What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Project Manager position at Actalent?
Description:
Our company is seeking a Project Manager to join our Global Revenue Operations team. This role involves partnering with a program manager to facilitate the integration of an acquisition, ensuring that the Commercial team, processes, and systems are ready for effective selling, fulfillment, and support of the acquired products and services.
The Project Manager will handle key activities within both the project management and software development lifecycles. General project management tasks will include creating project charters, schedules, risk and issue logs, status reports, and organizing meetings such as requirement gathering sessions and change management plans. Specific software development tasks will involve preparing for Agile/Scrum sprint planning and facilitating user acceptance testing. To achieve these objectives, theProject Manager will primarily work with the Global Revenue Operations team but will also collaborate with other departments within and outside the Commercial organization, such as Sales, Service, GIS/IT, Product Development, and Quality/Compliance.
The ideal candidate should be able to work independently and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
Skills:
program management, software development lifecycle, agile, scrum methodology, PMP, project planning, business case development, Jira, risk mitigation
Top Skills Details:
program management,software development lifecycle,agile,scrum methodology
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
**Preferred Skills:**
- Proficiency in developing program and project plans, including detailed timelines with durations, dependencies, critical paths, and milestones.
- A deep understanding of project management activities, including discovery, stakeholder alignment, implementation, and follow-up.
- Ability to develop business cases to justify investments for specific requirements and support prioritization.
- Effective communication skills with individual contributors, mid-level managers, and leaders.
- Ability to work well both independently and in a team setting.
- Experience in identifying project risks and creating mitigation plans.
- Proficiency in MS Office, Jira, and collaboration and remote working tools.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $43 - $53
