Project Manager (US) Parallels

Project Manager (US) â€" Professional Services Delivery
Join one of the fastest-growing, most innovative software companies in the world. Take on an exciting, challenging and rewarding leadership role at a private, profitable and growing company. Parallels is a global leader in virtualization and automation software that optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and Cloud services providers across all major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms.
Parallels is a Red Herring Global 100 winner, an award that is given to the leading private companies from North America, Europe and Asia, recognizing their innovations and technologies across their respective industries. Parallels has more than 100 patents granted or pending, creates the No. 1-selling Parallels Desktop virtualization software, the No. 1 Parallels Virtuozzo Container server solution and the No. 1 Parallels Plesk control panel.
Founded in 1999, Parallels offers a dynamic environment at a truly global company with more than 800 employees, 15 million customers, and 800 partnerships including Microsoft, Apple and Intel.
Please visit www.parallels.com for more about our award-winning products and company.
Position Overview
This position reports into the professional services organization with responsibility for all aspects of planning and delivering professional services contracts to the customer.
Candidates must have demonstrated experience working as a project or program manager for a technology company where the solution requires the delivery of professional services.
Candidates are expected to have a working knowledge of technology and be comfortable in defining both business and technical delivery plans. Candidates must be able to understand, plan and manage all aspects of work needed to successfully adopt a solution, place into production and operationally transfer to the client.
Preference given to candidates with experience working with solutions involving software configuration and customization using customer provided hardware platforms, especially with hosting, cloud services or ERP type solutions.
Preference will be given to candidates with delivery experience spanning enterprise accounts to smaller mid-market accounts. Candidates must be able to be able to differentiate and adjust delivery approach approaches based on type of accounts.
Candidates must demonstrate experience in working all aspects of professional services delivery including:
-Sales team engagement â€" pre and post-sale
-Project definition â€" pre and post-sale
-Project initiation - internal and external
-Project execution and closeout â€" internal and external
Essential Job Functions

• Define and negotiate appropriate scope

oDetermine scope needed to deliver solution
oReconcile and negotiate scope with sales, customer

• Successfully initiate projects internally and externally
  
  • ID and secure required resources internal, customer
  • Develop and communicate project plan
  • Lead kickoff and launch the project
• Manage a portfolio of ongoing delivery projects
  
  • Monitor a portfolio of delivery engagegments
  • Plan and manage ongoing work
  • Provide status to customers, stakeholders
  • Manage and negotiate ongoing delivery issues
• Maintain Project Administration functions
  
  • Ensure PSA system, project artifacts current
  • Support audit, revenue recognition requirements
• Contribute to Project Management and Delivery body of knowledge
  
  • Build or contribute to tools, techniques and methodology

Other Essential Job Functions
-Ablity to work in projectized and non-projectized environments
-Flexible work style
-Strong written and verbal communications skills including usage of Powerpoint, Word, Excel
-Ablity to anticipate project delivery issues and mitigate prior to customer sat problems
-Highly motivated, results-driven attitude
-Ability to deliver services remotely and onsite

• Ability to work within multiple time zones and diverse cultures
• Ability to work with sales, development, deployment, education and support departments within Parallels, contributing to proactive communication
• Ability to multitask and to reprioritize work as needed

Requirements
-At least 5 years' experience at a technology vendor delivering post sales professional services
-Understand end to end process used by companies to acquire, implement, deploy strategic software technology solutions
-Formal Project Management training [Certificate in Project Management] or PMI or similar certification
-Readiness to travel up to 25 %
-Fluency in the English language
Standout Compensation and Benefits
What's in it for the right Candidate?
-Competitive Compensation and Benefit plan
- Stock options
-10 annual holidays and 18 additional days of paid time off
-The unique opportunity to have a significant leadership impact at one of the world's fastest growing software companies
Thanks for considering Parallels, one of the world's fastest growing software companies!

Location:	Renton, WA United States