Duration : 6 months to start (with potential for conversion)
Job Description:
- The 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 Project Manager will direct multiple projects involving one or more project teams utilizing Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, or Hybrid methodologies.
- They are responsible for the adoption and adaption of project management methodologies based on the context of the project and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
- The 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.
- Demonstrate leadership, project management, and Agile Scrum competency.
- Define, document and successfully complete assignedprojects.
- Adopt and adapt project management methods and tools, selecting appropriately from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches.
- Ensure that effective project control, change control, risk management, design, development, and testing processes are maintained.
- Monitor and control resources, project time, 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.
- Drive vendor selection activities, using established RFP process.
- May be assigned Statement of Work (SOW) activities as appropriate.
- Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables the team to excel at Agile development.
- 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.
- Assist Product Owners to shape the product road-map and vision.
Required:
- Expertise in project management methodologies and techniques with proven teamwork and influential skills including Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, and Hybrid methodologies.
- Documented ability to contain project scope, and act as owner for all project outcomes.
- Practical experience in managing agile development projects.
- Experience with 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
- Experience implementing technology projects.
- Effectively participates in teams and moves the team toward completion of goals.
- Ability to effectively resolve conflicts.
- On-Call and/or after-hours work required System/Technical Knowledge:
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
- Experience with PPM and Agile tools such as Confluence, Clarity, Wrike, JIRA, Rally etc.,
- 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
- 5 or more years of project management experience including at least 2 years working with Agile
Preferred:
- PMP Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certifications preferred
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday.
