Project Manager
Black Duck
Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
As Black Duck engages with clients, the Project Manager has direct responsibility for developing strong and lasting relationships with clients. The Project Manager assists in the execution and delivery of planned project deliverables, such as tracking, organizing, and monitoring the progress through completion. The Project Manager will also assist in gathering requirements and requests on a daily from our existing clientele, as well as monitoring emails, scheduling meetings, and managing administrative and project management tasks. As our clients’ have operations around the globe, the role requires some flexibility to accommodate local client needs.
This position requires applicants possess a unique blend of project and account management skills, as well as technical knowledge and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and nurture a trusted business advisor and tactical management relationship with a set of named clients
- Gathering requirements from our clients
- Manage planning, prep, and delivery of all projects for specific clients
- Maintain a project backlog
- Ensure high-quality delivery while adhering to project scope, objectives, and margin requirements
- Make effective decisions and trade-offs under pressure
- Work through issues and risks with clients in assessment planning, preparation, and delivery
- Collaborate with Resource Management to develop resource plans and facilitate consultant onboarding/off-boarding
- Schedule and kick off each project
- Direct technical resource priorities to satisfy client commitments and SLAs
- Monitor and track assessment team progress and report back to client
- Host conference calls and daily meetings with clients and the assessment team
- Facilitate review of findings with clients and the technical assessment team
- Receive and track periodic, on-going requests from clients regarding specific project needs
- Address and monitor all incoming customer communications
- Escalate all items including those urgent in nature, from the client to the appropriate Black Duck resource or manager
- Work in close contact with technical staff members to understand Black Duck service offerings and determine the best course of action within the project lifecycle
- Audit deliverables and evaluate team performance
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree – engineering or equivalent preferred
- The right candidate will have worked in an environment where detail-oriented behavior was required at a fast-pace on an ongoing basis
- Ability to consistently respond to customer needs in a timely and effective manner
- Excellent client management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills – with strong phone and email skills
- Schedule, Budget, and Invoice Management
- Issue Management and Resolution
- Experience managing software security or IT projects preferred, but not mandatory
- Experience with MSWord, Excel, Outlook, Project, and other general office applications
- 2-3 Years of experience working in a Project Management office setting
- Consulting experience is desired but not mandatory
- Experience with Project Management activities on security projects: network, infrastructure, and application preferred
- Experience working with SharePoint highly desired
- PMP Certification a plus
- Time Zone Requirement: EST working hours
Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law. In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.