Posted Apr 17, 2021 7 views
The Assistant Project Manager should possess a subset of the skills and experience necessary to be a Project Manager. This role is a natural step in the career path to project managership.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of contemporary project management.
• Understanding of the strategic and operational issues of the project or business unit (BPA & Web development).
• Communication with the client.
• Help BD team to streamline sales/BD processes including preset questionnaires to make project requirements more cleared.
• General knowledge of the use and application of project management tools and techniques.
• Perform presale role with BD team for accurate project analysis(time and cost).
• Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage pressure, ambiguity, and change.
• General management skills necessary to plan, organize, and prioritize workload.
• Ability to work in teams.
• Communication skills required for reporting on progress and leading meetings.
• Ability to prioritize and manage well under deadline pressure.
• Develop and implement procedures, systems, and reports about program/project status and forecasts. Responsible for the cost estimating capability, and the management reporting on these.
• Provide input and review for the development of schedule, work breakdown structure, estimates, and work packages during the different phases of a project.
• Provide input and review project estimates.
• Maintain accurate records of committed, expended, and forecast costs and monitor all organizational project costs to determine and verify the Planned Value, Actual Cost, Earned Value, Cost Performance Index, and Estimate at Completion.
• Oversee management of scope changes, trends, and change notices initiated from the project.
• Apply appropriate metrics and tools for project control.
• Recognize and evaluate actual or proposed changes to any aspect of project scope or schedule.
• Keep the team motivated to get the optimal performance.
• Identify cost-savings opportunities, and develop programs to achieve long-term savings.
• Any other task assigns by the project manager.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to assign and manage work activities and meet deadlines.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent convincing skill.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team and foster teamwork in others.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple concurrent assignments.
• Advanced computer skills and knowledge of the most current industry-standard computerized project control applications.
• Positive customer service orientation, with both internal and external clients required.
• Ability to work in a flexible team environment and, independently with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency with project controls computer applications used by the employer.
• 5 years’ experience in a project management role; 5 years in planning/scheduling/controls functions.
• Bachelor's degree in software engineering required.
Job Details
Vaival Technologies
In over seven successful years of business and with the help of 90+ fantastic team members Vaival has perfected its sole dedication: to deliver Offshore Agile Software Development Teams. We have worked with businesses of all types and sizes from all around the world, from independent startups and agencies to software product development companies, enterprise ventures, and much more. They all came to Vaival with a simple request – to simplify their outsourcing experience, reduce their costs and lower time-to-market – and they were all delighted with what we helped them do.
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