Hi, We're SugarShot. We're an open rebellion against the IT grain. We do Technology. Differently. Come join us! SugarShot is an information technology company with practice areas in Cybersecurity, IT Support and Professional Services. We are growing quickly, been honored on the Inc. 5000 3 years in a row, and have excellent opportunities for great people who are looking to make a real difference in the market place. Our name is unique, because our story is unique, and so is our future. Come join us! In addition to great pay and benefits, we offer flexible work schedule, super cool, tech company environment, continuing education and mentoring, comprehensive health benefits, 401K, profit sharing, lots of free lunches and occasional video games in the late afternoons.
PROJECT MANAGER
Overview
Project Management (“PM”) at SugarShot is the practice of planning, implementing, controlling, and managing to completion the work of our Special Operations Team (“SpecOps”). Our technology projects must achieve specific business objectives while meeting stringent success and performance criteria within the constraints of time, technical limitations, available resources and cost.
PMs will serve as trusted leaders who instill confidence and authority in everything they do. PMs will present as experts in their field with a deep bench of knowledge around SugarShot’s products, services and capabilities. PMs will also have the business acumen to understand complex business challenges including budgetary, logistics and time constraints and possess epic skills in precise and calming communications, interpersonal relationships, and influence.
You Will Be Successful In This Role If…
You are highly detail oriented and care deeply about quality workmanship
You have excellent, thorough and methodical problem-solving skills and you enjoy not having loose ends
You are driven to do a great job and get tremendous sense of accomplishment from “doing things right”
You are good at building, maintaining and strengthening personal relationships
You have strong team-building skills and know how to draw on internal resources for success
You are highly knowledgeable about SugarShot’s products, services and capabilities and under which situations these should be recommended
You can successfully engage in multiple projects simultaneously
You are able to synthesize information, identify Out of Scope requests and communicate effectively to executives and C-levels
You can understand, organize and align Client priorities with SugarShot’s capabilities
Responsibilities
Serve as a liaison between the Client, the stakeholders, 3rd party vendors and the SugarShot Professional Services Group
Facilitate open, verbose and frequent communications and updates between internal and external teams including Client stakeholders
Maintain strong relationships with internal and external teams through good customer service and prompt responses to requests
Escalate decisions and unresolved issues
Maintain RAID and CR Logs
Establish and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, Gantt charts and tasks and delegate responsibilities to achieve successful outcomes
Manage deviations from plan and forecast delivery dates based on team performance and external threats
Identify, manage, maintain and document Change Orders and engage with the Sales Department as necessary to monetize such requests
Document all issues, risks, obstacles and delays to project success
Provide documentation on key project decisions, action items, issues and other pertinent information to all stakeholders
Conduct post-project surveys with client stakeholders and analyze for improvements
Seek continuous improvements in process to achieve higher profitability and greater efficiency
Conduct regular Project Status Calls with Clients and stakeholders
Maintain internal Project Management database, Work Plans, schedules and budgets
Manage and maintain currency on Client MicroBoards (an online system for strategic issue management)
Lean into issues quickly and seek long-term resolutions and improvements
Know the Client decision-makers, stakeholders, business goals, industry, business challenges and strategy
And other duties as assigned by supervisor from time to time
KPIs
Post Project Survey Client Satisfaction
Post Project Survey SpecOps Team Satisfaction
Project Profitability
Project On-time Performance
Project On-budget Performance
Requirements
PMP or completing PMP within 6 months
Bachelor’s Degree
5+ years PM experience
3 References from Previous or Current Supervisors/Managers