Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motorola Solutions is a global community focused on keeping people safer through technology. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex Command Center projects for public safety customers, managing project teams and ensuring adherence to program plans and budgets.
Responsibilities
- Leads large programs or portions of very complex programs up to $10M
- Directs and coordinates the work activities of project teams
- People management experience a must; may be responsible for managing other project managers or technical people supporting program objectives as direct reports
- Capable of managing/supervising other disciplines/technology within a project
- Communicates with key customer stakeholders
- Can comprehend and participate with sales on the overall strategy of the project to increase revenue
- Conducts needs assessments and requirements gathering
- Defines and develops program scope, objectives, detailed plans, budgets and metrics for large projects and/or portions of complex projects
- Manages projects from inception to completion (or transition), including tracking and evaluation of project performance
- Responsible for adherence to program plan, quality metrics and budgets for projects
- Recommends corrective actions and implements changes
- Identifies and mitigates risks; develops and implements risk mitigation plans
- Procures internal and external resources
- Allocates project staff with required competencies to meet project objectives
- Acts as primary interface to internal teams
- May manage challenging vendor relationships
- Responsible for direct communication to relevant senior stakeholders
- Leads moderately-complex communications and/or negotiations with internal or external clients
- May provide input into proposal preparation, statements of work and specifications, and estimation of costs
- Identifies and manages program enhancements and process improvements
- Conducts project reviews throughout the life of the project
- Creates a motivated team environment with support, engineering, other SI resources and resources from other departments, as needed
- Proactively gathers lessons learned throughout the project
- Utilizes best practice project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness
- Responsible for allocating all necessary resources to ensure projects meet financial and customer satisfaction goals
Skills
- High School diploma, Associates, or Bachelor's degree in Business, Communications, Engineering, IT, Management, or Technology
- 5+ years of Public Safety and Project Management experience managing complex deployments and/or software application deployments for State and Local public safety government agencies
- Must be able to obtain a background clearance as required by our government customers
- Remote position based in the United States
- Must be willing to travel (75%)
- Must have prior people management experience
- Skilled in using Microsoft Project and similar applications for project schedule planning
- Experience with project risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies
- Must be a self-motivated team player able to work effectively with general guidance toward objectives
- Must have excellent interpersonal communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
- PMP Certification is preferred
- Must be able to pass a criminal background check, pass and maintain CJIS Security and Privacy: Privileged Role certification requirements
Benefits
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- Referral Payment Plan
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