WebMD Health Corp. is looking for a Technical Delivery Manager to manage web application projects for multiple business lines, focusing on supporting PulsePoint, a healthcare technology company using real-time data to transform healthcare.
Requirements
- Minimum 1-3 years of project management/delivery management experience in a similar environment or related field, working with geographically distributed development teams
- Minimum 1-3 years of hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Strong understanding of the development processes/full SDLC, and how they relate to project management processes
- Process improvement experience through Agile Practices
- Proven experience with project management tracking/reporting tools (e.g. JIRA/ Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar)
- Understanding of web technologies to effectively manage risk & complexities within projects, and those that integrate across project teams
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, or a number of project streams under a large program
Responsibilities
- Manage project scopes, timelines, resources, deployments, and business/technical relationships – from scoping/planning through implementation
- Ensure that project dependencies, milestones, deliverables, and status are clearly communicated and understood by the project teams, stakeholders, and management
- Identify and manage risks to the success of projects and know when and how to escalate
- Coordinate and conduct regular, effective, and efficient meetings to review project status, resolve issues, and address risks
- Ensure project teams are following agreed-to processes (priorities, task management, time tracking, etc.)
- Manage project change requests: training or formal experience in project change management
- Ensure the implementation of best practices in software development and deployment
Other
- Facilitate communication and coordination among cross-functional teams
- Ability to work independently, with some management oversight, to manage multiple projects from inception to completion
- Ability to influence stakeholders and project resources, and negotiate or escalate when competing priorities arise, to meet commitments throughout the project timeline
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
