Project Manager

What your impact will look like here:

• Project Delivery
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals and achieve the utilization target.
• Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
• Define and manage project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders and develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Develop, deliver, and determine the frequency of status reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations, analyze results, identify potential risks, and devise contingency plans.
• Monitor project objectives and deliverables according to the organization's guidelines.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical paths.
• Conduct project lessons learned post-mortem documents and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear manner.
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project life cycle.
• Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Direct and manage project development, resources, and schedule using appropriate tools.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during the project cycle.
• Perform other tasks related to project or customer activities, as assigned by Supervisor.
• Monitor and approve assigned resources time entry and comments
• Prepare invoice support documentation and obtain client approval for work performed.
• Communicate with project stakeholders and team members on an ongoing basis.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team (includes customer).
• Business Development
• Support Sales Team and Directors with budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
• Identify and develop sales opportunities and contribute with marketing activities.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Look for ways to improve the project's timeliness.
• Contribute to the organization’s growth and business areas.
• Develop tools and practices for better project execution and management.
• Develop new skills through proper training and proper use of bench time.
• Establish relationships with professional groups, and encourage the team members’ participation in the corresponding activities.
• Complete new certifications and improve his/her the expertise, attributes and capacities.

You will love this job if you have:

• 2 years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• 5+ years experience in public sector - government software implementation projects.
• Project Management Certifications a plus.
• Strong familiarity with project management software, such as MS-Project or Primavera.
• Database and operating systems experience a plus.
• Competent and proficient understanding of development platforms.
• Solid working knowledge of current Internet technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in personnel management.
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment is essential.
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
• Flexible during times of change, and deadline proximities.
• Ability to read communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
• Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
• Ability to defuse tension among project team, should it arise.
• Ability to bring project to successful completion through political sensitivity.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong customer centric orientation required.
• Full vailability to visit customer sites and office as required by project or customer.
• Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products.
• Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

NOTE: This role needs to be located in Puerto Rico with availability to visit customer sites as needed.

Security Requirements:

• Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
• Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.