Agile Project Manager(791893)
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Job Summary
- Managing and monitoring project execution ensuring that the project deliverables are completed on time within budget and according to the quality standards.
- Managing the relationship and expectations of the Product Owner Stakeholders and Senior Management throughout the project life cycle.
- Leading ongoing strategic conversations with Product Owners and various team members regarding the Product vision and backlog alignment.
- Developing and maintaining project control documents in accordance with enterprise project management methodologies and as needed by the projects.
- Developing high level and detailed project/sprint plans using project scheduling tools.
- Leading all project/sprint plan development activities including requirements identification of epics features stories phases activities tasks deliverables milestones dependencies schedules and assignment of resources.
- Providing leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones in line with the Delivery Centers hybrid agile framework.
- Preparing formal reports on the status and health of the IT projects including periodic status reports management dashboards and project metrics.
- Communicating and reporting the project status progress issues and risks to the Project Sponsor Stakeholders and Senior Management on a regular basis.
- Monitoring project quality schedule and budget and facilitate actions to mitigate risk and address issues that arise.
- Facilitating risk and issue management for IT projects by promoting transparency and communication for identified risks.
- Facilitating deliverable and project artifact approval processes for IT projects by tracking all deliverables and project artifacts that require approvals communicating the need for approvals to the appropriate groups and individuals and tracking approval decisions and following up where need be to ensure approvals are achieved within established timeframes.
- Coordinate with Product Owners and communicate when their decisions impact the quality schedule or budget of the project
- Facilitating project meetings as needed ensuring that the standard scrum events such as daily stand ups retrospectives sprint planning and sprint reviews occur routinely.
- Working closely with Agency Business Relationship Managers Executive staff and Delivery Center management to ensure project success and provide project status.
- Using knowledge of agile practices and frameworks (in particular Scrum and Kanban) to support and serve the agile teams in the Delivery Center.
- Serving as Scrum Master for agile development teams coaching them on the approved framework and holding them accountable for successful delivery.
- Influencing and leading organizational change that positively impacts our agile teams.
- Ensuring the upkeep and accuracy of project status health (scope schedule budget) and timekeeping data.
- Providing and delivering project reports presentations and statuses to all levels of management.
- Ensuring compliance with SDLC policies and procedures.
- Directing coordinating and tracking the activities of Delivery Center staff associated with the project.
- 6 years of full-time experience in project management for large and complex information technology projects.
- 3 years of full-time experience on a scrum team.
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to communicate at all levels of an organization effectively including Executive staff.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate others to complete tasks.
- Strong business acumen competency.
- PMP or Scrum Master certification.
- 3 years of experience in utilizing agile project management methodologies.
- 2 years of experience in utilizing Azure DevOps for project related activities.
Required Skills:
Managing and monitoring project execution ensuring that the project deliverables are completed on time within budget and according to the quality standards. Managing the relationship and expectations of the Product Owner Stakeholders and Senior Management throughout the project life cycle. Leading ongoing strategic conversations with Product Owners and various team members regarding the Product vision and backlog alignment. Developing and maintaining project control documents in accordance with enterprise project management methodologies and as needed by the projects. Developing high level and detailed project/sprint plans using project scheduling tools. Leading all project/sprint plan development activities including requirements identification of epics features stories phases activities tasks deliverables milestones dependencies schedules and assignment of resources. Providing leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones in line with the Delivery Centers hybrid agile framework. Preparing formal reports on the status and health of the IT projects including periodic status reports management dashboards and project metrics. Communicating and reporting the project status progress issues and risks to the Project Sponsor Stakeholders and Senior Management on a regular basis. Monitoring project quality schedule and budget and facilitate actions to mitigate risk and address issues that arise. Facilitating risk and issue management for IT projects by promoting transparency and communication for identified risks. Facilitating deliverable and project artifact approval processes for IT projects by tracking all deliverables and project artifacts that require approvals communicating the need for approvals to the appropriate groups and individuals and tracking approval decisions and following up where need be to ensure approvals are achieved within established timeframes. Coordinate with Product Owners and communicate when their decisions impact the quality schedule or budget of the project Facilitating project meetings as needed ensuring that the standard scrum events such as daily stand ups retrospectives sprint planning and sprint reviews occur routinely. Working closely with Agency Business Relationship Managers Executive staff and Delivery Center management to ensure project success and provide project status. Using knowledge of agile practices and frameworks (in particular Scrum and Kanban) to support and serve the agile teams in the Delivery Center. Serving as Scrum Master for agile development teams coaching them on the approved framework and holding them accountable for successful delivery. Influencing and leading organizational change that positively impacts our agile teams. Ensuring the upkeep and accuracy of project status health (scope schedule budget) and timekeeping data. Providing and delivering project reports presentations and statuses to all levels of management. Ensuring compliance with SDLC policies and procedures. Directing coordinating and tracking the activities of Delivery Center staff associated with the project. 6 years of full-time experience in project management for large and complex information technology projects. 3 years of full-time experience on a scrum team. Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate at all levels of an organization including Executive staff. Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate others to complete tasks. Strong business acumen competency.
Required Education:
Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in:Information TechnologyComputer Science PMP and/or Scrum Master certification (CSM PSM or equivalent)3 years of experience utilizing agile project management methodologies2 years of experience using Azure DevOps for project planning tracking and reporting
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- Contracts
