Senior Project Manager

We are looking to add a Senior Project Manager to our team in Cluj-Napoca.

This will be a dynamic environment where you have the chance to participate throughout the complete software development lifecycle. Moreover, you will lay out a blueprint for the whole project, including the project scope and parameters. In this role, you will have to clearly communicate the project’s goals to the team, make sure the targets to be achieved, allot budget to the various tasks to be completed, and ensure that the expectations of the stakeholders are met through timely completion of the project.

You will be part of our team in Cluj-Napoca and will connect with product managers, project managers, software architects, software developers, and leaders from our clients.

Cluj Napoca

On-site, Remote | Full-time

Automotive, Internet of Things

What's in It for You

Recognition of professional competence and results.

Possibility to constantly improve your skills according to the desired career path.

Multiple opportunities to learn from peers and clients.

Your Responsibilities

Develop and manage direct relationships with key stakeholders and subject matter experts, ensuring business solutions are aligned with their goals and priorities
Work alongside the project teams to produce the necessary project deliverables
Act as a servant leader/ facilitator for the project teams
Coach team members to support them in reaching their objectives
Agile coach for both client and team – drive agile practices and coach team in becoming self-organized
Support Product Owners and Product Managers in reaching their targets
Activity Planning and Sequencing
Resource Planning
Developing Schedules
Time Estimating
Cost Estimating
Developing a Budget
Documentation
Creating Charts and Schedules
Risk Analysis
Managing Risks and Issues
Monitoring and Reporting Progress
Team Leadership
Strategic Influencing
Business Partnering
Working with Vendors
Scalability, Interoperability and Portability Analysis
Controlling Quality
Benefits Realisation

Your Competencies

Leadership: work closely with the project team; provide coaching and guidance, team player
Agile knowledge: solid agile project management knowledge/ experience/ expertise – able to set-up an agile team from scratch – agile coaching, driving agile practices from idea to implementation, driving the team towards a self-organizing team
Communication: actively communicate with team, organization, and customer; possess key report-writing skills, communicate your needs clearly
Self-Control: adaptability to clients with fast-changing minds; agility in the face of unexpected obstacles; authenticity and consistent behavior
Problem-solving: identifies risks and creates mitigation plans; gap analysis in process improvement opportunities (as-is /to-be)
Productivity: attention to detail, overview capacity and balance between the two; facilitation of discussions with project team and stakeholders; time management
Wisdom: conflict resolution instincts; empathy for customers, co-workers, and vendors; diplomacy in difficult situations
Decision Making: explore and evaluate the impact of decisions; recommend improvements
Influencing: ability to deliver clear and useful feedback; assertiveness on behalf of ideas that matter; providing useful criticism without ego
Negotiation: use processes to meet needs; harmonize and reconcile needs; watch for and avoid conflicts which stem from differences in experience, information, and role
Build Trust: team – client
Separate concerns

The Project

Electric Vehicle Software Suite

TEAM SIZE

15 People

DURATION

New project

TECHNOLOGIES

Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Angular, Microservices Architecture, Private Cloud, Jenkins, Nexus, CI/CD pipeline

THE PROJECT

“Battery in the cloud” platform aggregates raw battery data from electric vehicles. The data is stored in the cloud DB, and various cleaning and normalization operations are performed on top of this.

More than 20+ AI algorithms run in parallel having the clean stored data as an input, managing to perform the batteries monitorization, high-class predictions, and generate advanced reports.

LOCATION

Brasov, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Oradea

Car Service Management Application

TEAM SIZE

8 People

DURATION

3 Years (ongoing)

TECHNOLOGIES

Java SE & EE, Spring, Spring Cloud, VAADIN, Swing, SVN, IBM WebSphere, JavaScript, CSS, Maven

THE PROJECT

An application for the automotive aftermarket businesses. Its main scope is to manage post guarantee requests from car buyers, allowing car dealers to directly communicate with the manufacturer in order to manage service requests in a timely and efficient manner.

LOCATION

Cluj-Napoca, Brasov

Meet the Team

“The thing I like most about working at Fortech is that I can work very close to our clients, and by doing this, I am able to identify their needs in terms of product, quality, and technology. This gives a huge advantage when it comes to ramping-up teams and projects. I constantly learn from the relationships I was able to build inside Fortech as well as with the clients. I have the opportunity to work with performant teams with a high level of dedication and very strong technical skills.”

(Domnica, Senior Project Manager)