Project Manager
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Project Manager- Remote or Hybrid

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We're a leader in data and AI. Through our software and services, we inspire customers around the world to transform data into intelligence - and questions into answers.

We're also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

About the job

The Applied AI and Modeling Division is looking for a Project Manager to manage the development and delivery of Model Products from ideation to production. Our team is focused on delivering containerized model packages aimed to enhance our customer's ability to tackle tough issues with increasing sophistication. By working at the intersection of AI and statistics, AAIM solves real-world business problems in various industries.

As a Project Manager, you will:

* Partner with a global cross-functional development, test, and product management teams to plan, direct, and monitor milestone-driven collaborative projects from initiation to completion.

* Work within and across development teams to complete resource assignments and assessment of additional resource needs.

* Collaborate with the project team to tailor the standard SAS processes for the specific needs of the project, ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within project constraints.

* Communicate and track regularly on the status of project goals by ensuring project results meet requirements regarding quality, reliability, schedule, and cost.

* Monitor performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments and resource additions.

* Provide direction and support to project team to ensure accomplishment of agreed upon goals, objectives, and deadlines.

* Successfully manages relationships with the client and all stakeholders. Establishes and maintains relationships with third parties/ vendors.

* Exercise independent judgment in project implementation; involving management in decisions as appropriate.

* Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.

Role Competencies:

* Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

* Communication: Conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.

* Driving For Results: Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.

* Customer Focus: Ensuring that the internal or external customer's perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.

Required Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field, preferably in Computer Science or a related discipline.

* 5+ years of experience in project and/or program management in Software Development

* 2+ years' experience using Agile methodologies in Software Development.

* An equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

* You're curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

* Project Management Certification from PMI

* Agile certification, such as PMI-Agile Certified Professional (ACP), Agile Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe Scrum Master

* Experience with Jira

World-Class Benefits

Highlights include...

* Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.

* Medical plan options include...

* PPO with low annual deductible and copays.

* HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).

* Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that's free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!

* An industry-leading 401k plan.

* Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.

* Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.

* Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it's not about fitting into our culture - it's about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it's essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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