Junior Project Manager

US citizenship is required all others with not be contacted.

The Financial Stability Research Data and Technology Analysis (RDaTA) section of the Division of Financial Stability seeks the services of a contractor to serve as a junior Project Manager and work alongside a team that is designing and developing information management collaboration and intranet tools in SharePoint Online for clients located in Washington DC.

REQUIREMENTS:

At least five (5) years of experience leading crossfunctional Agile project teams and ensuring that Agile processes and methodologies are followed.

Experience as Agile Coach either in a technology or nontechnology role in an organization that diligently applied agile principles practices and theory.

Ability to turn user needs in key performance indicators (KPIs) and/or objectives and key results (OKRs).

Experience leveraging Agile Project Management best practices and ceremonies (e.g. sprints stands retros estimating etc.) to implement new software and digital products in an organization.

Able to execute business process/task analysis and translate into user stories.

Proficiency in project management tools (Gitlab Jira Planner etc.).

Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate at various levels within IT project teams stakeholders technical teams and clients.

Must be able to multitask assignments and projects work with a team and work well independently.

Experience with planning and communicating the launch of new products and features to an organization or division including development of communications plans delivering user demos coordinating support and executing enduser training programs.

Problem Solving

Creative and strategic thinking

Preferred: Experience conducting user research (user interviews card sorting contextual inquiries personas etc.)

Preferred: Experience leading Usability Testing with end users