At Advantive, we make purpose-built software for specialty manufacturing and distribution businesses that streamline complex processes, optimize operations visibility and throughput, and drive improved quality, profitability, and revenue growth. Deeply embedded in our customers’ businesses, Advantive’s software solutions add value along the full manufacturing and distribution lifecycle.
Our customers, who include corrugated and packaging manufacturers, equipment and supply wholesale distributors, and automotive and other specialty manufacturers, benefit from our solutions that have been honed over decades in the marketplace. We know our customers’ businesses intimately and deliver software to address their needs.
The Project Manager Team Lead role is within our Professional Services team and is responsible for defining and managing the entire process of product implementation and expansion projects for our customers and partners. Project Managers interact with customers to install, optimize or modify their solutions based on their business results. These projects are built using our project methodology which encompasses comprehensive planning, execution and reporting processes, models, and tools.
What You Will Do
- Manage the project from kickoff to implementation and client acceptance
- Oversee the efforts of the required internal specialists/departments
- Lead the execution of project activities in accordance with Advantive’s implementation methodology
- Status reporting, including steering committee presentations
- Forecasting and resource scheduling
- Manage project budgets
- Develop, manage, and execute the project plan
- Create and update project documentation for both internal and the client’s use
- Manage the project issue log, risk mitigation plans, change order management
- Guide clients through the preparation of their IT infrastructure
- Manage communications between the client, our team, and other project participants
- Mentor and support other implementation service team members to improve skillsets
- Drive improvements across the Implementation Services organization to increase efficiencies and improving consistency in delivery of quality implementations
- Manage multiple projects concurrently
- Lead a high-performing team of Project Coordinators in Tampa, FL
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, or other equivalent industry experience
- 3+ years managing technical projects, desirably Enterprise software implementations, with an eye to managing risk, scope, quality, and budget
- Experience delivering project results to external clients, desirably in a professional services context (billable)
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Experience as a team lead/management role
- Experience working on complex projects including projects requiring coordination with multiple vendors
- Excellent English written and verbal communication, including the ability to work with all levels of internal and external organizations in an assertive manner
- Experience using resource/time tracking tool(s) such as OpenAir
- Experience using project plan tool(s) such as SmartSheet
- Strong negotiation, planning, and project reporting skills
- Ideally PMP certification
- Must be able to work in the Tampa, FL office Mon-Fri