Senior Technical Project Manager, CoStar Real Estate Manager & Visual Lease - Atlanta, GA
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Job Description
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Who is CoStar Group?
CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our clients. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our clients, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our clients, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.
CoStar Real Estate Manager
CoStar Real Estate Manager is the leading platform for lease accounting, lease administration and the management of portfolios, transactions, projects and construction. Clients use CoStar Real Estate Manager to make smarter decisions and to enable their team to work together more effectively. Learn more about CoStar Real Estate Manager.
Visual Lease
As the centralized system of record for all lease-related financial, operational, and legal data, Visual Lease, a CoStar Group company, is purpose-built to support every team involved in managing a company’s leased and owned assets. Informed by nearly three decades of experience, our platform integrates lease management, lease accounting, and sustainability reporting, enabling organizations to save time, mitigate risks, reduce costs, and support sustainability initiatives. Our award-winning software is used by 1,500+ organizations to manage more than 1 million real estate, equipment, and other leased asset records globally. Learn more about Visual Lease.
Role Overview: Senior Technical Project Manager
Atlanta, GA | In office, Monday – Friday
Job Description
We are currently seeking an exceptional Senior Technical Project Manager to oversee the delivery of multiple software implementations simultaneously for our customers. This role will report to the Director of Project Management.
The Senior Technical Project Manager has a dynamic leadership role in leading the on-boarding solutions for key strategic customers as identified by management. The role is both an external customer and/or 3rd party vendor-facing role in conjunction with an internal master facilitation role where multiple organizations participate in the overall customer program/project. The role relies upon competency in sales, delivery, financial management, risk management, master plan management, communications, and delivery management and is achieved through the program/project manager’s oversight of the Project Management Organization (PMO).
The Senior Technical Project Manager will lead the analysis and creativity required to solve unique/complex technical and business problems on behalf of the customer for the program/project. The ideal candidate uses sound judgment to drive major project success, balancing customer objectives, budgets, contracts, timelines, and margins. They will bring deep SDLC expertise and enterprise implementation experience. The will have the ability to Manage internal information system projects end to end, including requirements, feasibility, resources, change control, testing, documentation, training, and on-time, on-budget delivery. Projects may vary in number, size and complexity.
This position is 5 days in our Atlanta office.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
Project Initiation
Review Sales Order and Customer Success Record for accuracy
Conduct Sales to Consulting hand-off and client-facing kick off meetings
Scope Management
Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables
Conduct in-depth project scope analysis and address gaps proactively
Identify strategic opportunities that will add value to the implementation process and to the client's operational needs.
Project Planning
Create and maintain granular project schedules
Displays advanced understanding of level of effort of every task in the project schedule
Tracks resource allocation based on available bandwidth and level of effort
Team Leadership
Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams effectively
Demonstrates initiative and uses sound judgment in choosing actions
Provides input regarding key project staff-competency, fit, capability, and performance
Mentor Level 1 Technical Project Managers
Change Management
Manage scope changes and implement effective change management processes
Evaluates Change impact (what-if analysis) for projects and drives decision making based on most optimal projections
Budget Management
Develop and manage project budgets
Review and distribute Time and Materials Reports
Communicate and able to identify when budget may be exceeded and recommend solutions to stay in budget
Resource Management
Provide direction and support to the Project Team
Prioritize Project tasks and conduct planning sessions with the Project Team
Communication Management
Run Executive Stakeholder meetings and QBRs (Quarterly Business Reviews) for programs
Facilitate and lead weekly status update meetings and capture meeting notes in real-time
Provide status reports focusing on budget, scope, and timeline
Leverage our Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution as a portal to communicate Project information to our clients
Risk and Issue Management
Proficiency in identifying, analyzing, mitigating project risks, and solving issues
Apply risk mitigation strategies, including risk avoidance, risk transfer, and contingency planning for programs
Lead the analysis and diagnosis to solve unique/complex technical and project issues
Quality Management
Provide the project team, client, and shareholders with metrics and feedback on the project's performance
Strive for perfect execution and process improvement to prevent defects in deliverables
Extensive experience in ensuring the quality of project deliverables through testing and review processes
Manage Test Case assignments, issue logs, and issue resolution in TestRail
Stakeholder Management
Manage Stakeholder and Customer expectations
Communicate difficult and/or complex content to executive level stakeholders
Strategic Planning
Provide strategic direction to programs and projects
Drive organizational alignment
Program Management
Manage large group of related projects in a coordinated manner to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.
Aggregates project metrics in PMIS (Project Management Information System) Dashboard.
Manages, updates, and publishes program processes and templates.
Relationship Management
Foster client partnerships and drive customer satisfaction initiatives.
Handle customer requests for consultation on matters beyond the scope of the program/project.
Encourage customer referrals to other organizations for our company.
Travel up to 10% (domestic and international) annually
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university.
A track record of commitment to prior employers.
8+ years of technical project management experience, particularly in external, customer facing roles OR 6+ years of relevant experience with a completed Master’s degree.
Experience managing enterprise-scale SaaS implementations.
Demonstrated ability to delegate, multitask and manage concurrent IT projects.
Expertly direct the work of a multi-disciplinary client team, which includes IT, Real Estate and Accounting experts.
Work independently successfully with limited to no direct supervision while embodying all standards expected.
Demonstrated ability to exercise good judgement and provide recommendations to clients and/or team members that are in alignment with the company.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Organized critical thinker.
Collaborative teammate driven towards the shared success of teammates and customers.
Meticulous about documentation and record-keeping.
Advanced user of MS Project and MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
PMP certification or equivalent.
MBA or Master’s in a related field.
What’s In It For You?
If you are a driven professional looking for a high-growth, high-reward career, CoStar Group offers the ideal opportunity. Be part of a best-in-class company with strong year-over-year growth that invests in your success. Enjoy a rewarding atmosphere where you can learn, excel, and grow.
When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training and tuition reimbursement.
Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
Commuter and parking benefits
401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
Employee stock purchase plan
Paid time off
Tuition reimbursement
On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
Sponsorship
We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing