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Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Responsibilities:
- End to end program management of AI, ecosystem, cloud based services, and monetization projects utilizing both agile and waterfall development models.
- Use project management tools (like Smartsheet, MS Project) to collaborate with product development managers, UI/UX, and development teams to create detailed project plans.
- Schedule development and critical path analysis.
- Ability to concisely present project status to senior management.
- Track project progress to meet project milestones and drive to completion.
- Identify and mitigate project risks by leading resolution to dependencies or issues. Effectively manage stakeholder expectations by promptly communicating the same.
- Coordination with global teams
Exhibiting the following personal attributes:
- Strong communication skills are essential for this role, as it requires clear and effective interaction with team members and stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.
- Multi-team interaction means strong people skills are important.
- Should be self-motivated and capable of working autonomously, while also being an effective team player.
- Logical thinker who can stay calm and articulate clearly while under pressure.
- Ability to break down complex problems in a way that can easily be understood.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree: Computer science, Computer engineering, Electrical engineering or related field
- Language: English fluency, Mandarin or Portuguese nice to have
- 7-10 years relevant work experience
Additional skills:
- Critical and innovative thinking
- PMP
- Presentation and communication skills
- Risk-taking
- SW Defect Management
- Android experience
- Scripting software
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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