R&D Project Manager SaaS

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About the job

TheSaaS teamis looking for aR&D Project Managertolead the planning and execution of projects supporting SASs Software as team operates at the forefront of software innovation at SAS helping shape how our products evolve into cloud-native CI/CD-driven solutions built for the future.

This role is responsible for ensuring projects are delivered predictably aligned to business goals and executed with high quality across a dynamic globally distributed environment. You will partner closely with engineering product and cross-functional teams to drive execution manage dependencies and ensure alignment across stakeholders.

You will operate across the full project lifecycle from planning and estimation through execution and delivery while helping teams navigate complexity in a modern CI/CD driven SaaS environment.

Were a collaborative supportive and high-performing team that values curiosity ownership and continuous improvementand wed love for you to be part of what were building.

As aR&D Project Manager you will:

• Completes deadline-driven team-based projects. Responsible for facilitating overall project objectives goals and project requirements. Works with team and stakeholders to define project scope and goals.
• Plans prioritizes implements and adjusts delivery schedule scope resourcing and quality based on individual project requirements per consultation with project stakeholders.
• Negotiates resource needs and coordinates technical resources for assigned projects including both domestic and international resources.
• Maintains project documentation such as project plans schedules issue lists risk registers and status reports.
• Coordinates communicates and facilitates activities between team members and stakeholders to keep projects on schedule and manage conflict.
• Coordinates risk mitigation activity and escalations as appropriate.
• Manages project scope and expectations. Identifies and constructively negotiates conflicts or areas of high risk
• Leverages methodologies processes project tools and best practices to accelerate project delivery.
• Identifies project dependencies and stakeholder influences working jointly with other organizations who share responsibility for delivery of final product. Acts as central point of contact and interfaces with interested parties across the Company such as Legal Marketing and to ensure project success.
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organizations secure software development goals.
• Coordinate and lead meetings with stakeholders and customers to maintain forward momentum.
• Embrace curiosity passion authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Required qualifications

• 5years of experience insoftware project management preferably in agile environments.
• Bachelors degree in a quantitative field preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Proven experience delivering projects end-to-end across planning execution and delivery
• Strong experience working in SaaS or continuous delivery environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills including negotiation communication and conflict resolution
• Proven experience in a customer facing project management role.
• Proof of right to work in the UK
• Equivalent combination of related education training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional competencies knowledge and skills

• Communication-Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain themessage;listening actively to others.
• Driving for results - Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
• Building Trusting Relationships - Using appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interacting with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in ones intentions.
• PMP CSM or equivalent certifications
• Ability to influence without authority
• Ability to manage pressure deadlines and competing priorities

You are welcome here.

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