Job Details

Sr. Project Manager

Granicus

Job Description

The Company

Serving the People Who Serve the People

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

This Project Manager role lives within the customer engagement arm of the Granicus’ Digital Services Implementation Team and is a key member of the Implementation Services (IS) team. This team helps customers (government agencies) create valued online services, and partners with customers to enhance the way that government organizations support their communities through strategic experience management.

As a Sr. Project Manager, you’ll become a digital experience expert and a key partner in the successful rollout of projects across the globe. This role is the perfect combination of a relationship manager with strong technical aptitude, and project manager with a passion for helping customers reach their strategic objectives. You can manage a portfolio of implementation projects delivered through our network of third-party professional service partners. Your role starts at project kick-off during the contracting process with discovery and creation of the statement-of-work, through go-live– where customers are enabled to utilize the system to its fullest potential. You’ll work closely with customers and our service delivery partners to ensure projects stay on track regarding scope, schedule, and budget. You are highly consultative, a trusted advisor and committed to creating the foundations for our customer for life approach.

What your impact will look like here:

Manage large customer projects during the implementation lifecycle

Serve as the primary point of contact on large projects for high-touch clients, providing insights on system performance, best practices, and updates on state of account (status of enhancement requests, support tickets etc.)

Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements

Serve as an advisor to the customer and partners as they improve their online processes – keeping each personas experience top-of-mind at every turn

Tracks progress against milestones, budgetary guidelines, or other performance indicators, and prepares reports for senior management.

Create and maintain project plans, project status reports, and other relevant project documentation

Identify potential implementation risks and mitigation – as early as possible

Evaluate and assess customer business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions

Enable customers to utilize the govService Product by creating project plans aligned to their implementation goals

Participate in sprint planning, review, and retrospective meetings and provide feedback to the team

Write user stories ensuring acceptance criteria are clearly defined and verify it matches the requirements

Create test plans and facilitate user acceptance testing of custom-built services

Collaborate and work closely with internal / external partners. You will be fostering relationships with coworkers across the company to support their efforts while delivering products

You will love this job if you have:

Minimum of 5 years of experience in program/project management, preferably in a customer-facing role

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a proven record of accomplishment in building and maintaining strong relationships with clients.

Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks to ensure deadlines are met.

Strong analytical skills and experience with data analysis and trend analysis to identify opportunities and areas of improvement.

Knowledge of project management tools, methodologies, and best practices.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.

Ability to manage conflict and influence decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Strong organizational and planning skills with the ability to manage complex, multi-faceted projects.

Proven experience in proactively gathering information about product performance, customer feedback, and market trends to identify areas of improvement and opportunities for growth.

Solid understanding of Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Proactive and data-driven

Demonstrate and ensure timely and thorough communication of strategy, deliverable status, and results

You have a proven ability to flex between the technical and business sides of your brain – engineers and cross-functional team members alike love to work with you

You can work with multiple cross-functional teams to build and evaluate business cases to support product investment decisions

You have excellent communications skills – listening, verbal, and written

You help drive your team’s success, and are a self-starter

Bonus if you:

Have served as a program manager for high-touch clients

Possess a Project Management Professional Certification or Equivalent

You have experience working with remote teams

Have experience with city/county level planning, and possess an understanding of land-use regulations, zoning laws, and enforcement strategies

Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above, but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!

Security Requirements:

Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.

Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.

The Team

We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

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The Culture

At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be a part of our journey. A few culture highlights include –

Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices

Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work life balance and current affairs.

Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.

We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee population.

The Impact

We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.

The Process

Phone screen – Speak to one of our talented recruiters to ensure this could be a fit.

Assessment – Take a quick assessment (Don’t worry, we will prep you!)

Hiring Manager interview – Talk to the hiring manager so they can learn more about you and you about Granicus.

Panel interview – Meet more members of the team! Learn more and share more.

Reference checks – Provide 2 references so we can hear about your awesomeness.

Verbal offer – Let’s talk numbers, benefits, and culture and answer any questions.

Written offer – Sign a formal letter and get excited because we sure are!

Granicus is committed to providing equal employment opportunities. All qualified applicants and employees will be considered for employment and advancement without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical or mental disability, age, genetic information, sexual or affectional orientation, marital status, status regarding public assistance, familial status, military or veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.

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