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Director of Project Management
Seattle, WA

We are looking for highly skilled, smart, effective, and motivated people to join our enthusiastic team. Our company is a fun and dynamic environment where we focus on delivering software that fits. As part of our team, you will help deliver a series of exceptional solutions to enterprise clients in fields ranging from healthcare to finance to aviation safety.

As the Director of Project Management you will be involved in the strategic management of 10-15 simultaneous projects. In this role you will also be directly responsible for managing 5-8 of those projects where you will lead the team from concept through delivery and support.

Requirements:

• Experience with iterative and agile software development methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Lean)
• Experience managing many simultaneous projects
• Capable of scheduling and tracking project work items, milestones and resource allocation
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
• Accommodating, diplomatic and steadfast
• Excellent English writing ability
• Experience with cost estimating scheduling and time impact evaluations.
• Proven customer interface and presentation skills
• Experience in project management principles, practices, methods, and applications, including strategic planning, department management, and group motivation.
• Responsible for the overall direction and management of projects through designated project managers, ensuring consistency of process across projects, and customer satisfaction with the products.
• Responsible for a group providing prioritizing, resource supply, support and internal consulting to ensure that projects are carried our consistently and successfully.

Key Position Accountabilities:

• Build and manage a high performing project management team
• Working with the Business Analyst, Dev Manager, QA Manager and other Project Managers, plan and allocate individuals to teams for upcoming projects
• Lead the team through the product lifecycle from requirements gathering through estimating and scheduling, development, testing, deployment, maintenance and training - all within schedule and budget parameters
• Determine project budget and allocate it across the groups (Dev, QA, Configuration) holding each group accountable for their allocation with weekly updates to the team and client manager
• Communicate team structure, project roles and project approach to the team
• Track tasks based on an estimate, actual time spent, and time remaining to complete the task; holding team members accountable to tasks and dependencies
• Be able to produce daily metrics on the budget of the project, amount expended, and amount remaining
• Report project status to the project team on a weekly basis, including status of project, milestones/timeline, percent completed, roadblocks, and budget expended
• Manage the scope of bugs and perform bug triage. Pull in resources as needed (Business Analyst, Technical Analyst, etc)
• Create a check list for a release – work with Software Engineers, QA, build engineer, etc
• Determine if project documentation is needed and take responsibility for getting it completed.
• Report project status to the client on a weekly basis, including status of project, milestones, percent completed, roadblocks, and budget expended
• Manage project cost control, estimating, scheduling, document control, project accountability, risk assessment
• Develop department work plans, assign tasks and duties, monitor performance, and conduct performance reviews with staff
• Clarify the role of project management in the organization
• Establish project management policies, guidelines, metrics and templates
• Prioritize projects and/or ensure consistency with company vision
• Provide guidance, mentoring, training and support
• Establish a repository of lessons learned and best practices

Reports To: VP of Professional Services

Seven Simple Machines provides an exciting environment for you to develop cutting edge software applications -- and personal growth. We have built a great place to work with a friendly, cooperative environment, fascinating and challenging projects, and our belief that your work and workplace should support your life and your family. Join our team!

To be considered for any of our position or for future work, please submit your resume through our online submission form or mail it to the following address:

Seven Simple Machines
Attn: Recruiting
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 208
Seattle, WA 98139

Seven Simple Machines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.