If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of SaaS delivery and love building strong relationships with clients, this is the role for you! At BEM you have a chance of delivering the best-in-class and superior applications of Right of Way (ROW), E-Permitting and Utility Management systems to our clients.
Specific to its software products, BEM has for over 18 years been a recognized leader in Right of Way and Property Management systems. BEM's property acquisition management system, PAECETrak, is the dominant software solution for transportation agencies for all activities that occur in the Rights of Way corridor from property acquisition to utility relocation and management; outdoor advertising; permitting and environmental compliance.
About Us
BEM Systems, Inc. (BEM) is an environmental consulting and software solutions firm, which provides comprehensive environmental consulting and data management services to federal, state, and local government agencies. Our areas of technical practice are focused on environmental planning and compliance, remediation, water resources, and environmental data management and software development. Within our four business sectors, our Innovation, Technology, and Solutions (ITS) group has focused on the development of a suite of software products tailored to the needs of the transportation and utility industry for property and asset management. In addition, it has developed custom software solutions for the Department of Defense related to environmental contamination and climate change risk analysis.
Job Description
We are looking to hire a disciplined and highly organized Senior Project Manager as part of our project delivery team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will work on prestigious projects and closely work with developers, quality engineers, business analysts, trainers, and other core team members to achieve a high-level of performance and quality in delivering projects, on time and on budget to enable BEM Systems to provide exceptional business value to our government customers. Your business acumen, people management, project planning and execution skills will be critical to project success.
The successful candidate will play a lead role as an Agile-project manager for a suite of SaaS solutions working with state Departments of Transportation and other agencies involved with managing property within a ROW. The senior PM will be tasked with managing or overseeing the management of major system upgrades for existing customers or deployments for new customers. These projects range in size from $300,000 to over $1,000,000 and are firm fixed price.
Key Responsibilities • Manage 2-4 enterprise projects, developing and maintaining project management plans. • Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value. • Organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports. • Manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects. • Leverage organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members. • Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices. • Communicate and collaborate with customers as needed regarding project deliverables including managing expectations, presenting, and interfacing with client project sponsors. • Identify, prepare, and negotiate project change orders with clients. • Provide input into strategic planning and the system development roadmap. • Develop a project management methodology that is suitable for planning and managing the book of business to achieve the project goals within designated project constraints. • Grasp and clearly convey customer business objectives across teams to create a statement of work for the application delivery team. • Meet or exceed profitability targets by dynamically prioritizing project resources and implementing process improvement opportunities to drive efficiency. • Manage project materials ensuring visibility of milestones, schedule, tasks, issues, risk, action items, and all project documentation. • Identify, scope, and estimate additional business opportunities with current customers. • Work closely with customer success teams to ensure client satisfaction.
Requirements: • B.S. or B.A. degree in Computer Science, Organizational Management, Engineering. • 8+ years of experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with SaaS enterprise-level application • 3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master. • PMP-ACP certification required, CSM preferred. • Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with 5- 10 team members including Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel. • Experience managing B2B software solution projects, budget over $1M. • Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment. • Proven record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies. • Travel up to 20% annually.
Skills and Abilities: • Experience working for or with transportation agencies working on ROW acquisition or property management is a big plus. • Excellent project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities. • Enterprising, self-driven and proven history in uncompromising quality. • Strong understanding of SaaS delivery model. • Experience with API concepts and application integration using APIs such as ESRI GIS. • Familiar with visualizing spatial data using data analytic dashboards. • Proven history of executing contracts with City, County, or State jurisdictions highly preferred. • Background in Technology and various delivery methodologies is a plus. • Passion for staying updated on the latest tech trends and app development technologies.
Compensation and Benefits:
BEM offers a comprehensive and competitive compensation package with a starting annual salary based upon the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate for our full-time employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including participation in our matching 401(K) savings plan along with comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance coverage and a tuition reimbursement program..