Senior Engagement Manager

Summary

Join Rackspace Technology, a multicloud solutions expert and a Fortune-recognized best place to work, as a Project Manager. You will develop and manage IT projects, lead teams, and collaborate with stakeholders. This role requires strong communication, technical acumen, and experience in project management. The ideal candidate possesses PMP or ITPM certifications and experience with data analytics or cloud computing projects. Rackspace offers a dynamic work environment focused on innovation and collaboration.

Requirements

• 6-10 years’ experience in project management
• Bachelor’s/University degree

Responsibilities

• Develops detailed IT work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, status reports and lead the team in developing a detailed project plan
• Review project plans to determine the time frame, costing, and the procedures for accomplishing the projects
• Provides expertise in area and an advanced level of understanding of the principles of IT project leadership
• Possesses a comprehensive understanding of how own area and others (i.e., architecture or infrastructure) collectively integrate to contribute towards achieving business objectives
• Conduct timely project reviews to recommend any changes to project schedules, cost or resource requirements
• Document issues and risks that affect implementation
• Work with the technical team to ensure that the requirements gathered are realistic and implementable
• Establish and maintain good business relationships with stakeholders to influence and achieve business goals
• Hold regular status update meetings with team
• Learn and be able to contribute and communicate improvements to the existing working processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to discuss and advance complex policy concepts with diverse stakeholders at various levels
• Technical acumen and ability to represent to both technical and policy audiences
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment working on cutting-edge technology and security policy matters, where ambiguity is the rule rather than the exception
• Comfort working with a broad range of teams and diverse views and cultures, and experience in driving collaboration and consensus
• Willingness to experiment and try new things, and to learn quickly from failure and/or mistakes
• Candidates with PMP or ITPM certifications are preferred
• Experience with Data Analytics / Data warehousing / Cloud Computing projects are preferred

Benefits

Named a best place to work, year after year according to Fortune, Forbes and Glassdoor