Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: National Harbor, MD (Hybrid)

Type: Full Time

Compensation: $65,000 to $100,000 DOE, Annually

Cloudforce is seeking a Project Manager to administer and organize tasks, schedules, requirements gathering, presentations, testing, and training, for various projects and initiatives. These will typically be IT engineering projects, with occasional work in back-office coordination.

Project Manager responsibilities include working closely with our engineering team to prepare notes/minutes, documentation, and comprehensive action plans including resources, timeframes, and budgets for projects. This role will also perform various coordinating tasks like schedule and risk management, along with administrative duties like maintaining project documentation, managing logistics, scheduling meetings, serving as a liaison between Cloudforce staff and various stakeholders, following up with contributing vendors, etc.

To succeed in this role, the candidate must have a polished and professional presence, possessing excellent time management and communication skills. In addition, attributes which are key to this role are professional reliability, detailed precision, a customer-centric attitude, and professional bearing.

This role will collaborate across client, internal and external (vendor) teams to ensure projects are delivered by deadlines. The candidate should be a motivated and responsible professional, who’s capable of working past ambiguity in order to create a clear path forward. Candidates should be comfortable communicating with various level stakeholders and team participants – from senior-level executives to contributing technical staff. Ultimately, the Project Manager’s duties are to ensure that all projects overseen are completed on time, within budget, and meet Cloudforce’s high-quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide weekly cadence of necessary project reporting, including status, metrics, milestones, risks, and other considerations
• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment, and information
• Oversee detailed task management activities utilizing Cloudforce’s project management tool, ClickUp
• Maintain documentation repository for internal PMO and for client-facing artifacts
• Create and update documentation in support of the PMO and project, or as assigned based on needs of the client or team
• Assist technical staff to break down projects into manageable actions and clear timeframes
• Liaise with clients to identify and define scope, requirements, objectives, and details
• Ensure client needs are met as projects evolve, and that documentation and plans are reflective of this evolution
• Analyze and communicate risks and opportunities as they are observed
• Monitor project progress and critical path, addressing issues as they arise
• Monitor internal resource hours actuals versus expected and provide burndown status to necessary stakeholders
• Act as Cloudforce’s central point of contact for the client
• Serve as an onsite presence for key client meetings (in and around the DC-Metro area)
• Use project management tools, such as Microsoft Project, to monitor schedules, tasks, dependencies, and resources
• Create and maintain project risk registers
• Ensure standards, requirements, and deliverables are met through conducting quality assurance checks.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience managing projects.
• Exceptional and highly professional communication ability – both verbal and written – as this role will be interfacing with key client stakeholders, internal technical delivery teams and subcontractors, representing Cloudforce.
• An ability to work independently with minimal managerial supervision.
• Exceptional organizational skills, including multitasking and time management.
• Strong client-facing customer service and collaboration skills.
• An ability to serve as a liaison, onsite presence, and facilitator for Cloudforce.
• Hands-on experience with project management and collaboration tools (such as ClickUp, Trello, MS Project, Planner, Airtable, Teams, SharePoint, etc.).

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience working with technical teams and subject matter experts.
• Knowledge of industry-standard project management fundamentals and terminology (CAPM, PMP, or similar coursework).

You Love To:

• Work in a dynamic team environment.
• Learn and deploy modern technologies.
• Perform as a self-starter and manage your own time.
• Interact with clients often and maintain excellent working relationships.
• Participate in monthly company outings and quarterly local service projects.
• Eat lunch as a team every Friday and have your hand at conquering our ping-pong champions.

About Us:

Cloudforce is a spirited team defined by the shared values of excellence, growth, teamwork, passion, giving back, and glee. As technophiles, we thrive on the latest developments in our chosen field of expertise: cloud computing. As humans, we are driven by the opportunities to make life better through the thoughtful application of technology. At Cloudforce, these two pursuits combine to form an effective, human-centered approach for making cloud solutions accessible for businesses, app developers, and entrepreneurs, alike.

We offer our employees unique opportunities to learn, grow, and be part of a team that believes in more than just typical nine-to-five activities. We’ve built a culture around openness, inclusiveness, giving back to the community, team building, and growth. Whether it be through monthly team outings, annual trips, or our frequent charitable activities, we’re serious about making each individual feel like they’re part of our team.

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Cloudforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

P.S.... Cloudforce offers everything you’d expect in the perfect technology job…

• Outstanding opportunities to learn, grow, and expand your network
• Excellent compensation, benefits, and generous incentives
• 401K savings plan and education reimbursement
• Ultra-modern gym with Tonal and Peloton
• Super cutting-edge technology
• State-of-the-art workspace
• Community involvement
• Great team synergy

But we also offer a few irresistible extras:

• Friday afternoon shenanigans
• A kitchen stocked with free snacks
• Getting rewarded just for learning new things
• Super fun location with restaurants, shops, and more
• Seeing your input and suggestions heard and implemented
• Free monthly garage parking with direct private access to the office
• Brand-new, sun-filled National Harbor offices with scenic views of the Potomac
• Scenic walking paths along the Potomac for getting some fresh air and think time
• Applying your technology smarts and insights to make the world safer, smarter, better