time tracking for the team, ensuring all members are tracking time regularly and accurately • Assist with contract coordination by verifying invoices, data checking modifications, tracking options exercised, funding, and roles allocated, providing deliverable reporting, evaluating compliance and risk efforts, etc. • Be comfortable digging into account finances, including developing staffing models, writing SOWs, tracking burn rates, etc. • Assist in enforcing planning and strategy deadlines throughout Coforma to ensure meetings and delivery occur on time, and supporting any other key internal deadlines