Product Manager/Project Manager

Company: Zolon Tech Solutions Inc.
Location: Newark
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Title : Product Manager/Project Manager Duration : 12+ months Contract to Permanent Location : Newark, NJ Top Skills : Managing Projects, PDLC, Agile/DevOps/Scrum, JIRA/ServiceNow/MS Project Job Description: Responsibilities include:

• Leading products teams to deliver business solutions:
• Manages and directs one or more product teams to meet business objectives
• Works with Clients to deliver business outcomes by executing projects through the Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) inclusive of identifying, specifying and analyzing business requirements and processes and managing progress throughout the design, test and implementation process (work is technically difficult, requiring innovative and creative solutions and frequently involves multiple platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools including public and private cloud-related resources and storage).
• Develops reviews, evaluates and formulates project plans, schedules and budgets
• Ensures alignment with Clients on scope, value proposition and overall project goals throughout the SDLC.
• Works with client departments to coordinate systems testing, installation, training and support
• Manages product life-cycle based events
• Identifies and negotiates schedules, milestones and resources required to meet product objectives, primarily through coordinating the activities with other IT departments and Vendors (e.g., database, telecommun ications, operations, tech nical support, etc.). Job Requirements:Responsible for vendor solutions i.e. end to end accountability:
  • Ensures quality through the use of company-approved methodologies.
  • Leads the effort to select IT Vendors to execute projects and manages on-boarding and collaborative working relationship with selected Vendors.
  • Ensures required change management activities to drive solution adoption take place as necessary.
  • Ensures quality through the use of Client IT company-approved methodologies such as 2 Pizza Team, agile, etc.
  • Applies applicable concepts, practices, and procedures In addition to the requirements listed, you will be required to have:
    • 2+ years of experience working with utility energy efficiency capital projects, hands on experience with eligibility, enrollment, and investment tracking workflows.
    • Experience with Tracking system, Demand Side Management (DSM) systems including (Nexant, A&B, AEG, Energy Orbit, Dynamic DSM, or similar) is required
    • 2+ years of professional experience in Business Analysis and requirements definition
    • 2+ years of experience in gathering and documenting requirements.
    • 2+ years of business process modeling experience
    • Experience in SAP Utility Retail space (Meter to Cash, Credit and collections, Customer experience transformation) desired
    • Demonstrated experience utilizing program and project management tools, such as JIRA, ServiceNow, confluence or Microsoft Project to plan, execute, and measure projects
    • Knowledge of all aspects of testing end-user products: Functional, Performance, Security, Usability, etc.
    • Demonstrated experience of software development and QA testing; knowledge of software development lifecycles and methodologies including DevOps or agile delivery models, Scrum methodology. Basic Qualifications (Education, Experience, Skills, Knowledge):
      • Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering or Math or relevant experience
      • Understanding of and experience in IT project management methodologies, requirements management, quality assurance and IT processes. Required Competencies:
        • Ability to manage projects from inception to successful implementation,
        • Knowledgeable about techniques to effectively elicit requirements from end-users, individually or as a group (e.g. JAD sessions, prototyping, etc.)

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