Who: Blue Rooster
Position: Sharepoint Project Manager
Where: Seattle
What: Are you a seasoned Project Manager with expertise leading projects for web-driven applications, enterprise SharePoint, CMS/ECM or online publishing systems? Are you interested in working with a product development and professional services firm that’s helping the world’s leading companies to Create, Build, and Experience powerful and intuitive collaboration tools?
Blue Rooster is forecasted to double in size in 2014 and they’re looking for a Senior Project Manager to join their team who understands complex online software applications and who can deftly manage the most demanding customers. In this role, you have the opportunity to lead large client-facing development projects interacting with some of the most known brands in the world.
You will be responsible for driving client feature implementations on Sitecore and/or SharePoint 2010/2013 while closely interacting with seasoned UX/UI Designers, Developers, Content Editors and client team members to deliver scalable, agile and highly customizable components. You’ll be directly responsible for helping to define user interfaces, workflows and defining functional specifications.
Responsibilities:
•Define and maintain strong working interdisciplinary internal and external client relationships
•Work directly with stakeholders, business partners, partner engineering teams and product groups to collect, validate, reconcile functional business and application requirements, work with development to define and validate technical options, drive recommendations and define functional specifications
•An ability to make decisions and execute both personally and by leveraging the competencies of managers, peers and/or partners
•A track record of leading teams from “blank paper” to successful feature/product implementation
Requirements:
•Minimum of 6–9 years enterprise project management experience with a several years of consultancy experience required
•Key to success is being a master of the details and having crystal clear communication abilities — things move quickly here
•Expertise accurately scoping, managing and delivering large, service-oriented web applications, CMS/ECM or online publishing system features on time and on budget
•Prepare and maintain project documentation: project plan, status reports, risk assessment plans, change requests and resource requests
•Manage a detailed project schedule and project budget over multiple delivery periods
•Strong Leadership skills; supervisory management experience a plus
•Broad experience with a variety of SDLC’s, including Agile and Scrum, a plus
•Sound business-related skills including judgment and decision making skills
•Experience using MS Project, Visio and PowerPoint are a must
•Build and manage appropriate project staff; drive project profitability
•Ability to troubleshoot and solve difficult problems
•Strong written and oral communications skills
SharePoint Experience is Key:
•Should have delivered multiple enterprise SharePoint projects, particularly managing multi-phased projects from concept through development and testing
•More than a SharePoint power-user, bringing an understanding of how SharePoint works and is manipulated to achieve various needs
•Knowledge of the differences between SharePoint products with OOB capabilities and its requirements for customization
•Experience using SP Designer to develop custom web-parts and custom workflows; knowledge of SharePoint governance and administration is a plus
•Familiarity with complementary technologies such as SQL Server, Windows Server, IIS. . .
•Experience with standard software engineering and collaboration tools, including Team Foundation Server (TFS) and TDS (Sitecore plugin for SP) desired
Education:
•B.A. or B.S. degree, Computer Science Degrees highly preferred.
•SharePoint Certifications highly preferred
Contact: Apply here.
