Sr Project Manager

Location: Paramus NJ hybrid will be on site 23 days per week remainder will be remote.

Duration: 8 months

Visa: USC/GC

Rate: $60/hr

Local candidates.

Seeking an experienced Sr. Project Manager to lead multiple concurrent projects from initiation through execution and closure. This role will be pivotal in guiding the application teams transition from a traditional waterfall methodology to Agile practices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage parallel projects through the full project lifecycle
• Facilitate the transition from Waterfall to Agile practices providing training coaching and mentorship to the application teams.
• Develop and maintain project plans schedules risk registers and other project artifacts.
• Define project scopes goals and deliverables that support business strategy in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Manage project scope timelines budgets and resource allocation across multiple projects.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning daily standups retrospectives and demos.
• Identify and resolve project risks issues and dependencies escalating as necessary.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including business stakeholders developers and other functions to align priorities and ensure project success.
• Manage project interdependencies and implement or make recommendations on mitigation options to upper management
• Proactively manage changes in project/program scope identify potential crises and prepare contingency plans.
• Determine and assess the need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitment in collaboration with senior management.
• Develop and deliver progress reports proposals requirements documentation and presentations.
• Coach mentor motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Organize project post mortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements to pay attention to for future projects
• Coach/mentor team members on Project Management skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent required
• Certification in Project Management (e.g. PMP PMIACP) is a plus.
• Scrum Master Certification
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in IT Project Management
• Strong experience in managing onshore and offshore teams
• Strong background in Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban etc.)
• Expertise in facilitating Agile transformations and driving cultural change.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices
• Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in digital transformation projects
• Proficient in Project Management tools and techniques (ex: Jira Confluence Smartsheet).