Position Description:Are you our next Project Management expert?

Our Program Management Office (PMO) is responsible for fostering a robust program and project life cycle within the FICO Product Management, Product Development, QA, and IT organizations. This includes:
⿢ Developing, implementing and continuously enhancing project management processes, tools and techniques to improve project performance and business results.
⿢ Providing the essential link between project conception and formulation, execution, and portfolio management to enhance the overall value of project investments.
⿢ Partnering with other organizations within FICO to ensure quality delivery of our services and products to the market as well as to internal and external customers.
⿢ Leading the implementation of high priority product development projects.?????


What would you do in this role?

⿢ Working in our San Diego office, you would manage and motivate project teams to ensure efficiency and effectiveness while meeting project objectives.
⿢ Work closely with business sponsors, stakeholders and functional owners as needed to ensure well-defined business cases, strategies and project plans.
⿢ Complete appropriate project initiation and planning documentation.
⿢ Create and own project schedule, milestones, dependencies and critical path.
⿢ Track and report progress against the schedule.
⿢ Manage project, being accountable for deliverables, content, achievement of objectives and results.
⿢ Manage issues and risks, including the development of contingency plans.
⿢ Monitor overall progress and use of resources on projects and initiate corrective action where necessary.
⿢ Manage and coordinate project activity between FICO departments.
⿢ Provide ongoing tracking of project progress and issues requiring resolution.
⿢ Communicate status and issues to senior management and stakeholders.
⿢ Develop understanding of the organization's business strategies and apply knowledge to project activities.
⿢ Provide professional development feedback to managers of project team members.
⿢ Drive and support roll out of PMO processes, procedures and tools for software product development projects.
⿢ Collect and provide feedback from project team members on PMO processes, procedures and tools.?????
Qualifications:What is required to be successful?

⿢ Bachelor⿿s degree, preferably in a related field.
⿢ 6-9 years of project management experience, preferably on enterprise software product development projects.
⿢ Excellent communication skills, written and oral, for various audiences (technical, manager, executive).
⿢ Strong experience with MS Office Suite (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
⿢ Experience briefing executive committee and business sponsors on project status.
⿢ Experience with process improvement, information systems and financial management aspects of business.
⿢ Track record of building positive working relationships across the enterprise.
⿢ Demonstrated strong leadership skills including: negotiating, influencing, communication and problem solving.
⿢ Ability to own problems and to find solutions with minimal direction.
⿢ Ability to influence change while being practical and flexible.
⿢ Experience successfully managing multiple, large-scale projects.
⿢ Experience with project management processes and methodologies.
⿢ Experience with software development project lifecycle (design, development, testing, implementation, etc.).

Experience with iterative development methodology such as RUP, along with PMI certification, and a financial or analytical software background?are preferred qualifications.??


Who is FICO (formerly Fair Isaac Corporation)?

FICO is the leader in Decision Management ⿿ transforming business by making every decision count. With our software solutions, our clients use the power of predictive analytics to take greater control over every business decision they make.


Ready to apply?

Apply online to www.FICO.com requisition number 4715.

FICO is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace.