IT/Technical Consulting Director (100% Remote) – Direct Hire
- Job Title
- IT/Technical Consulting Director (100% Remote) – Direct Hire
- Job ID
- 27662483
- Work From Home
- Yes
- Location
- Chicago, IL 60657
- Other Location
- Description
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Title: IT/ Technical Consulting Director (100% Remote) – Direct Hire
Our History:
From our start in 2009, Conexess has established itself in 3 markets, employing nearly 200+ individuals nation-wide. Operating in over 15 states, our client base ranges from Fortune 500/1000 companies, to mid-small range companies. For the majority of the mid-small range companies, we are exclusively used due to our outstanding staffing track record
Who We Are:
Conexess is a full-service staffing firm offering contract, contract-to hire, and direct placements. We have a wide range of recruiting capabilities extending from help desk technicians to CIOs. We are also capable of offering project based work.
About your future team
Our client is on a mission: To rid the world of crappy software, one sprint at a time.
Every day, our 1000+ Agile developers, designers, and strategists empower each other to find passion in our work while we innovate the world. This culture of teamwork and curiosity is fueled by a product-minded approach to our work, crafting extraordinary custom software solutions and growing careers along the way.
Our clients range from some of America’s favorite brands in retail, healthcare, financial services to fast-emerging disruptors – You might have read about us in the NY Times. We’re also recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, HFS Hot Vendor, and America’s leading 100% U.S. Agile software services partner.
If you’re looking to change the trajectory of your career, make an impact on Day One, develop custom software on the best technology around – and maybe even make people’s lives easier -- then you belong here, with us.
Role and Responsibilities:- Act as day to day lead for our strategic accounts and projects, providing overall Delivery and Account Management services. Serve as primary contact and escalation point for customers
- Insure high quality delivery and exceed customer expectations
- Proactively mitigate high impact risks to prevent them from turning into issues and support efforts to manage and resolve critical issues
- Capable of acting as Project Manager, Product Manager, or Scrum Master as needed on accounts, especially with new logos
- Work with Client Partners to drive and lead account expansion opportunities from opportunity identification, upsell, cross-sell, qualification and closing of additional revenue opportunities
- Support sales and presales efforts while balancing against client responsibilities such as helping with RFPs, sales presentations, and marketing events
- Work with Client Partners to drive and lead account expansion opportunities from opportunity identification, upsell, cross-sell, qualification and closing of additional revenue opportunities
- Strategic thinking, teamwork, ability to influence, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a high level of professionalism, the ability to multi-task, and strong attention to detail
- Ensure efforts are coordinated and consistent across remote, onsite, client, and 3rd party resources
Required Skills and Experience:- 10+ years of experience, including managing project budgets of $5M+
- Track record of consistent and significant account expansion and revenue growth
- Experience working with distributed teams in Agile methodology
- Excellent leadership and communications skills
- Overall understanding of application development processes/methodologies
- Must have project management/engagement management experience for large programs
- Personal attributes include strong work ethic, passion for what you are doing, detail oriented, and a sense of urgency
- Strong proven experience with leading and managing projects
- Strong understanding of various software development methodologies, including Agile
- Sound decision making and critical thinking skills
- Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization; Ability to facilitate problem resolution within all levels of an organization and across organizations
- Excellent writing and communication skills with equal ability to talk to engineers, senior executives, partners, and customers.
- Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and ability to multi-task
- Proven experience on Agile / Scrum methodology is preferred
- Agile certification (Scrum Alliance, Scrum.org- CSM, PSM)
- Project Management certification (PMI-PMP, PMI ACP)
- SAFe Certification (Scaled Agile- LPM, APM, RTE, SPC, SPCT)
- Experience with major consulting organizations (e.g. Accenture, Deloitte, PWC, BCG, CapGemini, etc) is preferred
Why You Should Join Our Team
As a vital member of our Product Experience Practice, you will be part of one of our 100+ small cross-functional teams working side by side with some of the most talented developers, UX designers, analysts, quality engineers, and product managers out there.
From Silicon Valley to Ann Arbor, Columbus, and beyond – a career here will offer you:
Remote, hybrid, or onsite opportunities: Here, you decide the work arrangement that best suits your needs and preferences.
Fulfilling and challenging projects: You will be exposed to different scenarios, multiple types of clients, and the most complex business and technology initiatives.
Access to the most cutting-edge technologies: You’re always going to be advancing your skillset by learning and working with the newest and most relevant technologies available out there.
A positive and passionate culture: Boring and divided aren’t in our vocabulary. In fact, it’s amazing to see how, despite our exponential growth, our culture and community stay as warm, diverse, and close as ever.
Plenty of opportunities for you to explore and grow: We will empower you to dream as big as you want and support you to make your career what YOU want it to be.
Creative runway: We take pride in encouraging our people to question the status quo.
Our benefits program includes:
· Medical, dental, and vision coverage
· Generous PTO, plus holidays
· 401(k) plan
· Life insurance and short-term & long-term disability
· Maternity leave
· Employee Assistance Program
· Flexible spending accounts
· Health savings account