Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage the requirements for project scope, delivery, release strategy and cross functional testing.
• Create and manage schedules for product releases, Change Requests and Risk Analysis and Mitigation Plans
• Manage the development of specifications and technology solutions.
• Perform as a scope and definition expert in all matters of the project with partner and internal resources.
• Communicate schedule changes across multiple teams.
• Drive status meetings to ensure tracking, reporting and compliance with key milestones and Metrics to management.
• Respond to and manage internal escalations.
• Create consistency and confidence with the partner and insulate the technical team from easily answerable questions that do not require a feature PM or developer.
• Coordinate and attend partner meetings, takes notes and follows-up to get action items resolved.
• Monitors partner progress, coordinate first response to defects, answer all but the deepest tech/requirements questions.
• Ensure partner testers are not blocked by lack of documents, logins, etc.
• Day-to-day relationship with partners.
• Follow-up on and drive defect resolution processes.
• Independently identify and drive issues that risk overall product quality and customer acceptance.
• Help triage and track down defect issues and resolutions.

Qualifications:

Number of Years of Work Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Project Management and technical Program Management roles (deployment/ installation/ implementation/ feature design, integration) Have managed many projects through the entire software development lifecycle

Required Skills:

• History of effective management of projects involving external development partners and customers
• Experience in a role interfacing to technical teams and corporate executives
• Experience in Process creation, socialization and adoption
• History of Managing complex projects with large number interdependencies

Preferred Skills:

• Subscription and/or e-commerce platforms
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, JSON/AJAX
• SOAP, REST, and other web services
• Data driven backend services
• Effective time management, documentation and organizational skills
• Expertise with facilitating and presenting change control processes for external clients
• Excellent comprehension of web applications, mobile services and networking environments

Education:

• Engineering degree or 5+ years equivalent technical work experience

We offer a competitive compensation package; including stock options, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), full health and welfare benefits and a casual yet technically challenging work environment. Join our dynamic, entrepreneurial team and become part of our fast growing track of continuing success. Nuance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Overview:

Nuance's Mobility Division builds innovative, intelligent and intuitive touch and speech interfaces to simplify and enhance the way people interact with mobile devices, applications, and services. Nuance Mobile solutions make mobile devices and in-car systems easier to use, automate customer self-service, and optimize the access and discovery of even the most advanced mobile applications and content - regardless of technical know-how, location, environment, or physical and literacy capabilities.