Projects Director

The Projects Director job description is:

1. Recruits Project Leaders and Project Team Members
2. Oversees Project Leaders (or Project Team if the Project Leader is not yet recruited) in development of each of the 50 GVCS technologies
3. Oversees creation of and compliance with development procedures, strategies, and policies with assistance of the Project Leaders, approved by ED. This is an emergent process as we develop the methodology.
4. Develops overall development procedure leading to the open source development pipeline
5. Collaborates with ED on defining product specifications/design rationales for each technology. This sets the pathway for how a product is designed in essence congruent with OSE Specifications
6. Oversees development of documentation procedures and quality controls such as logging, blogging, and vlogging of progress on an ongoing basis .The aim of this transparency is to be able to involve a global development effort
7. Identifies and manages an enterprise-level project management suite in collaboration with ED
8. Recruits subject matter expertise to each project. This is a formal, directed effort of search through strategic recruiting channels. This assists Project #Leaders in completing their projects (see below).
9. Reviews budgets from Project Leaders, and submits to ED for approval on an ongoing basis.
10. Makes on-site visits to collaborators as needed.
11. Keeps a daily log on the wiki. Collaborates with Factor e Farm Documenter in preparing a weekly update vlog/blog.
12. Communicates assessment of projects and recovery plans in a weekly meeting with Executive Director, or as often as needed.
13. Responsible for supervising staff who support the overall development process.

The Projects Director is responsible for ensuring that Project Leader fulfills duties.