Ignition Software Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of software and DevOps projects from start to finish, covering application, integration, and platform aspects.

• Oversee commercial and delivery results, including profit margins, revenue recognition, and accuracy in forecasting.

• Develop delivery models, schedules, milestones, and release strategies.

• Lead the proposal process, estimating, contingency planning, and structuring milestone billing.

• Negotiate project scope, timelines, changes, and trade-offs with client stakeholders.

• Coordinate multiple scrum teams, joint planning efforts, and inter-team dependencies.

• Manage release strategies, production deployments, rollback plans, and approvals for change control.

• Mentor client product owners on product objectives, priorities, and backlog management.

• Create and maintain comprehensive project plans spanning teams, disciplines, vendors, and partners.

• Direct project staffing strategies in collaboration with Engineering Managers.

• Lead risk management concerning technical, commercial, schedule, and client relationship aspects.

• Utilize delivery metrics to enhance engagement flow.

• Act as the primary escalation point and drive project issues toward resolution.

• Manage subcontractors, vendors, and third-party partnerships.

• Conduct client status updates, sprint reviews, milestone checks, and management reporting sessions.

• Coordinate phased and multi-site deployments, acceptance testing, go-live activities, and operational transitions.

• Collaborate with technical delivery and engineering managers on sequencing and capacity planning.

• Identify potential follow-on work within current client accounts.

• Guide project managers, technical leads, and engineers in agile methodologies.

• Contribute to the establishment of software project execution standards, templates, and estimating procedures.

• Assist in recovering troubled projects through re-baselining and remediation efforts.

• Maintain relationships with key decision-makers at client organizations.

• Travel to client sites for go-live events, commissioning, and meetings as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or a comparable combination of education, training, and professional experience.

• A minimum of 8-10 years of applicable professional experience in project management, technical project delivery, or software engineering.

• Proven track record of managing complete software or platform engagements delivered utilizing agile methodologies.

• Extensive knowledge of agile delivery methods and hybrid models for fixed-price and milestone-based contracts.

• Capability to independently plan and manage complex, multi-team software projects.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate interdependent teams and integrate their work into a unified release plan.

• Strong understanding of project financials, including margin management, revenue recognition, and forecast accuracy.

• Expertise in proposal creation, estimating, and commercial negotiations.

• Strong grasp of contract terms, acceptance criteria, change orders, and strategies for claim avoidance.

• Advanced skills in risk management across technical, commercial, scheduling, and relationship dimensions.

• Familiarity with DORA delivery metrics.

• Technical proficiency in the software development lifecycle, CI/CD, GitOps, containerization, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.

• Working knowledge of Ignition, SCADA, MES, and historian systems.

• Deep understanding of manufacturing operations in sectors such as consumer products, food and beverage, life sciences, and industrial areas.

• Proven conflict resolution skills when dealing with clients.

• Experience in managing subcontractors, vendors, and third-party delivery partners.

• Ability to coach and mentor others effectively.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to work independently on multiple concurrent engagements.

• Willingness to travel to client sites as required.

• Participation in E-Verify and potential pre-employment screenings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus opportunities.

• Mentorship programs.

• Hands-on project experience.

• Structured career development pathways.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the interview process.