Software Project Manager

MS2 is a national leader in transportation data management and analysis and has the largest traffic count database in North America. More than 270 agencies in 31 US States, and 3 Canadian Provinces, including 28 state Departments of Transportation, are using MS2 software to manage their transportation data.

MS2 is located in the beautiful city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, the home of high-tech industries and the University of Michigan. Residents of the city enjoy beautiful parks, mature neighborhoods, amenities of the Huron River (a state-designated Natural River) and easy access to downtown Detroit or to colorful “Pure Michigan” woods and waterways.

MS2 is a friendly, open, team working to support our clients' software needs. Employees work on a variety of tasks and are given a high degree of responsibility. We offer an excellent environment for transportation professionals. MS2 offers a competitive compensation and benefit package.

We're building the next generation of Transportation Data Management Systems and we need your help! We're a small team and you'll have an opportunity to make a big impact.

MS2 is looking for a Software Project Manager to manage the development of innovative software and data analytics for transportation planning and traffic engineering.

An MS2 Software Project Manager will be responsible for concurrent projects and is expected to actively work with our clients. The position is open to professionals with software project management experience. Candidate must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to relate to clients and staff in a professional, thoughtful, and pleasant manner. Candidate must be able to effectively and professionally represent MS2 at meetings or other public forums.

Being an active member of a professional organization is a plus. Candidate must be flexible to do assignments as necessary.

This is a full-time position. Occasional, overnight travel is required (estimated at 1-2 times per year).

Project Management (approximately 60%)

• Manages assigned IT projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule and scope of project.
• Be the main interface to MS2’s software engineers, the clients and internal leadership and be responsible for software project deliverables
• Build project schedules, and provide ongoing project plan/status reporting for weekly staff meetings
• Make decisions and communicate trade‐offs and risks; drive key decisions across projects
• Prepare documentation such as requirements and user manuals
• Drive collaboration across teams and advance project goals
• Carefully track project deadlines and work closely with MS2 development to meet timelines
• Contribute to improvement and ongoing refinement of software development lifecycle processes
• Contribute to technical and cost proposals
• Coordinate tasks, milestones and availability of project resources
• Facilitate discussions with both client and internal users and document specifications.
• Effectively communicate to MS2 development client requests, ideas for new software modules or ideas for user interface improvement
• Perform quality assurance for system enhancements.
• Frequent communication with clients

Subject Matter Expert (approximately 30%)

• Conduct methodology research to help guide new software features or solutions
• Develop solution technical concepts based on an understanding of the data management needs of our clients

Business Development (approximately 10%)

• Work with Business Development Manager to grow MS2 in new market areas.
• Attend professional conferences as directed to represent MS2.
• Cross‐sell other MS2 products and services to existing clients

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• 3 or more years experience as a Project Manager, or similar role
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Project
• Excellent writing skills, as well as outstanding proofreading skills
• Excellent attention to detail – gets it right the first time
• Experience with the full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Well organized self-starter with strong project management skills who can independently move…