Project Manager

Job Description

A Project Manager for automotive is responsible for defining, planning, and directing multiple enterprise level Software Development and Information Technology projects. The ideal candidate will bring previous experiences, good practices, and a collaborative attitude to help drive revenue growth and increased effectiveness in value and quality of software we create.

The successful candidate must have experience leading cross-functional teams in the planning, execution, and delivery of high-quality products to align schedules, improve communications, manage risks and identify and remove impediments. Proactively drive the full software development life cycle from inception through post-production utilizing a high level of knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile approach to fit large and complex projects. A solid technical background, keen analytical skills, proficiency at written communication, as well as interpersonal and organizational skills are required. The candidate will report to the Automotive Project Management Office (PMO).

• Support Program and Product Managers with management of project scope and deliverables and the inflow of new projects from inception to implementation.
• Establish release plans and effectively monitor progress against project plans, identifying risks, issues, and mitigation strategies. Create detailed schedules, burn down and velocity charts, project progress reports, and other deliverables essential to project execution and control.
• Manage project scope, schedules, customer expectations and stakeholder communications by ensuring transparency and visibility of project progress, risks and impediments.
• Manage changes to the Plan through effective participation in change control processes
• Coordinate development and delivery activities among various project participants and stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate working sessions across distributed scrum teams, such as Initiative refinement, dependency and user story mapping, and release planning.
• Participate in peer reviews and inspections of requirements documentation
• Coordinate internal demos, client UATs, PHQ, dealer and client trainings and track Production releases

• 2+ years as a Project Manager in Software Development or Information Technology
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required (Computer Science or closely related field preferred).
• Detail oriented with good oral and written communication skills
• Solid analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Able to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment
• Ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met
• Project management "tool" experience such as Microsoft Project, Team Foundation Server (TFS) or JIRA

• Automotive and Retail experience a plus
• Knowledge of CRM Applications, Content Management, Web, CSS, ASP.net, APIs, SQL and Oracle Databases or Salesforce.com

Additional Information

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.

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