Equivant

Judicial software for court process efficiency

Senior Project Manager

Project ManagementUpdated on Nov 13

Full-time

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in business, computer science, management information systems, or related experience is required.
At least five years of experience managing fixed-price and time-and-materials software implementation projects is required.
An advanced understanding of project management methodologies and tools is required.
The role requires written and oral communication skills for working with technical and operating management at all organizational levels.
Leadership and decision-making skills are required.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office is required.
Experience in consulting or business analysis is required.
The candidate must be able to manage multiple diverse projects with competing deadlines.
Strategic planning and thinking skills are required.
The candidate must be flexible in work time to coordinate with teams and clients in different U.S. time zones.
The candidate must be available for up to 25% travel, including possible weekend and nighttime activity as needed.
The candidate must have a genuine interest in client success and delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple software implementation projects across the United States.
Manage projects through the full life cycle, using defined frameworks or best practices for initiation, planning, execution, performance monitoring, communication, coordination, quality assurance, budgeting, and reporting.
Identify and manage project dependencies and the critical path.
Apply change management controls.
Identify, mitigate, and manage risk through processes and tools.
Define project scope and deliverables that support business goals.
Establish milestones and monitor adherence to plans and schedules.
Estimate and ensure resource availability and allocation to achieve project goals.
Communicate and work across organizational levels with executive and non-executive staff, both internal and external to the organization.
Manage project documentation and prepare operational handovers.
Manage project communications for internal and external stakeholders.
Coordinate internal resources and third-party vendors.
Inform project owners and relevant stakeholders promptly about risks, deviations in scope, and resource, schedule, or budget issues and opportunities.
Manage project scope, timeline, quality, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Conduct regular project status meetings with customers.
Build, develop, and grow business relationships important to project success.
Set and manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders.
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, issue logs, action-item registers, and presentations as required.
Contribute to best practices and tools for project execution and management.
Conduct project closeouts and create recommendation reports and lessons-learned documentation.
Analyze customer needs and recommend new processes or modifications and improvements to existing processes that support new or existing software.

Desired Qualifications

Experience or knowledge of the U.S. judicial system is preferred.
PMP, PMI-ACP, or CBAP certification is preferred.
A background in management consultancy, professional services, or a similar in-house function is preferred.
A solid technical background and understanding of, or hands-on experience with, software development and web technologies is preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Monday.com, and Zendesk is preferred.

Job Summary:

We are equivant, a software provider for the justice community, and we’ve opened a remote role for a Project Manager. Join a team of experienced agile project managers, and help our company provide software solutions for the U.S. court system.

The Project Manager will work with multiple equivant teams to manage and deliver customer’s projects. Project Managers work with our customers' leadership, accounting, and operational teams to transition their organization to new levels of efficiency and functionality utilizing equivant's software solutions. Experience managing software implementations, fixed-price projects and a thorough understanding of project management methodologies is a must! Up to 25% travel is required.

In return, you’ll drive the success of a company that’s served the courts for 30+ years. equivant is a progressive software company with a casual culture. We offer a very autonomous work environment, a large annual bonus and multiple growth opportunities throughout our organization.

Are you the Project Manager we’re looking for? If you meet the below requirements, please apply!

Job Description:

Responsibilities

Responsible for the management of multiple software implementation projects across the US
Full life-cycle management of projects by:
- Using defined project frameworks and/or best practices including initiation, planning, execution, performance monitoring, communication, coordination, quality assurance, budgeting, and reporting
- Identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path
- Incorporating change management controls
- Identifying, mitigating, and managing risk through implementation of process and tools
- Defining project scope and deliverables that support the goals of the business
- Establishing milestones and monitoring adherence to plans/schedules
- Estimating and ensuring resource availability and allocation necessary to achieve project goals
Ability to communicate and work across all organizational levels; executive and non-executive staff, internal and external to the organization
Managing all project documentation, prepare for operational hand overs
Managing project communication for internal and external stakeholders
Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors
Ensure project owners and relevant stakeholders are informed in a timely manner of risks, plan deviations in terms of scope, and resource, schedule, or budget issues/opportunities
Proactively manage project scope, timeline, quality, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
Conduct regular Project Status Meetings with customers
Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project
Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and stakeholders
Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, issue logs, action item registers, and presentations, as required
Contribute to further best practices and tools for project execution and management
Conduct project closeouts and create recommendation reports and lessons learned documentation
Analyze customer needs and recommend new processes or modify and improve existing processes that align and support new/existing software

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business/CS/MIS or related experience
5+ years of experience managing fixed price and time and materials software implementation projects
Advanced understanding of project management methodologies and tools
Skills in communicating with all levels of technical and operating management (both written and oral presentation skills)
Leadership and decision-making skills
Proficiency with MS Office
Experience in consulting / business analysis
Demonstrated ability to multi-task, including the ability to manage multiple diverse projects with competing deadlines
Strategic planning and thinking
Must be flexible in work time to coordinate appropriately with teams and clients in different US time zones
Available for travel of up to 25% with possible weekend and nighttime activity as needed
Genuine interest in client success and successful project delivery (on time and within budget)

Preferred

Experience/knowledge of the US judicial system
PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP certification
Background in management consultancy, professional services or similar in-house function
Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
Proficiency with MS Project, Monday.com, Zendesk

EOE/M/D/F/V

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings Available:

About the Company

Equivant

Judicial software for court process efficiency

Equivant provides software solutions that simplify justice by boosting efficiency, streamlining processes, and improving communication within courts and justice agencies. Built on four decades of domain knowledge and developed by expert practitioners, its offerings help 350+ justice customers worldwide automate workflows, manage cases, share information, and generate insights to serve communities more effectively and fairly. Unlike firms that focus on generic tools, Equivant combines deep justice system expertise with modern technology to deliver practical, reliable software tailored to public safety and legal workflows. The company aims to reduce complexity in justice operations, speed up service delivery, and promote equitable outcomes for the public.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Canton, OH
Founded: 1984

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