Project Manager (Software Development/Technical)

Location:  LaGrange, OH - No rush-hour traffic from any location!

  • 20-35 Minutes from Cleveland, Westlake, North Ridgeville, Elyria, Avon, Medina, and Brunswick

  • 35-45 Minutes from Lakewood, Beachwood, Sandusky, Brecksville, and Strongsville

Company Profile:  Celebrating 35 years with no layoffs!  SpaceBound is a global supplier of technology products and services within the B2C, B2B and GovEd sectors. Privately held, SpaceBound offers a cohesive environment that embraces cutting-edge technologies. Continued growth is a direct result of a performance-driven atmosphere that rewards initiative, creativity, and a commitment to excellence.  Average employee tenure: 8+ years. 
 
Work Tour:  Part-Time/Long-Term Position 25-hrs. per-week (Schedule can be negotiated / Great for Moms or Dads working around family schedules)

Responsibilities: SpaceBound is seeking a Project Manager who will plan, organize, and manage a portfolio of projects and serve as the liaison between business and technical aspects of assigned projects. The primary function is to manage the successful completion of internal within the software developer projects. The project manager is also actively involved in the development creation and gathering of requirements, sprint timeline commitments, project tracking, and delivery of completed projects. Projects can range from small enhancements, lasting a few weeks, to larger enhancements that run over the course of several months.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

  • Overall responsibility for managing scope and delivery of projects from inception to closure

  • Define, develop, and manage implementation schedules and project budgets

  • Develops, maintains, and revises proposals for assigned projects

  • Coordinate resources, prepare project teams, control project scope, and mitigate risks

  • Proactively identify any project risks (including timeline slippage, quality issues, etc.) and create implement mitigate plans

  • Serve as scum master by removing impediments, working with product owner to prioritize  backlog, and helping the team understand project scope

  • Analyzes and troubleshoots bugs and defects and partners with development resources to resolve them

  • Establishes and implements project communication plans, providing status updates to affected staff and stakeholders

  • Collects, analyzes, and summarizes information and trends as needed to prepare project status reports

  • Serve as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments

  • Must be a great communicator who is willing to attend face-to-face meetings with non-technical departments heads

  • Leads weekly meetings with corporate officers to follow up on key deliverables

  • Other duties can and will be assigned 

Supervisory Responsibilities: Assign duties for project staff and oversee day-to-day tasks needed to complete projects.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

  • 3+ years of direct project management in an information technology field

  • Experience managing multiple parallel small or medium-sized projects to completion

  • Ability to elicit, analyze, document, and manage a project’s requirements

  • Ability to research and understand existing business processes

  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)

  • Ability to lead working sessions and weekly meetings to execute project activities

  • Self-starter and self-motivated

  • Multi-task in a busy, fast-paced, and sometimes stressful environment

  • Highly effective organizational skills

  • Excellent interpersonal skills

  • Professional demeanor

  • Attention to detail

  • Strong written & oral communication skills to interface effectively with all team members, customers and partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field

  • 5+ years of technical project management experience

  • Ability to prepare and execute acceptance criteria/test scripts and manage resolution of issues

  • Experience applying different project management methodologies and best practices based on project need

  • Experience collaboratively developing and validating project requirements

  • Experience independently leading small and medium projects through the full project management life cycle

  • Recognized independently leading both small and medium projects through the full task management cycle

  • Recognized industry certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP)

  • Knowledge of agile, waterfall, and hybrid projects

Salary:  Negotiable and commensurate with experience and Midwest region cost of living scale

Benefits:

  • VIP Days (Vacation, Illness, Personal) & Holiday Pay

  • Private  Medical Mutual Health Insurance Plan 80/20 or HSA - SpaceBound pays 25% of the self/employee only portion of the monthly Health Insurance Plan premium

  • Dental/Vision Plan - If enrolled in SpaceBound’s Health Insurance Plan, 100% of the self/employee-only portion of the dental insurance cost, and 100% of the self/employee-only portion of the vision insurance cost will be covered by SpaceBound

  • Secondary/Supplemental Insurances - Plans are available through Allstate, AFLAC, and Lincoln at employee's expense

  • 401K Plan available with an Employer Match

  • Team Building Events 

  • Employee Product Discounts

  • Membership Plans – Costco/Sam’s Club

Environment: SpaceBound is a great company and community to raise a family. The Company offers a casual work environment in a new corporate headquarters built in 2007, where individuals are truly self-empowered and work as a cohesive team, ascribing to the values of servant leadership.

Other highlights include:

  • Performance Based Bonuses

  • Fresh Coffee All Day

  • Free Spring Water

  • Stress Relief Candy

  • Onsite Exercise Room with Walk-in Shower

  • Free Parking

  • Basketball Hoop

  • Weekly Summer Grill Lunches

  • Potluck Fridays

Travel Requirements:  Minimal, strictly job-related conferences

*Candidate Submission Requirements:

  • Cover Letter

  • Resume

  • Negotiable salary range

*PLEASE SUBMIT ALL THREE REQUIREMENTS TO: Employment@SpaceBound.com

*To be considered, all three requirements must be submitted.

SpaceBound, Inc. will make a good faith effort to recruit a diverse group of employees and provide equal opportunity for minorities, women and disabled persons to become competitive in state contracting opportunities. SpaceBound, Inc. will advertise positions in media outlets that will provide information and access to the underserved populations.

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