What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Project Manager position at Insight Global?
Position: Software Project Manager
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Duration: Perm
Salary: $100k - $150k
**Benefit packages for this role may include healthcare insurance offerings and paid leave as provided by applicable law.
Day to Day:
A large Material Handling Company is looking for a Software Project Manager. This person will manage software project delivery of an automated material handling warehouse. They will be responsible for managing everything from budget to scope to timeline to resource and risk management. This person will interacting with the customer and communicating direction to their core delivery team. The delivery team will consist of PM’s, project engineers, controls, and software engineers. Typical delivery timelines range from 1-3 years. This role will require 30-50% travel as it is important for this person to be on site to ensure proper progress is being met on time and on budget. This person must be very driven, highly organized, a strong communicator and a great leader. Given that this person will be overseeing the software portion of the project, a strong understanding of software methodologies is a must and able to host software workshops with customers.
Must Haves:
- Bachelor’s Degree in related field (marketing, sales, engineering)
- Experience within any of the following industries- Automated material handling, oil and gas, construction, automotive
- Strong in Microsoft Project
- Highly motivated, organized, and a natural problem solver
- Strong understanding of software methodologies (i.e. agile)
- Strong communication skills (this is a heavily customer facing role)
- Willing to Travel 30-50% depending on the phase of the project
- Highly relational- able to build relationships with customers and existing team
- Highly resilient/flexible
Plusses:
- Direct Automated Material Handling Experience
- PMP
- Experience with Jira
Salary : $100,000 - $150,000
