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Project Manager

Posted on: February 9, 2021

COVID19 Update 1/1/2021:  I’m grateful to say that due to the essential nature of our client base, our sales and operations pipelines have not been negatively impacted by COVID-19. We offer full WFH and will provide the necessary equipment for a home-based set-up (laptop, 4K monitors, keyboard/mouse, etc) This is a full-time position, NOT A CONTRACT POSITION.

Susco is in the Greater New Orleans Area and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Louisiana.  We develop custom web-based business software with a focus on legacy system conversions.  Our primary development platforms are C# .NET for web services and Ionic/Cordova for mobile apps. 

This individual will work directly with clients, grasp a complete understanding of multiple simultaneous projects’ scope, and effectively communicate this to development team. 

Roles and Responsibilities: 

  • Gather business requirements (pre- and post-sale), and work with Tech Leads to develop technical specs. 
  • Manage client expectations in regards to schedule, budget, and quality 
  • Have a technical background, preferably recent SQL, .NET, or iOS experience. 
  • Research, design, and plan mobile, web, database, or application software 
  • Work with developers and architects to create work breakdown structures and project schedules considering resource availability and skillset. 
  • Manage the workflow of the software development life cycle from scoping, to design, development, QA, production implementation and post launch support. 
  • Provide excellent customer service.  
  • Assist in sales calls with potential customers. 
  • Work directly with the sales department, clients and developers to produce estimates and proposals for software development. 
  • Work with the QA department to validate development output in terms of both functionality and quality. 
  • Review and validate time entries from development team. 
  • Own the cost, quality, and scope of projects that they manage. 
  • Ability to read and write SQL queries. 
  • Be able to manage the development of software around complex business processes. 
  • Design database schema  

Required Qualifications: 

  • 5+ years of recent project management experience in software development 
  • 2+ year of Software Development Life Cycle experience (analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation) and Design Patterns experience. 
  • Experience working in agile and waterfall methodologies. 
  • Experience performing business analysis for software development projects  
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • A high bar for quality 
  • Knowledge of source control systems like Git, SVN, etc. 

Nice to have Qualifications: 

  • PMP Certification 
  • Experience working as a Scrum Master 
  • Recent software development experience in web development or mobile app development 

Salary Range: $70,000 – $95,000 DOE