Project Manager

Job Description
Orbis Technologies, Inc. provides award-winning products, solutions, and services powering enterprise software for hundreds of clients across four continents and fourteen countries. Orbis software and services support mission-critical Enterprise Content Management Software, Solutions, Services, and Analytical Software Solutions. We make semantic technologies perform on a global scale. Every day, thousands of users at our prestigious commercial, military, and federal customers depend on our software and solutions. When other partners miss the mark, Orbis gets the job done.

The Project Manager is the primary customer contact for the daily operations of professional services engagements. Typical engagements range from defining strategic direction (e.g., clarifying content and product strategy and creating a roadmap for a client) to full-enterprise systems implementations, predominantly supporting our own software products. The ideal candidate will have a history of successful project executions based on their expertise as a Project Manager/Analyst and their ability to build relationships, influence, and negotiate with project participants and partners.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead customer-facing projects. Manage joint project teams and activities as well as project relationships, expectations, and communications.
• Collect and analyze customer business needs, translating them into requirement backlogs that are created with, reviewed, approved, and prioritized by the client.
  • Employ multiple techniques for determining customer requirements, including, but not limited to, interviews, document analysis, workshops, facilitated sessions, surveys, and site visits.
  • Document customer requirements as User Stories and tasks. Related artifacts may include use cases, process and workflow diagrams, etc.
  • Collaborate with both technical and subject matter experts (internal, external, and client staff) to maintain focus on the project vision and manage the scope of the project.
  • Analyze tradeoffs between usability, cost, and performance. Assist the client in assessing those tradeoffs and work to ensure timely decision making.
  • Perform all project management activities using Agile methods and tools for project planning, definition, scope management, issue and risk management, reporting, etc.
  • Build positive relationships with clients to ensure the successful completion of projects and the identification of future consulting and software opportunities.
  • Build positive relationships with the internal project team and supporting functions (e.g., product development) to facilitate project execution.
  • Facilitate Scrum events: planning, daily calls, backlog grooming, demos, retrospectives
  • Leverage Agile methods to manage project scope for on time and within budget delivery
  • Track lean metrics.

Experience and Skills

• U.S. citizenship.
• A BA/BS degree
• At least 5 years of relevant experience with solid references.
• Collaborative, team player with superior interpersonal and communication skills.
• A proven track record of implementing software systems in complex business environments. Project experience must encompass all project phases (start-up through the roll out and support) and include end-to-end experience in the system development life cycle.
• Excellent analytical capabilities, as evidenced by experience analyzing and documenting complex business requirements and processes.
• Successful track record interacting directly with all potential customer roles: business sponsor, project manager, senior and middle managers, executives, project team members, subject matter experts, end-users, etc.
• Must be results orientated - a practical and creative problem solver.
• Experience with Agile/Lean methods, including Scrum, Kanban, etc.
• Knowledge of publishing (e.g., professional, commercial, scholarly, technical, non-profit, etc.) and/or content management processes and/or technologies is highly desirable.
• Industry experience working with organizations in Public Sector domains, Business & Financial Services, Industrial, Manufacturing Software, etc.
• Very strong written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated Leadership skills.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Positive attitude.
• Very well organized.
• Able to multitask effectively.
• Have excellent time management, task planning, and prioritization skills.
• Able to adapt quickly to changing client requirements.
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Ability to build strong relationships with clients and team members.

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Hours and Work Location:

This is a full-time, on-site, exempt position with hours of operations from Monday to Friday, between 8 am to 5 pm. Office locations in Annapolis, MD; Durham, NC; Brookfield, WI; Orlando, FL.

Job Benefits

• 3 weeks of PTO, 8 paid holidays, 5 additional days for life events such as adoption, childbirth, and marriage.
• Free medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with 100% match of up to 4% of contributions and with immediate vesting.
• Commuting allowance for in-office positions.
• Tuition & Professional Membership Reimbursement.
• Employee Referral bonus.

Orbis Technologies, Inc. employs and promotes a highly talented and diverse workforce and environment, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, or any other protected class.

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