Gartner - Project Manager

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About the role:

Gartner is looking for a Project Manager who will be responsible for day to day management, coordination, and smooth operation of various projects, while remaining aligned with strategy, commitments, and goals of the organization. The Project Manager will be responsible to ensure schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables for project are on track while maintaining standards and monitoring scope of project quality.

What you will do:

- The ability to establish creditability quickly with Business Units as well as IT partners as a passionate change agent with exceptional managerial skills is necessary to succeed in this position.

- Must have a proven ability to establish a dynamic organization designed to meet the complex business requirements of the organization.

- Must be familiar with the systems scope and projects objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member, to effectively coordinate the activities of the team.

- Understand the strategic direction of the business to ensure that new features and functions are implemented to conform to stated strategies and business needs.

- Able to influence the scope and direction of initiatives across multiple levels of management and all organizational boundaries

- Strong business acumen and leadership experience - proven track record of acting as a valued partner to senior leadership.

- Ability to influence and manage the expectations of clients, team members, management, and external groups

- Ensures Agile/Scrum process is implemented effectively and provides coaching at the team level to maximize its benefits

- Exhibits desire to continuously learn new tools, techniques, and methodologies

- Exhibits ability to run projects using the Agile Scrum methodologies, from small teams to large, with multiple outside dependencies and 3rd party project team members

- Effectively communicates with cross functional teams

- Has excellent communication skills both written and verbal

- Interacts seamlessly with both business and project teams

- Facilitate discussions that lead to the resolution of project issues and development impediments

- Report project progress to management and executive level stakeholders

- Communicates the release plan with key stakeholders and end users

- Deep working knowledge and understanding of Agile Software Development Methodology and incremental delivery

- Exhibits a desire to continuously improve, and shows a track record of improvement

- Should be able to interact well with both IT associates and business partners in resolving operational issues.

- Develop processes to manage operational issues in a timely and efficient manner.

- Identify systemic operational issues and resolve them as well as identifying root causes and process improvements to present similar issues.

What you will need:

- Bachelor's degree (Computer Science, Information Systems, or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience

- 2 to 6 years of experience working in an Agile Scrum environment

- Strong experience with the full software development lifecycle and software development methodologies (Agile)

- Excellent organizational and troubleshooting skills with attention to detail

- Strong knowledge of programming documentation processes/procedures

- Strong ability to understand client expectations and to resolve issues that may affect delivery

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a matrix- d organization

- Self-starter, with a demonstrated ability to learn beyond formal training with a strong aptitude for delivering quality products

- Preferred experience with Continuous Integration practices/tools and Open Source Frameworks

- Experience working on an enterprise deployment of Sales Effectiveness and Service delivery solutions is a plus

- Experience with CRM/Salesforce is a plus

Who you are:

- Passionate about technology, self-learner who keeps abreast with latest developments.

- Self-starter, with a demonstrated ability to learn beyond formal training with a strong aptitude for delivering quality products

- A team player who can comfortably work with distributed teams across the globe.

- Attentive to details and well organized.

- Able to solve complex problems and successfully manage ambiguity and unexpected change.

- Coachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement

- Consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility, and a positive outlook in the face of challenges

What we offer:

- In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including:

- An upbeat, positive culture. Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results, and a no-limits mindset are central to our values

- Limitless growth. We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company

- Encouragement to be innovative and challenge status quo

- Exposure to industry leading training and development

- Performance based recognition and rewards

Who are we:

Gartner is the world's leading research and advisory company, offering information, advice and tools for business leaders. We provide objective and invaluable insights to our C-level executive clients, where we guide them to achieve the mission-critical priorities of their organization. We- ve grown exponentially since our founding in 1979 and now employ over 17,000 associates globally and support 12,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

Our awards and accolades:

Fortune

World's Most Admired Companies 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020

Forbes

America's Best Employers 2018, 2019; Best Management Consulting Firms 2017, 2018, 2019

Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index

Best Places to Work for LBGTQ Equality 2018, 2019 & 2020

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