[Remote] Project Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Boston Harbor Consulting is hiring a Project Manager to lead Vendavo implementation projects from kickoff through post-production support. The role owns project delivery, budgets, schedules, client relationships, cross-functional teams, and risks across engagements.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall project budget and project profitability
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships at both the project and executive levels, driving toward their strategic goals
• Lead cross-functional, globally distributed teams and their associated workstreams throughout the implementation
• Manage and regularly review the overall program timeline, status, milestones, and risks
• Coordinate activities across other areas that may impact the program
• Provide a governance structure and work with teams to drive stakeholder management and communications
• Manage client engagements with end-to-end ownership, from kickoff through post-production support
• Create and manage project schedules spanning configuration, development, testing, and go-live activities
• Oversee requirements gathering with clients and run user story grooming sessions with key stakeholders
• Obtain requirements sign-off for each sprint to ensure alignment with client objectives
• Provide coordination and leadership for internal and client project members, building rapport with project sponsors and mitigating conflict as needed
• Identify and track client pain points and gaps between business process requirements and platform capabilities
• Manage project scope and change orders, and identify opportunities to refine BHC’s service delivery processes
• Manage the activities and tasks associated with multiple projects simultaneously
• Ensure the project team complies with time-sheet guidelines so that resource-utilization and budget metrics stay accurate and current
• Ensure the project team documents all user stories and acceptance criteria in Jira
• Develop a working understanding of the features, capabilities, and limitations of the Vendavo platform, including its pricing, quoting and agreements, rebates, and analytics modules
• Support the development of training and implementation materials
• Monitor project progress by tracking development activity, resolving bottlenecks, and publishing status reports
• Communicate project progress to senior management and clients in writing and in daily meetings

Skills

• 5+ years of project or program management experience on large-scale enterprise software implementations that span multiple business units and multi-divisional deployments
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with executives and project teams, both internal and external
• Strong working knowledge of software implementation methodologies
• Ability to manage project budgets, scope, change orders, and project profitability
• Demonstrated experience managing teams and resolving complex business and application problems in a timely manner
• High-impact experience in customer-facing, consultative roles at an enterprise software company or professional technology consulting firm
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, management information systems, computer science, engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5 to 7 years of technology consulting and project implementation experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical writing
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with sharp attention to detail
• Organized, with excellent time-management skills
• Knowledge of project management and defect-tracking tools such as Jira
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Agile experience
• Ideally serving industrial, automotive, distribution, consumer packaged goods, chemical, or high-tech clients
• Pricing experience
• PMP, Certified Scrum Master, or a comparable certification
• Experience with Vendavo, PriceFx, CPQ, or Salesforce

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