Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is actively looking for a Project Manager for SRA to support their work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine. The role involves coordinating complex technical projects within a scientific environment and overseeing the full software development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a scientific environment, including defining technical and functional requirements, quality control planning, implementation, upgrades, and integration with existing NCBI systems through Agile Process methodology
- Position includes daily coordination of complex technical projects dealing with scientific and genomic data
- Participate in and provide technical and administrative expertise to software development projects
- Responsible for software/system design and specifications, system implementation and integration, and testing
- Will be responsible for tracking milestones, and producing deliverables
- Balances risks, schedules, and resources
- Coordinates cross-functional teams of various sizes with diverse technical skills sets
- Advises senior management on technical issues
- Communicates project issues to stakeholders and senior management
Skills
- Formal education (minimum: Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science or related field
- Requires at least 3 years of project management experience and at least 5 years of experience developing the software and/or managing the software development
- Strong Technical Knowledge of software application development
- Experience managing software development projects using Agile methodology
- Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and departments
- Effective verbal and written communications
- Experience in delivery of complex enterprise level software development projects
- Master's degree preferred
- PMP Certification
- Experience with scientific or biological data a plus
- Experience as software development technical lead
- Experience working with large databases, statistical analysis, and clinical data
- Experience in a research and development (R&D) environment with demonstrated ability to analyze problems and propose multiple solutions
- Experience with large distributed systems and cloud computing
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401k plan with employer contribution
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Tuition reimbursement
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