Project Manager

Project Manager

Responsibilities would include:

• Coordinate project flow among members of project teams that include account management staff, software architects, programmers, graphics production staff, HTML production staff, quality assurance and others;
• Anticipate potential resource bottlenecks and work with management to address or avoid them;
• Hold team meetings for projects as necessary, encourage constant progress and report job status;
• Politely badger clients to hold up their end of the bargain on deliverables necessary to keep work moving;
• Develop reasonable scope expectations internally and externally during the course of the sales process and project development;
• Document and enforce the change management process as client needs grow during a project;
• Develop opportunities for ongoing client engagements by identifying areas for project growth;
• Work proactively with Account Management team to enable future sales ideas and efforts with existing clients;
• Monitor and manage progress, productivity, and profitability on all assigned clients and projects;
• Broker all key third party relationships between JGSI and other client vendors.

• Organizational skills to manage dozens of jobs among several major clients, assuring smooth workflow between various stages of production;
• Diplomacy to mediate priority conflicts between projects and account management staff;
• A cool head for the inevitable crises that pop up;
• Familiarity with Internet production technologies and methodologies to better empathize with the various production people you're shepherding;
• Impeccable written and verbal communications skills;
• An eye for details, and the dedication to pay attention to them.

Other useful skills would include:

• Knowledge of Gantt Charts and Visio;
• Knowledge of application development methodology, UML and any type of case tools software;
• The appreciation for and experience of running profitable custom software projects.

There will be infrequent travel involved, but generally not more than a few days a month. If this sounds like a job in which your past work experience would allow you to help keep jobs moving through our organization efficiently, then let's talk.

TO APPLY:

• Please, no recruiters or other fee-based placement offerings.
• No phone calls. Really.
• Send a cover letter outlining your experience and your resume to: Resumes@JGSullivan.com.