Guidehouse · 23 hours ago
Software Development Project Manager
US - MD, Rockville
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$98K/yr - $163K/yr
4+ years expGuidehouse is searching for an experienced Software Development Project Manager to lead the delivery of scientific software solutions in a biomedical research environment. The Project Manager will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop, maintain, and promote a variety of publicly available web and mobile applications, while ensuring alignment between research objectives and technical feasibility.
AdviceConsultingManagement Consulting
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Liaising with project partners for both ongoing and prospective projects to capture and summarize user feedback and feature development requests
Organizing focus groups and training and outreach efforts
Preparing project plans, including resource estimates and schedules for presentation to stakeholders, including those for Enterprise Lifecycle (EPLC) stage gate reviews; this includes capturing measures to comply with enterprise security policies and ensuring their implementation
Designing, testing, and supporting end-user documentation
Helping to run development sprints, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and regular reporting
Proactively identify changes in work scope and ensure appropriate planning measures are taken with internal and external clients to reassess, renegotiate, and amend the scope of work responsibilities, proposals, contracts, and budgets, and manage client expectations
Recording, tracking, and measuring team, program, and project metrics; tracking milestones and timelines across projects to ensure the completion of deliverables and adherence to timelines
Analyzing and resolving issues that could jeopardize performance and/or the ability to meet agreed-upon milestones and deliverables
Assigning and tracking contractor work goals, maintaining acceptable time commitments and quality expectations
Maintaining compliance with program and project configuration management needs
Researching tools in the marketplace and evaluation for inclusion in the project
Providing feedback on usability/user experience
Implementing operational improvements approved by senior management
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a scientific or technical field
Demonstrates an understanding of software development and project management methodologies, including Agile/SCRUM
At least 4 years of experience managing bioinformatics projects; prior experience with project management duties that include responsibilities for a 3-6 member team; and demonstrated experience with the activities described in the duties above including experience coordinating with research scientists and clinicians activities such as gathering requirements, organizing focus groups
Experience developing project documentation for senior management and development teams, organizing and facilitating site meetings, and preparing and distributing meeting minutes to all relevant parties
Experience developing communication strategies, policies, SOPs, and/or user support documents. Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills to a wide variety of audiences
Proficiency with MS Office applications
Demonstrated knowledge of privacy and security policies and implementations related to healthcare systems
Demonstrated ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Demonstrated ability and willingness to work independently and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Preferred
MS/PhD or equivalent in a scientific or technical field
Experience coordinating a team of project managers or setting up a Project Management Office (PMO)
PMP Certification
Scrum Master Certification
Benefits
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Company
Guidehouse
Guidehouse offers consulting services for public and commercial markets with expertise in management, technology, and risk consulting.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.75MKey Investors
Mission Daybreak
2023-11-06Acquired
2023-02-16Grant· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Scott McIntyre
Chairman and CEO
Alicia Harkness
Partner
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