IT Project Manager, Lead to Opportunity (Remote, United States)

Company Description

Dynatrace exists to make the world’s software work perfectly. Our unified software intelligence platform combines broad and deep observability and continuous runtime application security with the most advanced AIOps to provide answers and intelligent automation from data at an enormous scale. This enables innovators to modernize and automate cloud operations, deliver software faster and more securely, and ensure flawless digital experiences. That is why the world’s largest organizations trust Dynatrace® to accelerate digital transformation. 

We're an equal opportunity employer and embrace all applicants. Dynatrace wants YOU—your diverse background, talents, values, ideas, and expertise. These qualities are what make our global team stronger and more seasoned. We're fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. 

Job Description

• Working with stakeholders to refine and document requirements with clear acceptance criteria
• Planning and execution of project activities and aligning resources to ensure that cost, time, and quality goals are met  
• Have a leading role in defining an effective communication strategy for the project, including communicating and consulting with key stakeholders 
• Leading and tracking progress of project plans to the team and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of the key stages and goals  
• Managing expectations, scope creep and impacts to timelines. 
• Ensuring that requirements, use cases and acceptance criteria are prioritized, clearly defined in Jira stories and dependencies at the application and integration level are identified 
• Assisting in prioritizing stories in sprints to align with project and sprint goals 
• Coordinate or compile the reporting of metrics to measure the success of meeting project and company goals 
• In cases where vendors are included in projects, collaborating with aligning and managing the progress of activities  
• Reporting progress to the Steering Group/Sponsor, escalating any issues as appropriate in a timely manner - Initiating corrective action where necessary to keep the project on track.  
• Monitoring and communication of decisions made by stakeholders. 
• Identify inter-dependencies between the various stakeholder groups to ensure all are aligned and risks are identified, mitigated, and communicated. 
• Ensuring that data governance approval processes, Business Systems controls and best practices are being followed 
• Identifying post-deployment tasks and issues, transitioning application administration to the support team and conducting post-mortems
• Standardizing project documentation as templates and maintaining documents, deliverables, issues, and risks on a project site.    
• Proactively identify areas of process improvement and application rationalization
   

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

• 5+ years of demonstrated project management experience that encompassed multiple full system development life cycles from initiation through post implementation 
• HS Diploma or GED required

Preferred Qualifications 

• 5+ years end to end experience with large-scale implementation projects utilizing industry standard development and service delivery methodologies. 
• 5+ years’ experience utilizing Software Development methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall as well as managed services support structure and best practices. 
• Ability to quantify project success with cost and data related metrics. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to frequent change. 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills that promote teamwork and collaboration. 
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Miro, Monday and Jira 
• Ability to advocate a creative atmosphere, facilitate productive meetings, and envision a final product and user adoption early in the design and/or development process. 
• Ability to recognize personal skills, abilities, limitations, and strengths, taking appropriate action to pursue developmental activities to strengthen skills and experience. 
• Ability to develop cooperative relationships to achieve results through a win-win relationship. 
• Ability to establish alliances with other departments and organizations by recognizing dependencies. 
• Awareness of cultural diversity and can embrace and capitalize those differences; applies knowledge in decision-making process. 
• Ability to identify project risks by defining risk strategies and developing the risk management plan. 
• Participates as part of a team, understanding the various work styles of others and their roles on the team. Demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment to the