Senior Project Manager Job Posting

Job Title:	Senior Project Managers
Job ID:	EP-026
Company:	Elastic Path Softare
Position Type:	Permanent
Pay Rate:	Competitive
Date Posted:	Sep-28-09

What's exciting about Elastic Path?

Ecommerce is a dynamic industry that continues to grow and evolve. Elastic Path Software provides an enterprise ecommerce platform for the easiest and most cost-effective way to deliver custom ecommerce solutions to our enterprise customers. The Java-based platform is extended with full access to source code for easy integration with existing systems. IT teams have unlimited flexibility and control to develop innovations for business users with a faster time to market. Major global brands such as Sony Ericsson, Time, Inc., and TELUS rely on Elastic Path.

We're looking for the best of the geeks out there to come play with some of the latest and greatest technology: Java/J2EE, Spring, MVC, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, AJAX, Velocity, Eclipse RCP, ANT/Maven, JPA, Tomcat, Weblogic, Websphere, Oracle, MySQL, etc. You'll be working with some pretty cool tools in an agile development environment and with smart people who love debating, challenging the status quo, and complex customer requirements.
What can you expect in the Project Manager's position?

We've got grand plans and want you to be part of it. We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with extensive success in a software development environment. As a PM, you will be responsible for ensuring ecommerce software development projects (from 10 to100 person-months) are completed on time, scope, and budget with very high client satisfaction. You will do this through effective team leadership, client interaction, and general management skill, drawing on extensive experience in software development in a professional service or consultant environment. Above all, you are a leader with a “buck stops here” mentality in terms of the success of your projects, and handle change and problems effectively and creatively.
Once you join our team, you will be accountable for achieving realistic yet challenging goals:

1. Manage software development projects through a complete software development life cycle on time and on budget
2. Schedule and manage a diverse resource pool from Elastic Path, our clients, and/or outsourcers
3. Collaborate with the client and Business Analysts to define project scope, approach, resourcing, project plans, value proposition, and other assumptions
4. Negotiate with cross functional teams to ensure the accomplishment of work, within time, cost, performance/technology to meet and exceed customer expectations
5. Provide accurate and timely project reporting and status to client and Elastic Path stakeholders
6. Obtain customer approval on all key sign off milestones including scope and budget/schedule, change management, and project completion
7. Provide pre-project support to customers in developing their internal implementation team and educating them on the implementation process
8. Manage customer expectations and resolve any issues or concerns in conjunction with the relevant Principal
9. Provide project scopes/estimates of work for existing customers and help to negotiate contract arrangements for Professional Services
10. Manage time submission from the project team and coordinate with our accounting department on monthly invoicing

What does it take to be successful?

• Flexibility and adaptability: coping effectively with complexity and change more specifically, at the enterprise level
• Straight talk: telling it like it is
• Action-oriented: getting the job done
• Customer focused: always having the customer in mind
• Follow through on commitments: living up to commitments with no excuses
• Smarts: expertise in your field of work that surpasses the average
• High standards and work ethic: expecting and delivering nothing short of the best
• Ability to travel to client sites as required

What kind of background is required to thrive in this position?

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, computer science or equivalent
• At least 5 to 7 years experience in managing large complex software development projects working with external clients in a consulting environment
• A strong leader, with excellent people-management skills and extreme dedication
• Strong technical aptitude, and ability to vet estimates
• Experienced with RUP and Agile methodologies
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• PMP Certification is considered an asset

Bragging rights

Founded in 2000, Elastic Path is privately held and has grown organically with recent exponential growth; we've doubled revenue every year for the past three consecutive years. Today Elastic Path employs more than 100 team members between our Vancouver, Canada headquarters and UK office.
We're also pleased to announce some recent accolades and awards, including a spot on Red Herring's 100 List, a prestigious list that honors the year's most promising private technology ventures in North America. We also ranked #25 in PROFIT magazine's Ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies and to top it off, British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) recently awarded us with the “Emerging Company of the Year” award.
We also have some neat benefits to offer you, but we won't bore you with those right now. If you're curious, check out the benefits section on our career site: http://www.elasticpath.com/jobs/life/perks-and-benefits/

How to join our team

Interested? Awesome, let's talk. Send us your resume and we'll contact you if it looks like we might just have an amazing career opportunity that's right up your alley. Be sure to highlight your bragging rights and apply today:

http://www.elasticpath.com/jobs/

To all recruitment agencies: At this time Elastic Path will not be accepting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes as they will not be considered. Elastic Path is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Location:	Canada-BC-Downtown Vancouver
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
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