Project Manager

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Project Manager, ServiceMax Professional Services

Location: Remote, USA

Role Summary

The Professional Services Project Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of ServiceMax software implementation projects. Your focus is ensuring a successful and expedient go-live for our customer for them to gain the long-term benefits of our software. Projects are expected to be complex implementations, often involving integrations, middleware and potential partner or other 3rd party involvement.  In this role you will utilize your experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and have the ability to effect short-term and some long-term business goals.   

The successful candidate will demonstrate leadership in understanding customer objectives, appropriately representing ServiceMax, effective and timely communication, setting expectations, accurate planning, gaining mutual agreement and managing to budget, scope and schedules.

Responsibilities:

• Project leader and owner for overall implementation success
• Works with executive leadership to define project strategy and ensure strategy can be translated into execution plans.
• Lead, manage and organize cross-functional teams to frame project execution from scoping and planning through successful project completion
• Demonstrate sound decision making through data driven project status reports and dashboards
• Primary customer contact for the duration of each project and owner of all project communication
• Plan and implement projects at various customer work sites in the US and abroad, including the activities owned by ServiceMax, customer, 3rd parties and any subcontractors 
• Proactively communicate both internally and externally, including project risks, issues, or any information that may affect success.
• Translate customer needs / requirements into detailed project plans while driving internal execution to meet project targets.  
• Understand the client’s information technology governance structure and incorporate in the project plan / budget. Provide feedback to Scoping team as required 
• Leverage appropriate stakeholder involvement throughout the life of the project to ensure success
• Identify opportunities to expand the project in ways that bring value to our customer and satisfy our profitability requirements  
• Participate in the development of proposals for projects  
• Manage budget and communicate status, including burn rate, to project executives on a weekly basis or as contractually required
• Track and manage the operational, financial, and deliverable aspects of projects based on timelines and work plans. 
• Understand the client’s information technology governance structure and incorporate in the project plan / budget. Provide feedback to Scoping team as required
• Identify, resolve, document, and / or escalate critical issues as needed in a timely manner to minimize project risk factors
• Ensure that delivered products and services achieve highest quality and performance levels  
• Negotiate change orders with the customers  
• Professionally represent ServiceMax during all customer communications. Document and evangelize customer product requests and requirements. Be a compelling and trusted “voice of customer” when evangelizing the features that will yield the biggest impact in current and future implementations
• Build effective teams by establishing clear project goals, well-defined roles, open communication, and an overall positive atmosphere
• Apply tools, templates, and best practice methodologies to support agile approaches to project execution and oversight
• Coordinates activities and resources across multiple projects.
• Provides guidance on project management processes, industry best practices and innovation within the project teams.
• Creates, manages, and updates execution and value roadmaps throughout project lifecycle to regularly measure the benefits gained by the project.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma/GED with at l