Fortive

Project Manager – Professional Services

Fortive

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Texas • United States

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PMP

About the role

  • Ensure Project success, as defined by the project scope, budget, and timeline
  • Ensure Project adherence to Accruent delivery methodology
  • Manage the signed client contract, all commercial agreements, and all project documentation
  • Manage the Project Budget including appropriate billing of project hours, accuracy in future forecasting and logging for project expenses
  • Measure, track, and evaluate progress against the project plan, deliverables, milestones and required tasks
  • Prepare project status reports and keeps management, clients, and others informed of project status and related issues
  • Direct and coordinates activities of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within budget
  • Develop complex project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources in conjunction with the Professional Services Manager
  • Identify and quickly mitigate project issues and risks, documenting and communicating resolution updates accordingly
  • Identify when a request deviates from original project scope, initiates change management conversations and negotiates contract terms with client
  • Drive Change Order contract creation with support from the Professional Services Managers
  • Exhibit exceptional judgement when navigating project decisions, escalating to the Professional Services Manager when appropriate
  • Lead project team members towards a common goal while driving personal accountability and setting appropriate expectations for project deliverables
  • Foster positive employee morale and teamwork, creates an environment conducive to problem solving and achievement
  • Assist with presale activities including meetings and conference calls to determine needs analysis and project scope
  • Build positive, collaborative relationships with clients and prioritizes a high quality Services experience
  • Capitalizes on opportunities to sell additional resources/services to clients when appropriate to increase revenues over planned targets
  • Coordinate two to six resources within each assigned Project Team
  • Coach and mentor peers on best practices and project delivery methodology
  • Proactively leverage opportunities to deepen comprehension of new skills by teaching peers and others aspiring to develop into Project Manager role

Requirements

  • 2+ years Project Management experience
  • Bachelor's degree required; preferred in related discipline: Business, Management, CS, MIS, Communication
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects with preference to software implementation and development related projects
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills – proactive, thorough, and transparent in communication
  • Demonstrated ability to excel in fast-paced, high velocity work environment
  • High degree of accountability, follow-through and independence
  • Highly adaptable and comfortable learning through experimentation
  • PMP certification (Preferred)
  • Experience in a client-facing, cross-functional environment. Professional Services experience strongly preferred
  • Exposure to kaizen and continuous improvement frameworks (Preferred)
  • Agile project management and/or coaching agile teams (Preferred)
  • Experience using Smartsheet, JIRA and Salesforce (Preferred)
Benefits
  • Personal development and becoming the best you is all about growth and exploring new skills and opportunities – both in and out of the office.
  • Grow Without Limits, and we’re proud to offer each of our employees the resources, coaching and support necessary to achieve Growth Without Limits in their personal and professional lives.
  • Competitive salary
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
Project ManagementSoftware ImplementationDevelopment ProjectsChange ManagementRisk ManagementBudget ManagementForecastingProject PlanningAgile Project ManagementContinuous Improvement
Soft Skills
CommunicationTeam LeadershipProblem SolvingAccountabilityAdaptabilityCollaborationJudgmentMentoringClient Relationship ManagementTime Management
Certifications
PMP Certification