R&D Project Manager

R&D Project Manager- Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina

 

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About the job

The Research and Development organization is looking for a Project Manager. This person will manage the development and implementation process of the company’s R&D products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams from inception through delivery of new or existing products. The R&D Project Manager is responsible for planning and directing schedules of interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule to meet or exceed project stakeholder expectations, including agreed upon scope and quality.

 

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Complete deadline-driven, team-based projects. Be responsible for facilitating overall project objectives, goals and project requirements. Work with the team and stakeholders to define project scope and goals.
• Plan, prioritize, implement and adjust delivery schedule, scope, resourcing, and quality based on individual project requirements per consultation with project stakeholders.
• Negotiate resource needs and coordinate technical resources for assigned projects, including both domestic and international resources.
• Maintain project documentation such as project plans, schedules, issue lists, risk registers, and status reports.
• Coordinate, communicate, and facilitate activities between team members and stakeholders to keep projects on schedule; manage conflict. Coordinate risk mitigation activities and escalate as appropriate. Manage project scope and expectations. Identify and constructively negotiate conflicts or areas of high risk.
• Leverage methodologies, processes, project tools, and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Identify project dependencies and stakeholder influences, working jointly with other organizations who share responsibility for delivery of final the product. Act as a central point of contact and interface with interested parties across the company, such as Legal, Marketing and SAS.com to ensure project success
• Be encouraged to participate in open-source projects on behalf of SAS.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
• Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• A minimum of five years of technical experience in project management.
• Previous experience working as a project manager in a software development environment. 
• An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications

Additional competencies, knowledge and skills

• Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Influencing: Using effective involvement and persuasion strategies to gain acceptance of ideas and commitment to actions that support specific work outcomes.
• Technical competence in project management or assigned functional area
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent negotiation and organizational abilities
• Excellent decision-making ability
• Strong risk management skills
• Basic strategic thinking skills
• Basic leadership skills

World-class benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include:
• PPO with low annual deductible and