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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Project Manager to lead and oversee the planning, execution, and successful delivery of software projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in managing multiple complex software development projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and on budget. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, data engineers, designers, QA engineers, and stakeholders, to ensure project alignment with business goals and technical requirements.

The Technology Division at Success Academy is the chief provider of technology infrastructure, application services, security, and support. The Division partners with teams across the organization to equip students, teachers, leaders, and staff with the innovative technology tools and know-how necessary to achieve academic and operational excellence.

The Enterprise Data and Analytics department’s purpose is to build a healthy data and technology culture. By focusing on the concrete educational outcomes, we are trying to accomplish in our schools, the team develops technical and organizational systems that are user-friendly, scalable, and flexible. The department is responsible for all reporting, analytics, data infrastructure, training, and evangelization.

The Technical Project Manager will be a key contributor to our mission of driving innovation across the organization. Reporting to the Leader of Enterprise Data and Analytics, this role will be responsible for building and managing end-to-end project plans, monitoring, and reporting progress, effectively managing scope and dependencies, proactively mitigating risks, and ensuring that the projects are delivered within time, cost, and quality specification. This role will be part of a highly collaborative team of professionals with a wide range of skills, including DevOps engineering, data engineering, Software engineering, RPA engineering, and project management.

What the role will be doing:

• Acts as project lead, managing cross-functional teams with responsibilities for project schedule and performance.

• Ensures that business outcomes are defined, approved, and delivered. Be responsible for benefits realization and ensure that benefits are delivered in the best way possible.

• Supports strong governance, aligned with the overall governance, and ensures that timely decisions are taken.

• Communicate regularly and effectively the project roadmap and milestones with project stakeholders

• Directly contributes to project definition, development, and/or enhancement efforts, including cost management/avoidance, schedule estimation and tracking, contract performance management, risk management, requirements analysis, and quality assurance activities.

• Performs analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper requirements specifications.

• Utilizes expert communication skills needed to direct skilled technical resources and report on the technical progress, issues, and problem areas, as well as write and review technical documents.

• Answers technical questions regarding products and services and may take part in putting together proposals, configurations, and product plans.

• Prepares affected business areas for transition to a new way of working, potentially implementing new business processes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives.

• Create and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and roadmaps.

• Monitor and track project progress, adjusting plans as necessary to ensure milestones are met.

• Identify and mitigate risks and resolve issues to keep projects on track.

• Facilitate communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams (engineering, design, QA, product).

• Provide regular project status updates to stakeholders and upper management.

• Manage project budgets, timelines, and resource allocations.

• Ensure that all project documentation is complete, up-to-date, and accessible.

• Foster an agile development environment, leading sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.

• Ensure that the development process aligns with best practices in software engineering and project management.

• Drive continuous improvement of project management processes and tools.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Management, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in software project management, ideally in a mid-to-senior capacity.

• Proven experience managing full software development life cycles (SDLC) from concept to deployment.

• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or Waterfall).

• PMP, PRINCE2, or Scrum Master certification preferred.

• Experience working with tools such as Jira, Asana, Trello, Confluence, Monday.com, or similar project management software.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make informed decisions under pressure.

• Proficiency in budgeting, forecasting, and resource management.

• Experience working with remote teams and managing distributed projects is a plus.

• Familiarity with software development practices and technical concepts, including cloud infrastructure, APIs, and version control (e.g., Git).

Desired Skills:

• Experience in managing projects in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with software testing and quality assurance processes.

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.

• Familiarity with Salesforce Development and leading Salesforce DevOps team and functionality is desired.

• Any candidate who has been part of the development team and has spent time as a developer is ideal for this role and desired.

Compensation Range
Annual Salary: $110,000.00 - $130,000.00
Exact compensation may vary based on skills and experience.

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth. Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/ .

Success Academy Charter Schools does not offer employment-based immigration sponsorship.

Our dual mission is to: Build exceptional, world-class public schools that prove children from all backgrounds can succeed in college and life; serve as a catalyst and national model for school reform, and help change public policies that prevent children from having access to opportunity.