Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motorola Solutions is a global community focused on enhancing safety through technology. They are seeking a Software Project Manager to lead complex software development projects, ensuring successful planning, development, and launch of new products while coordinating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the project scope, goals, and deliverables are clearly defined and all stakeholders are aligned on the business objectives of the project
- Create project plans that provide sufficient time for each phase in the SDLC, while still maintaining a sense of urgency
- Use a deep understanding of the Software Development Lifecyle to outline project plans that allow sufficient time for each phase of technical development while still maintaining a sense of urgency
- Serve as a liaison between stakeholders and the development team, ensuring development priorities are clear to all
- Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure compliance needs are factored into product development roadmaps, and drive forward progress for implementation of compliance requirements
- Continually identify lessons learned, evaluate completed tasks and make process improvements based upon successful and unsuccessful project elements
- Navigate technical change and iterative development while ensuring projects are delivered on-time and within scope
- Monitor security debt and sprint progress toward remediation
- Identify bottlenecks and work with Engineers and Management to identify and develop mitigation strategies
- Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and timeline and ensure all stakeholders are aware of any changes
- Track milestones, deliverables, and change requests
- Maintain metrics and reports for management
- Assemble, lead, motivate, and coordinate project teams, ensuring effective collaboration
- Coordinate internal resources, cross-functional teams, and manage external third parties/vendors
- Facilitate effective communication between team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment
- Interface with clients and stakeholders to understand their needs, manage expectations, and provide regular status updates
- Coordinate stakeholder, marketing, and training efforts to correspond with product launch dates
- Serve as a liaison, communicating information regarding changes, milestones reached, and other pertinent information
- Plan and facilitate meetings, ensuring productive dialogue and clear action items
- Report and escalate issues and project risks to management as needed
- Implement agile methodologies and best practices to enhance efficiency and project outcomes
- Provide leadership in process analysis and improvement, specifically focusing on change management and integration management
- Coordinate with Engineers and QA to ensure the software meets quality standards through testing and reviews
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, records, and reports to meet regulatory or contractual compliance standards
- Conduct post-project evaluations to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements and plan for future fixes
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Risk Management, Management Information Systems, or a related field. Equivalent work experience may be considered
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in project management, specifically within software development environments
- Proven track record of successfully managing software projects from inception to completion
- Proficiency in using project management software, such as JIRA, Microsoft Project, or Trello
- Proven ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and keen attention to detail
- Strong leadership skills with a collaborative approach to team management
- Strong problem-solving mindset and analytical abilities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities
- A proactive approach to problem-solving
- Critical thinking and decision-making skills
- Strong organizational skills, including time management
- Exceptional abilities in stakeholder communication and management
- Proven ability to build relationships and foster a positive team culture
- Negotiation skills
- Experience managing large-scale projects
- Technical background in software development or engineering
- Working knowledge of Compliance and Operational Risk Management
- Experience working with offshore development teams or remote teams
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification (e.g., PMI, PRINCE2)
- Agile certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster)
Benefits
- Competitive salary and bonus schemes
- Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
- 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
- Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Flexible working options.
- Life assurance.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
- Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
- Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
- Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
- Well known companies discount scheme.
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