Project manager

Company INTERCHANGE COMMUNICATIONS, a leading provider of technology solutions for corporate and government enterprises of all sizes, is looking for project manager to be a part of our open and friendly team .
Summary:
The Project Manager applies professional principles, practices, and techniques to lead project teams and control project schedule, cost, and performance risks to ensure satisfied customers. This role has ultimate responsibility for all assigned projects and manages customer satisfaction, definition, planning, monitoring, and others aspects of a project. This role is generally assigned non-critical, standardized projects.

Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible to thoroughly understand and communicate stakeholder requirements to
appropriate team members, and manage all requirements accordingly to realize each for the
stakeholder.
- Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, and provide timely feedback.
- Coordinate and facilitate delivery of project objectives.
- Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.
- Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.
- Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management.
- Follow Akcelerant policies, procedures and methodologies.
- Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view.
- Work collaboratively with development staff and support staff to maintain thorough knowledge of product capabilities.
- Define & maintain all implementation processes, manage implementation lifecycle; coordinate documentation when needed.
- Troubleshoot technical issues when the need arises, and escalating appropriately as needed.
- Maintain timelines and target dates in Microsoft Project.
- Define & maintain all product development processes, manage software development lifecycle
- Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other agile project related meetings.
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration,
prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
- Find and work to remove development and project roadblocks; motivates the development
team and keep them excited to move forward; protects the team from outside distractions.

Competencies:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following:
- Project Management - Develops project plans; Coordinates projects; Communicates changes and progress; Completes projects on time and budget; Manages project team activities.
- Delegation - Delegates work assignments; Matches the responsibility to the person; Gives authority to work independently; Sets expectations and monitors delegated activities; Provides recognition for results.
- Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Effectively influences actions and opinions of others; Accepts feedback from others; Gives
appropriate recognition to others.
- Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to
customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service
and assistance; Meets commitments.
- Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures.
- Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes
information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations; Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
- Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives; Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgW_t4alLaI&feature=em-upload_owner