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Technical Software Project Manager, SDK - Contractor
4 years ago
Magic Leap is an eclectic group of people who share a magical vision of the future. And we’re growing.
Our mission is to harmonize people and technology to create a better, more unified world. Our vision is to amplify the best parts of you and to advance the human spirit.
Job Description
The Project Manager will lead projects/programs that are technically complex in nature and that span across software and several stakeholder organizations. The Project Manager will have proven experience and technical skills to solve complex problems and leadership skills to drive teams to deliver high-quality features on time. The ideal candidate will be passionate about handling highly ambiguous technical problems for targeted disruptive scenarios.
This position will offer you an exciting opportunity to work side by side with development, QA, product management, marketing, UX, content developers, senior executives, legal, privacy, backend systems, research groups, factory and assembly (just to name a few) to develop an exciting Augmented reality platform for our developers and consumers. Additionally, this position will give exposure to many cutting-edge innovations in the field, and provide first-hand experience in solving intriguing challenges as Magic Leap develops a one-of-a-kind technology.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate technical requirements and solution architecture for complex features
- Collaborate with software teams and stakeholders to identify dependencies, create software requirements, develop and maintain project schedules and track milestones
- Gather requirements and build consensus across numerous departments
- Facilitate communication between development teams, QA, product management, UX, content developers, and coordinate deliveries
- Maintain risk register and actively pursue mitigation plans
- Drive teams’ through Software Program milestones and enable progress by removing bottlenecks
- Monitor and drive change requests
- Ensure feature quality by driving defects to resolution; define KPIs and ensure they are met by defined Program milestones
- Do root cause analyses, propose process & tool improvements, and implement approved changes.
- Identify gaps and innovate process improvements to gain operational efficiency
- Keep management informed of the status with regular reports
Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in project management with 3+ years of experience as a software developer
- Proven capacity to take software development features from early stages of planning to shipping and production
- Understands framework, API design, and software development kit (SDK) production
- Capable of handling highly ambitious product scenarios into discreet actionable technical deliverables
- Demonstrated experience in project/program planning, successful execution, and risk management
- An excruciatingly high-level of attention to detail with excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask in a fast pace environment
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with a wide variety of professionals across different time zones
- Proven ability to understand mobile software requirement concepts and related technologies pros & cons
- Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C/C++, C#, Objective-C, Java
- Experience using tools such as Confluence, JIRA, and data analysis tools.
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Experience in Localization, Internationalization of Consumer Electronic device is a plus
Education:
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or relevant field
- PMP or CSM certification a plus
Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines.
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