JMA makes 5G possible for organizations with the most critical connectivity demands in the world. From its global tech centers, JMA is ushering in a new era of connectivity for leading mobile carriers, the most iconic stadiums, major universities, leading healthcare facilities, and the busiest transit centers.
5G is more than another G on your phone — it is a generational opportunity to change the way the world operates. Join the industry’s fastest growing technology company to shape that future today.
Overview
The R&D E2E System Project Manager will manage cross functional teams to bring new products and incremental product releases through the JMA End to End product development process. The R&D E2E System Project Manager will manage system level R&D product initiatives from inception through delivery. Projects consist of new System Software releases, third party product integrations and interop events. The R&D E2E System Project Manager will also provide project management support to one or more Software project teams.
Responsibilities
* Manage JMA End to End product development process for new System level product releases.
* Manage other R&D projects such as third party product integrations and interop initiatives
* Work with globally distributed teams
* Work with Product Management to capture features / requirements for analysis
* Work with Product Management and team leads to build the product backlog
* Facilitate release planning through the analysis and estimation of product backlog items
* Develop a project plan covering feature scope, resources, milestones and timeline
* Facilitate regular product level team scrums
* Engage downstream teams such as documentation, NPI, training, solutions and field engineering to facilitate their readiness to commercialize product releases
* Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies
* Facilitate the development of JMA E2E process gate materials and approvals
* Establish and maintain project tracking dashboards and KPIs
* Publish weekly project reports to provide appropriate level of project status for stakeholders
* Maintain project metrics and utilize to improve planning and predictability of projects
* Standardize and keep track of project processes including but not limited to documentation, risk management, change control
* Accountable and responsible that the teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
* Assist with development and maintenance of departmental policies, procedures, and standards
* Contribute process improvements to the JMA development and management processes
Minimum Qualifications
* Requires 6+ years of project management experience developing telecommunications and software products
* PMP certification
* Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Project Management
* Solid understanding of software development life cycle
* Expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit the project and environment
* Experience with Smartsheet or similar project planning tools
* Experience with JIRA and Confluence
* Advanced MS Excel skills
* Excellent communications, written, and oral skills. Skilled in developing, cultivating, and maintaining internal and external working relationships
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in developing software products deployed in cloud architectures
* Knowledge of DevSecOps and development within a CI / CD pipeline
* Scrum Master CSM (Scrum Alliance), DA Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (PMI) certification and / or SAFe Agile Certification
EEO At JMA, we don’t just accept differences — we embrace them. JMA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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