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Carrington Knight Associates Limited

Salary

Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Job term

Permanent

Job hours

Full time

Project Manager/Business Analyst/SDLC/Software Development/PMP/London

Job Description:
Project Manager / Business Analyst is responsible for overall project management and planning activities for smaller
projects and all business aspects (i.e. technical, operation, economical) of the requirements and analysis phase of
larger projects. They are also responsible for ensuring that the final deliverable of a software development project
meets all of the intended needs of the business. This person will need to be able to understand the SDLC models and what
their specific activities are to manage an application development project, deliver a solid set of requirements
artifacts, to understand the project standards, to develop and implement solid test plans and test cases / scenarios to
accurately test all aspects of the system, and to maintain detailed and accurate documentation per all project standards.

Core Job Responsibilities:
* Develop, manage and lead various smaller projects to include: development and management of project plans, define and
deliver individual project deliverables as a part of the overall program deliverables, manage the expectations of all
stakeholders, manage all project relationships, manage project teams in delivering the projects, communicate and manage
tasks and activities to a schedule with the team, and provide feedback to team members as appropriate.
* Effectively manage smaller project efforts, to include: project plan, scope / budget / resource management, time
management (activities & task planning), communications, risk management, QA and testing, user training, ongoing
maintenance and support.
* Perform requirements gathering and analysis to include: analytical techniques, interview techniques, data gathering
techniques, current system documentation, business modeling methods, business process, rules and logic, data gathering to
solve complex issues, development of implementation plans, development of requirements, JAD sessions and key analytical
troubleshooting.
* Develop and implement test plans / scenarios to ensure successful delivery of a project.
* Lend support to various business and technology teams as necessary during project delivery.
* Communicate effectively in both verbal (i.e. day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written (requirements and
design specifications) form, as well as have an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
* Accurately determine, assign, track and manage project task, activity, documentation, time information per internal
standards.
* Accurately assess the risks associated with each solution design / project.
* Support the development of team members from a professional and technical level.
* Effectively manage multiple priorities.
* Be able to travel as necessary, and perform additional job-related duties as requested.

Required Skills & Abilities:
* Thorough working knowledge of the SDLC models / methodologies, IT systems, and their direct implementation to projects.
* Strong project management skills with small software development projects.
* Leadership and management skills in leading technical personnel through the delivery of software development projects.
* Strong business and systems analysis skills, test planning and testing skills, troubleshooting skills and experience
with numerous environments and architectures.
* Ability to apply common, object-oriented modeling techniques, including UML, use case, activity and sequence diagrams.
* Experience in data gathering and facilitation techniques (i.e. meetings and JAD sessions).
* Experience with requirements management, use case and modeling tools.
* Strong decision making / problem solving skills and experience with software development projects.
* Experience with applying and general knowledge of various analysis and gathering approaches, methodologies and models.
* Demonstrated leadership and attention to detail skills through prior experience at the strategic and tactical /
implementation levels.
* Ability to coach, mentor and train personnel within a technical organization.
* Strong analytical and planning skills / experience with software development projects.

Education / Experience:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, General Information Technology or a related field, AND
* At least 5 (five) years of relevant experience in project management / business analysis with software development
projects, OR
* Relevant combination of education and experience.
* Preferred: Prince 2 or PMP certification and formal training in negotiation / facilitation skills

This is a great opportunity. Apply now for more details.


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