Intermediate IT Project Manager LW at Mediro Recruitment

Description

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 a 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.

Role-specific knowledge:

• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Systems Engineers, and project stakeholders to establish and agree upon project scope, with a strong emphasis on systems integration.
• Ensure a 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 the company 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.