Position: Project Manager
Company: Sigma Software
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

We are looking for a Project Manager with a good English level and analytical thinking, willing to become a part of the team that develops the standard Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system. It supports all kinds of municipal or corresponding authorities, case management and is characterized by a high degree of standard functionality.

CUSTOMER
The customer is a leading developer of ECM-software, Information Quality Management, and eQMS software solutions with thousands of customers worldwide. The customer’s software enables organizations to capture, process, store, archive, and supply information in a systemized and controlled manner.

PROJECT
The system we develop is a standard Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system that supports all kinds of municipal or corresponding authorities, case management and is characterized by a high degree of standard functionality.

It is a solution that consists of a VB6 client (Rich functionality) and a Web client (Limited functionality). It uses an MS SQL Database and .NET as core, has lots of third-party components and an installbase of 40+ customers with yearly version upgrades.


RESPONSIBILITIES

Performance of overall project planning based on predefined Charter; defining, estimating and scheduling of project work to achieve the scope
Managing, monitoring, and forecasting of project execution; successful execution and delivery of projects on-time and within allocated budget
Ensuring of internal and external customers management through effective communication at the level required by generally applicable business ethics standards
Coordination of development teams and their leads
Supporting of the entire Software Engineering cycle for the allocated set of projects (Customer Communications, Requirements Analysis, Architecture, Design, Implementation, Documentation, Testing, Deployment, Maintenance)
Project risk management
Focusing the team on the result
On-time monitoring of task fulfillment and reporting to management and customers
Taking corrective actions as required to deliver complete scope with desired quality in time and within the budget (including scope change management, risk mitigation, etc.)
Configuration management
Project Documentation Management
Project Quality Assurance and Quality Management
Contributing to projects life-cycle improvement through lessons learned, project achievements, etc.
Preparation of new bids (technical and commercial proposals for new projects)
Management of the projects staff (partially): tracking, coordination and timely notification of management about the need of carrier growth of staff; avoiding and elimination of conflicts in the team

REQUIREMENTS

Experience of working in IT area for at least 4 years
Understanding of software development life cycle
Experience of working as a Project Manager for at least 4 years
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience working with a plan-driven project
Experience in people management practices: coaching and mentoring, team and conflict management, team motivation, and team building
Experience in work with requirements, risk management
Experience in communication with customers
Upper-Intermediate level of English (spoken and written)