Software Development Project Manager

Are you a college student or graduate? Or are you dynamic and motivated? Do you have some software programming experience but are not an expert?

Tometa Software, Inc. of Spokane Washington is looking for an honest, entrepreneurial, detail oriented, sincere, well mannered and professional project manager to participate in our skyrocketing growth.

We deliver the highest standards to our clients and we expect the highest standards from our employees.

We're looking for a motivated individual to help manage Tometa’s worldwide software development teams. You'll also work closely with Product Management, Marketing, Operations, Strategic Planning, Quality Assurance, Technical Support and Enterprise Services.

You do not need to be a programming expert for this position, just have broad knowledge of programming techniques, technologies, well organized and financially astute.

We seek an individual who has technical vision, is capable of understanding complex business requirements quickly and who preferably has a background in Microsoft programming technologies. The ideal candidate will have solid management and capable development skills in C# or Java or another modern language, however an expert programmer is not required. Just enough understanding to be able to relay requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Project planning, scheduling and tracking of application development cycles

• Day to day management and oversight of all development efforts

• Performance management and career development of software engineers

• Attracting and retaining professional software engineers

• Maintaining positive relationships with peers and other teams

• Misc business related duties associated with a growing company

• Standards & Procedures—define coding standards and development cycle best practices and methodologies, and monitor for adherence.

• Software Project Leadership—broad project team collaboration for planning, review, reporting, change control; development team work planning.

• Capacity Planning/Resource Management.

• Production Support—provision and monitor for appropriate responsiveness and support for production systems, applications, and SLAs.

• Management Reporting—provide general status and activity reporting as required.

• Comprehensive Staff Management—mentoring, moral, job satisfaction, recognition, personal and professional objectives and development, performance management.

• Solution Design & Development—participate in solution design and development by actively designing solutions, writing code and conducting unit testing.

• Technical Troubleshooting & Tuning—participate in troubleshooting, and performance tuning and optimization activities within the team.

Skills / Experience / Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will also have a solid performance history focused on the following performance factors:

• Proactive

• Ability to work without constant oversight

• Strong written communication skills (including spelling and grammar)

• Strong oral communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to meet deadlines

• Action-oriented

• Approachability

• Directing others

• Drive for results

• Ethics / Values

• Functional / Technical Skills

• Managing and measuring work

• Project management

• Priority setting

• Problem solving

• 3+ years of software development experience is required, school counts!

• Experience in interfacing with customers to define effective, scalable products and services is required

• Ability to manage professional software engineers

• Experience in aligning business objectives and departmental workload

• Must have ability to manage large-scale projects under significant constraints, such as short time frames.

• Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and verbally is required.

• Must have ability to direct the activities of subordinates in planning, organizing, scheduling, monitoring and evaluating.

• Knowledge of .NET architecture platform and related technologies is a big plus

• Knowledge and experience in either Microsoft Windows development technologies or Java development technologies

• Work from verbal and written instructions of varying levels of detail

• Ability to take direction from a Director

• Effectively manage both personal and work needs

• Exhibits a high level of individual initiative and self motivation

• Effectively mentors and motivates

• Effectively recognizes team weaknesses and strengths, performance issues and credits, and moral and job satisfaction issues

• Constantly sensitive to project timeline deliverables

• Must maintain excellent line of communication with developers and non-developers.

Who we are:

Tometa Software is a Gold Microsoft Certified Partner who designs and develops robust software solutions. In a nutshell: we design (applications, web sites, networks, and databases), we write software (in over 35 languages), we consult on high technology (for all sizes of companies), and we customize our commercial products. Finally we write and sell unique commercial software products.

We take time to understand where our client’s business is going and how much they want to spend along the way. In addition to training extensively on all platforms we have special training and support from Microsoft. Basically we deliver technical expertise, strategic thinking and hands-on implementation of high technology products; every step of the way. From custom to commercial software.

Tometa is 100% up-to-speed on the latest products, has real-world experience, proven expertise via rigorous certification. Tometa Software has the knowledge and experienced staff to design, implement and execute an entire suite of end-to-end Information Technology (IT) solutions to meet your companies business goals and objectives.

Please state your requested salary range and e-mail us at npm@tometasoftware.com.