Job Details

Through engagements completed by staff consultants, oversees the development and implementation of detailed systems solutions for clients using company products or proprietary tools/techniques.

Position Summary:

Through engagements completed by staff consultants, oversees the development and implementation of detailed systems solutions for clients using company products or proprietary tools/techniques. Oversees the completion of requirement definitions, functional specification, database design, system and technical architecture definition, implementation, and unit system testing and development. Provides both management and technical leadership.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide the application of technical/functional skills to assist our customers and partners to create and implement successful and innovative solutions that run, manage and optimize their key business processes while decreasing costs and inefficiencies.
• Provide direction on projects of all sizes and complexity and leadership across organizational and functional boundaries at client site.
  
• Lead the preparation of client proposals; participate or lead in RFP process; and participate in the identification and development of sales opportunities.
• Expert level working knowledge of SAG/WebMethods tools and techniques. Able to train, coach, mentor, and assist others in a team effort.
• Prepare financial information on projects proposals, active projects, and completed projects. Effectively communicate among project team or client site team. May present formally to clients and internal management.
• Work with minimal supervision as a team lead and as part of a team
• Potentially manage matrix team(s) consultants toward successful project completion.
• Utilizes project management tools to estimate projects and monitor planning and progress techniques.
• Reviews completed proposals for technical integrity, quantification of risk, and strategic direction prior to presentation to customer.
• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.

Supervisory Responsibility: NO


Requirements:

Skills

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with immediate client, supervisor and peers, as well as, presentation, organizational and planning skills.
• Develop project plans for individual tasks and for others assigned to the project as required; work with minimal direction.
• Should have experience working with an application development life-cycle methodology as well as participating in JAD sessions and performing user requirements definitions.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to gain clients confidence and maintain a professional relationship with clients, peers and management.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or a related field
• Minimum of 15 years related work experience and 3-5 years of management experience
• Industry Fortune 500 experience a plus.
• Experience with three or more of the following areas: Java/C /object oriented programming - XML exposure - RDBMS (any Oracle, Informix, DB2, SQL Server, Sybase) - Unix or NT - EAI, middleware, or other integration experience - E-commerce, web servers (Netscape, Microsoft) or web application servers - CRM (Siebel, Clarify, Vantive...) - ERP (PeopleSoft, SAP, Baan, Oracle Applications, JDE) - E-Commerce (Broadvision, ATG, B2B or other) - RosettaNet - MRO Procurement, Supply Chain, or logistics business process reengineering/strategy. WebMethods or Software AG products. Tibco, SeeBeyond,Vitria a plus.
• Similar experience and education will be considered.

Career Path:
• Technical Career: N/A
• Management Career: PS Manager, Senior PS Manager, PS Director, VP of P

International applicants welcome. All applications will be considered, however please note that should you not hear from us within 60 days, then your application should be considered as unsuccessful.

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