Friday, July 13, 2012

Project Manager--Mobile Systems Brooklyn, NY


 
Job ID: Job-0928
Job Title: Project Manager--Mobile Systems
location: Brooklyn, NY
Jobtype: Permanent
Rate: $130K - $140K +bonus
Description: The Senior Project Manager works with corporate leadership and key stakeholders, customer accounts and partners, taking full responsibility for the development and ongoing enhancement of multiple projects within our line of education applications. This position works with Product Management, Product Owner and Agile development team to turn roadmaps into reliably executable delivery plans, coordinating work over multiple shared platforms including mobile and web-based software-as-a-service products. 

Responsibilities of the Senior Technical Project Manager: 
• Experience managing software development for a software development company 
• Oversee the Product Lifecycle for one or more product lines, delivering products, enhancements and maintenance work on time, on budget, with delighted customers and a happy team. 
• Create and track large scale delivery plans for multi-location, full life-cycle initiatives for multiple teams in an Agile environment. 
• Working with the Product Owner and Technical Leads on business analysis and specification, create and manage project estimates, manage scope negotiations throughout the project lifecycle, and adhere to project quality and performance standards. 
• Identify, mitigate, and manage issues and risks on projects including mobile, server, and data integration components. 
• Clarify and communicate product line delivery objectives and success criteria to the team while providing motivation, direction, and overall management to teams of up to 30 people organized into sub-teams including developers, architects, UX, and QA. 
• Track and communicate project status, issues, risks and decisions to senior management in an Agile, change-laden environment. 
• Provide formal administrative management, mentoring and career development opportunities for junior PMs. 
• Sponsor and implement best practice process improvements to meet Project Management department objectives. 
Requirements of the Senior Technical Project Manager: 
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 
• 5+ years managing software development using a formal software development lifecycle 
• 2+ years managing program level or complex software projects (multiple interconnected teams, distributed locations, etc) 
• 1+ year mentoring other project managers is required; experience with formal management responsibility for Junior PMs is strongly preferred 
• Deep knowledge and experience of what goes wrong on software projects 
• Strong communication skills, team work and interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, and organization skills 
• Awareness and interest in team dynamics 
• Ability to utilize various technologies and tools to effectively manage projects and provide clear and concise communications to teams and stakeholders 
• Experience working in education technology is a plus 
• Certification in a related process (PMP, Lean Sigma Six, Agile Scrum-master) a plus 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

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Project Manager--Mobile Systems Brooklyn, NY


 
Job ID: Job-0928
Job Title: Project Manager--Mobile Systems
location: Brooklyn, NY
Jobtype: Permanent
Rate: $130K - $140K +bonus
Description: The Senior Project Manager works with corporate leadership and key stakeholders, customer accounts and partners, taking full responsibility for the development and ongoing enhancement of multiple projects within our line of education applications. This position works with Product Management, Product Owner and Agile development team to turn roadmaps into reliably executable delivery plans, coordinating work over multiple shared platforms including mobile and web-based software-as-a-service products. 

Responsibilities of the Senior Technical Project Manager: 
• Experience managing software development for a software development company 
• Oversee the Product Lifecycle for one or more product lines, delivering products, enhancements and maintenance work on time, on budget, with delighted customers and a happy team. 
• Create and track large scale delivery plans for multi-location, full life-cycle initiatives for multiple teams in an Agile environment. 
• Working with the Product Owner and Technical Leads on business analysis and specification, create and manage project estimates, manage scope negotiations throughout the project lifecycle, and adhere to project quality and performance standards. 
• Identify, mitigate, and manage issues and risks on projects including mobile, server, and data integration components. 
• Clarify and communicate product line delivery objectives and success criteria to the team while providing motivation, direction, and overall management to teams of up to 30 people organized into sub-teams including developers, architects, UX, and QA. 
• Track and communicate project status, issues, risks and decisions to senior management in an Agile, change-laden environment. 
• Provide formal administrative management, mentoring and career development opportunities for junior PMs. 
• Sponsor and implement best practice process improvements to meet Project Management department objectives. 
Requirements of the Senior Technical Project Manager: 
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 
• 5+ years managing software development using a formal software development lifecycle 
• 2+ years managing program level or complex software projects (multiple interconnected teams, distributed locations, etc) 
• 1+ year mentoring other project managers is required; experience with formal management responsibility for Junior PMs is strongly preferred 
• Deep knowledge and experience of what goes wrong on software projects 
• Strong communication skills, team work and interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, and organization skills 
• Awareness and interest in team dynamics 
• Ability to utilize various technologies and tools to effectively manage projects and provide clear and concise communications to teams and stakeholders 
• Experience working in education technology is a plus 
• Certification in a related process (PMP, Lean Sigma Six, Agile Scrum-master) a plus 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 

To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr 

Trading Systems Developer--Toronto, Ontario


 
Job ID: Job-0927
Job Title: Trading Systems Developer
location: Toronto, ONT, CAN
Jobtype: Permanent
Description: A prop trading group has 1 position open to support trading desks. The candidates must have the ability to sit and work directly with the traders, quants and strategists. 

These are must haves: 
Very strong C++ with Python and Java. They are mostly a unix environment 

Experience working on trading systems for Equities and Equity Derivatives: everything from OMS to Algorithms. 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 
To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

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Trading Systems Developer Toronto, Ontario


 
Job ID: Job-0927
Job Title: Trading Systems Developer
location: Toronto, ONT, CAN
Jobtype: Permanent
Description: A prop trading group has 1 position open to support trading desks. The candidates must have the ability to sit and work directly with the traders, quants and strategists. 

These are must haves: 
Very strong C++ with Python and Java. They are mostly a unix environment 

Experience working on trading systems for Equities and Equity Derivatives: everything from OMS to Algorithms. 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 
To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr 

Trading Systems Developer New York City


 
Job ID: Job-0925
Job Title: Trading Systems Developer
location: New York, NY
Jobtype: Permanent
Description: A prop trading group has 1 position open to support trading desks. The candidates must have the ability to sit and work directly with the traders, quants and strategists. 

These are must haves: 
Very strong C++ with Python and Java. They are mostly a unix environment 

Experience working on trading systems for Equities and Equity Derivatives: everything from OMS to Algorithms. 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 
To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr 

Trading Systems Developer


 
Job ID: Job-0925
Job Title: Trading Systems Developer
location: New York, NY
Jobtype: Permanent
Description: A prop trading group has 1 position open to support trading desks. The candidates must have the ability to sit and work directly with the traders, quants and strategists. 

These are must haves: 
Very strong C++ with Python and Java. They are mostly a Unix environment 

Experience working on trading systems for Equities and Equity Derivatives: everything from OMS to Algorithms. 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. 
To receive a complimentary subscription to my job search ezine, No B.S. Job Search Advice, go to www.JeffAltman.com to subscribe. 

Receive tweets from Twitter with job search tips and job listings – TheBigGameHuntr