Senior Project Manager (contract)

Responsibilities

• Highly knowledgeable about Waterfall and Agile practices and executes either (or a blend of the two), with success.
• Flexible and nimble, contributes new ideas to process innovation and development when appropriate, embracing the use of AI.
• Awareness, Accountability, Authority - Exhibits a high degree of ownership with demonstrated success in managing numerous stakeholders and priorities concurrently.
• Provides exceptional leadership while working well under pressure to deliver the highest quality deliverables.
• Confident in and capable of executing tasking independently.
• Working knowledge and understanding of discovery and development lifecycle in web and mobile application projects.
• Relationship driven, with an ability to develop, foster and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Organized and efficient with project management fundamentals and processes.
• Learns and understands tools and uses them to drive project success, maximizing profitability and ensuring positive outcomes.
• Driven to learn, develop new skills and contribute to collective success.
• Stays current on industry best practices and collaborates across departments to evolve and improve processes.
• Strives to understand and enjoys working in the technology field. Willing to contribute knowledge and get hands on within technology settings when appropriate.
• Plays a leadership role on projects and through interactions across departments.
• Uses experience to share knowledge and core principles of Project Management.
• Comfortable with independent decision making to ensure the best outcomes for each project and Mindgrub.

Requirements

• Remote; 9:00am - 5:00pm EST; 40 hrs / wk
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required
• 7+ years of project management experience; Consulting and agency experience preferred
• Experience working with enterprise level clients
• Utility or highly regulated industry experience is required
• Thirst for knowledge and always ready to learn more
• PMP, CSM, Agile-related certification or equivalent is preferred
• Experience working on web application and mobile application projects
• Exceptional oral and written communication
• Strong servant leadership style
• Proficient in problem-solving and conceptual skills to recommend approaches and methods
• Detail-oriented
• Proficient knowledge of waterfall and agile methodologies with the ambition to become certified in agile methodologies
• Proficient in communicating internally, and externally as needed, translating dev speak to client speak and vice versa
• Ability to lead well under pressure to deliver the highest quality deliverables
• Excellent presentation skills and comfortable speaking during internal/client meetings
• Excellent time management and interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to oversee project teams and fully independently manage multiple projects
• Proficiency in Google Workspace and Project Management tools, Azure Dev Ops (required), Jira and Confluence

Pay

$75.00 - $85.00 USD per hour

Schedule

Remote; 9:00am - 5:00pm EST; 40 hrs / wk