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Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. It’s the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.
As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and command center software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.
At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.
Department Overview
The Path Forward Return to Work program at Motorola Solutions is a 16- week paid returnship for experienced professionals returning to the workforce after taking time off for caregiving. The program is open to individuals who have at least 5 years of professional experience and have been out of the paid workforce for at least 2 years to focus on caring for a child or other dependent. If you meet these criteria, we welcome you to apply.
At Motorola Solutions, we are excited to be part of the Path Forward program because we appreciate the skills you can offer, the perspective you provide, and the contributions you will make. This program offers you a chance to revamp your skills, update your resume with new experience, and make connections with others transitioning back to the workforce. It also offers support through Path Forward, a nonprofit organization on a mission to empower people who’ve been focused on caregiving transition back to the paid workforce.
The Software Enterprise Cloud and Network Provisioning Services (C&NPS) is the team that delivers solutions to the public safety sector. We are committed to providing technology and tools which will allow customers to focus on their mission, and enable them to respond faster with smarter and safer decisions. We deploy and support products such as Cloud based Situational Awareness, Community Interaction Tools, and Digital Evidence management, among other offerings.
Job Description
This position is a remote position and candidates can be located anywhere in the US.
Overview:
The Project Manager will report to the Cloud Deployment Project Manager Lead and will be responsible for managing the deployment of cloud-based public safety solutions for situational Awareness, Community Interaction Tools, and Digital Evidence management, among other offerings.
Responsibilities:
The Project Manager is expected to lead and manage deployments across a wide range of customers including Statewide, Regional, County, and City level public safety jurisdictions. The Project Manager will manage a team of individual contributors across a number of disciplines providing leadership, guidance, mentoring, and support throughout all phases of the project.
- Leads deployment of public safety application projects
- Leads and directs the work activities of the project team across organizational boundaries
- Drives strategic relationships between internal and external teams
- Resolves issues between internal and external groups
- Responsible for the profit level for all projects under their control
- Establishing and maintaining a project budget and schedule
- Establishing and maintaining a communication plan with project teams and customers
- Establishing and executing a risk assessment and mitigation plans
- Establishing and maintaining a quality plan
- Approving invoices
- Providing system integration quotations and statements of work
- Responsible for creating, distributing, and presenting various project status reports and results
- Works with the Project Management Office to identify and implement process improvement and best practices across the Project Management discipline
- Participate in the pre-contract evaluation of contract terms and scope in order to evaluate and mitigate potential risks/gaps
- Participation in pre-contract oral presentations and customer negotiations
Specific Knowledge/Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent industry experience) plus 5 years of project management experience managing complex deployments and/or software application deployments, including integration with 3rd party products and services
- Ability to apply critical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions
- Must be a self-motivated team player able to work effectively with general guidance toward objectives and have the ability to think outside of the scope of responsibilities and take initiative
- Must have excellent interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills
- Must have previous experience leading and directing a team of professionals across organizational/functional boundaries
- Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customers
- Must be able to travel up to 25% through the US
Preferred Skills:
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is preferred
- Experience with project risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies
- Prior experience with managing projects for State and Local government agencies in public safety
This position is a remote position and candidates can be located anywhere in the US. This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.
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Basic Requirements
- MUST meet Path Forward Returnship guideline including: at least 5 years of professional experience and have been out of the paid workforce for at least 2 years to focus on caring for a child or other dependent
- Bachelor’s degree and 1+ years of project management experience.
- OR 3+ years of experience managing complex deployments and/or software application deployments.
- Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
Travel Requirements
Under 25%
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
No
Our U.S. Benefits include:
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 9 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.
