About the position
Responsibilities/Tasks of an Intermediate Project Manager:
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Systems Engineers, and project stakeholders to establish and agree upon project scope, with a strong emphasis on systems integration.
- Ensure clear definition of roles, responsibilities, and deliverables for each project discipline/member, emphasizing systems integration tasks.
- Facilitate high-level software design sessions, integrating systems considerations into the design process.
- Host project effort estimation sessions with a focus on understanding the intricacies of systems integration.
- Define a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and create a comprehensive project plan in MS Project or a suitable tool, highlighting systems integration milestones.
- Set up JIRA projects and create Jira tickets that address systems integration tasks as part of the defined project plan.
- Define a workflow tailored to the project environment, ensuring that it is agreed upon by project members and aligns with systems integration requirements.
- Manage project communication, including project plans, meeting minutes, and reporting, giving special attention to systems integration-related communication.
- Perform impact analysis for project changes, especially those affecting systems integration, and oversee the change management process.
- Facilitate regular project updates with project stakeholders, emphasizing systems integration progress and challenges.
- Collaborate with System Engineers, Architects, and Team Leads to understand non-functional and quality requirements, particularly as they relate to systems integration.
- Lead and motivate the project team, ensuring that they understand the critical role of systems integration.
- Oversee systems integration tasks, including the integration of third-party components and interfaces.
- Build ongoing relationships with line management and other company departments required for project delivery, emphasizing systems integration alignment.
- Understand our client’s software release process and manage multiple releases to the client, with a specific focus on integration points.
Minimum Requirements:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or Information Sciences.
- 4-7 years of technical project management experience, with a significant portion involving systems integration.
- At least 3 years of project management experience in a software development environment, with a strong focus on systems integration.
- Project management certification.
- Proficient understanding of Agile Principles.
- Proficient understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Proficient user of MS Project or similar software and MS Office applications.
- A solid grasp of Software Design Principles.
Skills and Knowledge Requirements:
- Extensive experience in Project Administration, with a focus on systems integration project management.
- Systems integration experience, ideally in a software development environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and a history of motivating project teams.
- Ability to conduct scenario-based analysis.
- Proficiency in critical thinking and the ability to ask probing questions to effectively find solutions.
- An understanding of systems integration principles, including middleware, APIs, and data integration, with some history of successful integration projects.
- Experience in integrating third-party components and interfaces into software projects.
- Proficiency in developing, implementing, and continuously improving systems integration best practices within project management processes, with a history of optimizing integration efficiencies.
Personal Profile:
- Self-starter and self-motivated.
- Analytical with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Organized, structured with attention to detail.
- Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Assertive, managing boundaries effectively.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic project environment.
- Comfortable with constant change.
- Team and people oriented.
- Open and approachable, yet firm.
- Results-driven and willing to be measured by your achievements.
- Not afraid to ask for advice and assistance.
- Not afraid to take calculated risks.
Responsibilities/Tasks of an Intermediate Project Manager:
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Systems Engineers, and project stakeholders to establish and agree upon project scope, with a strong emphasis on systems integration.
- Ensure clear definition of roles, responsibilities, and deliverables for each project discipline/member, emphasizing systems integration tasks.
- Facilitate high-level software design sessions, integrating systems considerations into the design process.
- Host project effort estimation sessions with a focus on understanding the intricacies of systems integration.
- Define a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and create a comprehensive project plan in MS Project or a suitable tool, highlighting systems integration milestones.
- Set up JIRA projects and create Jira tickets that address systems integration tasks as part of the defined project plan.
- Define a workflow tailored to the project environment, ensuring that it is agreed upon by project members and aligns with systems integration requirements.
- Manage project communication, including project plans, meeting minutes, and reporting, giving special attention to systems integration-related communication.
- Perform impact analysis for project changes, especially those affecting systems integration, and oversee the change management process.
- Facilitate regular project updates with project stakeholders, emphasizing systems integration progress and challenges.
- Collaborate with System Engineers, Architects, and Team Leads to understand non-functional and quality requirements, particularly as they relate to systems integration.
- Lead and motivate the project team, ensuring that they understand the critical role of systems integration.
- Oversee systems integration tasks, including the integration of third-party components and interfaces.
- Build ongoing relationships with line management and other company departments required for project delivery, emphasizing systems integration alignment.
- Understand our client’s software release process and manage multiple releases to the client, with a specific focus on integration points.
Minimum Requirements:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering or Information Sciences.
- 4-7 years of technical project management experience, with a significant portion involving systems integration.
- At least 3 years of project management experience in a software development environment, with a strong focus on systems integration.
- Project management certification.
- Proficient understanding of Agile Principles.
- Proficient understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Proficient user of MS Project or similar software and MS Office applications.
- A solid grasp of Software Design Principles.
Skills and Knowledge Requirements:
- Extensive experience in Project Administration, with a focus on systems integration project management.
- Systems integration experience, ideally in a software development environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and a history of motivating project teams.
- Ability to conduct scenario-based analysis.
- Proficiency in critical thinking and the ability to ask probing questions to effectively find solutions.
- An understanding of systems integration principles, including middleware, APIs, and data integration, with some history of successful integration projects.
- Experience in integrating third-party components and interfaces into software projects.
- Proficiency in developing, implementing, and continuously improving systems integration best practices within project management processes, with a history of optimizing integration efficiencies.
Personal Profile:
- Self-starter and self-motivated.
- Analytical with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Organized, structured with attention to detail.
- Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal).
- Assertive, managing boundaries effectively.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic project environment.
- Comfortable with constant change.
- Team and people oriented.
- Open and approachable, yet firm.
- Results-driven and willing to be measured by your achievements.
- Not afraid to ask for advice and assistance.
- Not afraid to take calculated risks.
Desired Skills:
- 4-7 years of technical PM
- PM certification.
- Agile Principles.
- SDLC
- MS Project
- Software Design Principles
