Title
TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER
Location
FIRST - AVON (VAIL)
Company
Leading interactive, multimedia company based in Chicago
Package
Competitive Benefits Package
Primary Accountabilities and Responsibilities
- Delivers assigned projects at agreed upon
profitability and schedule, meeting customer
satisfaction
- Ensures scope changes and add-on work are
appropriately addressed with the customer
- Supports bid & proposal efforts by developing work
plans, timeline and budget estimates for
assigned projects
- Works with Executive Producer to direct appropriate
resources to assigned projects
- Responsible for communication of all project
objective, status, and developments to customer
and the project team
- Assists in training plans for the delivery center's
Project Managers and Associate Project Managers
- Implements reuse to bolster delivery center
efficiencies as defined by Executive Producer
- Implements common delivery practices per Executive
Producer's direction
- Implements common project reporting process per
Executive Producer's direction
- Implements quality assurance programs per Executive
Producer's direction
- Provide performance evaluations for all delivery
center personnel assigned to their projects
- Recommends appropriate delivery resources for assigned
projects
- Manages utilization of delivery staff on assigned
projects
- Manage delivery center resources to project's budget
and timeline
- Make customer commitments regarding delivery issues
(e.g. dates, deliverables, scope, issues) on
assigned projects
- Authorize expenditures within project budgets
Invoices customers for project costs
Credentials / Knowledge / Skills Preferred
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project - understand
basic project management topics such as project
variance resource allocation project tracking,
project baseline
- 5-7 years experience in software development lifecycle
(all areas)
- 1-2 years experience in technical lead or project
management position during development project
- Working knowledge of Internet and/or
interactive development projects and
technologies
- Basic knowledge of development methodologies
- 1-2 years experience estimating projects > $200,000 -
Able to operate comfortably with minimal
direction or supervision
- Able to operate in situations where project definition
information may be ambiguous
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication
skills
- Must be comfortable with significant client
interaction
- Must have prudent conflict resolution skills