Senior Project Manager || State of Arizona || Phoenix, AZ
Senior Project Manager || State of Arizona || Phoenix, AZ
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$ 110000 - 125000
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Job Description
Overview:
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager with a strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies to play a key lead role in the delivery of a large enterprise software solution. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in organizing teams to deliver technical solutions experience leading a team of project managers organizing multi-years programs with multiple releases strong communication skills and vendor coordination. You will be responsible for ensuring the State technical responsibilities are met in a timely fashion and provide Agile coaching to create self-sustaining Agile teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional teams through the full project lifecycle ensuring delivery of all technical aspects of software -focused projects on time within scope and budget.
- Provide guidance and support to a team of project managers supporting a large enterprise software implementation that is led by a Vendor but the Department has technical responsibility for activities such as data conversion support data cleansing legacy system retirement DevSecOps security infrastructure and integration.
- Promote Agile best practices act as a change agent to foster an Agile culture and help teams improve their Agile maturity and performance.
- Facilitate all Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning stand-ups reviews and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with engineering security and operations teams to integrate an External Information System with on-prem or external systems.
- Maintain and track progress in Azure DevOps Boards (or similar tools such as Jira GitLab etc.) to manage user stories bugs epics and releases.
- Coordinate and manage relationships with third-party vendors ensuring contractual obligations and SLAs are met.
- Assist teams on mapping technical and architectural dependencies especially related to cloud security and infrastructure services.
- Develop maintain and execute risk management plans.
- Responsible for ensuring policies and security practices are integrated into project planning and execution.
- Support organizational change management (OCM) efforts by communicating effectively with stakeholders managing resistance and preparing users for technology chan;0ges.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation including charters schedules RACI matrices and post-mortem reviews.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business or a related field.
- Scrum Master certification (CSM PSM or equivalent) required.
- Minimum of 10 years of project management experience with at least 3 years in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Proven experience managing large enterprise software implementations is required..
- Experience building teams defining effective organization structures and organizing work to complete a scope of work is required.
Proficiency with Azure DevOps Jira or equivalent project tracking tools. - Large consulting firm experience is preferred.
Experience managing external vendors including performance tracking and issue resolution. - Experience with compliance and regulatory standards such as NIST and FedRAMP
- Excellent organizational communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAFe certification or PMP.
- Experience working in government public sector or regulated environments.
- Experience with compliance and regulatory standards such as NIST and FedRAMP
Employment Type
Full Time
