Duration : 6 months to start (with potential for conversion)
Job Description:
- The Associate Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments and goals.
- This includes managing resources and coordinating the efforts of team members, business stakeholders, and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to plan, and within defined timelines and budget.
- The Associate Project Manager will direct multiple projects involving one or more project teams utilizing Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, or Hybrid methodologies.
- The associate project manager will also define the projects objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.
- Responsible for preparing and communicating status reports on the health of the project.
- Define, document and successfully complete projects.
- Ensure that effective project control, change control, risk management, design, development, and testing processes are maintained.
- Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget, and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
- Align project objectives with company goals, and make sure project team is clear on objectives.
- Work with Solution Managers to staff initiatives with appropriate skill sets.
- Communicate project status, progress and issues effectively and appropriately, including periodic report creation and distribution.
- Assist with vendor selection activities, using established RFP process.
- Manage sprint velocity-related metrics and goals.
- Run scrum ceremonies, e.g., daily huddles, backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives to actively manage risks and external dependencies.
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution while promoting joint. accountability for results and problem solving.
- Provide coordination for smaller efforts and enhancements.
- On-Call and/or after-hours work required.
Required:
- Knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques including Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, and Hybrid methodologies
- Ability to contain project scope, and act as owner for all project outcomes
- Knowledge of Agile techniques: User Stories, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Paired Programming and Automated Testing
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Persuasive, encouraging and motivating
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients and other departments
- Strong customer service orientation
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
- Experience working in highly fast paced team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Technical acumen
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
- Basic Technical understanding of the digital platform, cloud applications, web services, server-side components and APIs
Required:
- BA or BS in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or another business-related field
- 1-4 years of project management experience
- PMI-ACP or PMP certification (through PMI)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification a plus
- Authorization to work in the United States is required
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday.
