Friday 1 August 2014

Technical Project Manager, Business Applications | LinkedIn | Sunnyvale, CA


Technical Project Manager, Business Applications | LinkedIn | Sunnyvale, CA


Technical Project Manager, Business Applications

LinkedIn - Sunnyvale, CA

Posted 11 days ago
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Job description

Technical Project Manager, Business Applications

LinkedIn is looking for a Technical Project Manager to assist the Business Applications Team in coordinating projects for multiple tracks in all phases of the project development lifecycle (SDLC). Our TPM’s manage the full life cycle of technical projects and programs to deliver high quality services for our customers with predictability. They bring order to chaos by thinking holistically and working cross functionally to design and improve processes and tools. They are comfortable working with both highly technical and non-technical disciplines to ensure that project inputs and requirements are transformed into appropriate outputs and results. They identify, manage, and mitigate risks, and create repeatable processes allowing scale and leverage.

Responsibilities

Process and Change Management

  • Designs and implements solutions to improve existing processes and tools
  • Promotes best practices and trains others on existing and new processes and tools across teams and department
  • Ensure all project artifacts (BRD’s, Design Docs, Test Plans, etc.) are completed and approved in a timely fashion, and are saved in the project’s central repository.
  • Assist in driving RFP, Proposal and Statement of Works review, on-boarding of new tools and vendors and also managing project budgets.

Planning & Execution

  • Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of projects.
  • Assist with meeting facilitation by sending meeting agendas capturing and distributing meeting minutes, and tracking assigned team actions.
  • Proactively identifies dependencies between teams and ensures all plans align on delivery criteria
  • Plans and drives programs and projects of significant complexity and risk
  • Analyzes projects to identify risks and potential roadblocks, and modifies project plans to mitigate risk
  • Proactively manages dependencies and resolves issues
  • Influences decision making and problem solving across projects, programs, and teams


Communication

  • Builds and maintains relationships to increase collaboration and productivity
  • Develops and manages communication methods and cadence to ensure appropriate project governance
  • Serve as the central point of contact and primary interface for all projects related issues.
  • Proactively detects misalignment and gains consensus on appropriate actions, mitigating negative impact
  • Monitor project risk and assist managers in developing mitigation strategies to meet the project’s goals and objectives


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Information Technology is required.
  • 7+ years project management experience leading projects of significant complexity.
  • Must have hands on implementation experience with at least one of the following Oracle R12 tracks OTC, RTR & PTP.
  • Experience planning, building, testing, and deploying Oracle applications required
  • Familiarity with Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and experience with OUM or AIM required.
  • Understanding of PMI Methodology.
  • Hands-on experience with project collaboration tools (AtTask, SharePoint, PPM and Google Sites).
  • Working understanding of MS Project.
  • Strong, proven communication skills (verbal and written)

http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/13595657?trk=jserp_job_details_text



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