Operational Technology Project Manager

At Cortland, you map the story of your success. We don’t adhere to the status quo, we love outside industry perspective, and we thrive on exploring possibilities and reimagining solutions. As an innovative leader in multifamily, our high performance continues to drive exponential growth – and we invite you to join us on our journey towards real estate excellence. With tools and guidance to sharpen your skills, you can forge your own career path, love what you do, and let it show.

Role Overview

As the Operational Technology Project Manager, you support the Cortland Building Technology team in planning, leading, organizing, and motivating teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality by delivering business value with an agile mindset. Here are the roles you’ll play:

The Tech Guru

· Ability to manage technology vendors and installers, identify existing issues, and coordinate the update and install of new technology

· Support Cortland’s subject matter experts with developing solutions to deploy new technology at our communities

· Ensure change management, integration, and testing (QA,UAT) across team(s) for stable deployments

· Support the coordination of training and adoption of new functionality with associates and residents

· Drive plans to ensure stable steady state production operations

The Strategist

· Ability to plan large projects with project management best practices and methodologies to develop project plans, measure progress against agreed deliverables, and mitigate risks and issues

· Comfortable driving agile delivery processes including work entry, program incremental planning, feature/story level mapping, grooming, demos, and deployment plans

· Communications across stakeholder channels to for clear understanding of priorities, status, risks, blockers, and decisions

· Ensure planning, installation, and feedback loops run smoothly and consistently

· Conduct capacity management and capture performance measurements of team such as velocity, quality, lead time, and value

The Leader

· Improve the executive experience around technology through professionalism and attention to detail for their personal support and satisfaction

· Become the trusted advisor to the entire technology team with regards to infrastructure expertise and foresight

· Develop strong partnerships with all services providers; optimize relationships to support the overall technology strategy

· Establish yourself as the trusted advisor and technology expert to company management for all things related to technology operations

· Coach and develop your team with a culture of accountability and delivering results

· Build collaborative relationships with business partners in support of revenue creation opportunities and stable business operations

· Support negotiation of managed services contracts, including identifying key operational priorities and providing recommendations for SLAs, KPIs, and operational terms

The Impact You Can Make

· Your drive along with the implementation and updating of the technology at our communities will make our teams more streamlined and efficient, improving our ability to deliver an even better resident experience.

· With all the improvements you’ve introduced, the entire department has become more streamlined and efficient – and it runs like a well-oiled super-machine.

· Thanks to your observations and analyses, you’re able to see problems coming from a mile away and come up with solutions that perfectly resolve the issue.

Your Building Blocks of Success

· Strong 8+ years of Technical Project Management experience

· Stellar 3+ years of Agile Leadership experience as a Scrum Master or similar (preferred Scaled Agile Framework SAFe) preferred but not required

· Minimum 3+ years’ experience working in telecom, IoT, networking, or IT infrastructure technology

· Ability to quickly learn new technology and ask investigative questions

· Experience driving and maturing continuous integration and quality automations

· Workflow definition and management with Agile Project management tools such as JIRA, Rally, or Version One

· Proven team player with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced dynamic agile work environment

· Supported a metrics-driven data culture to drive accountability and transparency

· Passionate problem solver and motivated self-starter including ability to analyze situation and recommend sound solutions and implementation strategies

· Experience working as hands on technical resource preferred

The Cortland Difference

We create, reimagine, and manage apartment communities for residents nationwide. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, we have communities and regional offices all over the country, as well as overseas. From product design and procurement to general contracting and property management, we do it all – to make sure our communities are the perfect setting for living life to its fullest.

Our success is fueled by our belief in a better life – where hospitality is always a given, each detail is worth a second thought, and every open door is a new opportunity to go beyond expectations. We come to work every day to create possibilities for people – possibilities that translate into superior living spaces and experiences designed to inspire our residents, associates, and investors to live a better life focused on what matters most to them.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $124,900.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus pay
• Yearly pay

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Atlanta, GA 30326: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Scrum: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Preferred)

Work Location: One location