I am a brand new member in search of some specific advice. This forum seems to be very active, so I thought of taking advantage of it. Thanks in advance in taking time to read my post and offer any suggestions.
I have been in the IT industry for about 10 yrs. I have been a IT consultant for number of years in variety of industry and mostly in the capacity of senior developer/lead developer. 2 years back I have taken up a full-time position in Finance industry as a Lead developer. In my current job along with coding, I do a lot of Proj Mgmt work too.
Recently, I have interviewed for 2 different positions within my company. One is titled as Project Manager. But there would not be anybody reporting to me. It is a position directly working with AVP and a highly visible job. It is mainly to enforce Roadmap strategies across the enterprise, i.e. working with many PMs and giving presentations to promote using a standard roadmap for the projects.
Another is a Project Manager for a PeopleSoft project. This position has a team in place and some of the team members are remote. But the flip-side is I have absolutely no people-soft experience.
Now, the killer question is, considering that I am fairly new to Project management role, which of these jobs is a favorable for me in order to move into Project management direction? I have finished the interview for first job and I have a great feeling about it. I am giving the interview for the second job tomorrow.
I would highly appreciate any of your inputs or suggestions. Thanks Saving Changes...
