W2 - Project Manager III (Agile / Scrum Master, PM best practices, JIRA, UAT Planning) - Onsite
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W2 - Project Manager III (Agile / Scrum Master, PM best practices, JIRA, UAT Planning) - Onsite
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Job Description
Req ID : 1763816
Description:
The client is looking for a Project Manager III
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
Experience: 8+ years of Project Management/ Scrum Master
Top Skills:
- Agile / Scrum Master
- PM best practices
- JIRA
- Excellent and effective communications both written and verbal
- UAT Planning
Nice to Haves:
- JIRA Administration
Interview Process: Face to Face Teams Interview, Candidates must be available in camera with audio on.
Contract Duration: 6/30/23 with potential for extension
Onsite or Remote: Must be WI resident or willing to relocate prior to starting. Currently, candidate can work remotely but this can change
in coming months. Selected candidate will be asked to come in person once the remote work ends.
Project Manager I l l Position Description
Under the general supervision of IT Leadership, this position provides project management and leadership services for IT-based, cross-division and agency-wide projects. This position is also responsible for providing business analysis and engagement services in the planning, development, testing and implementation phases of projects.
Position functions include independent responsibility for developing project plans, solutions, negotiating project charters with appropriate stakeholders, applying new technology effectively, and providing delivery of solutions for in-house developed, software as a service, infrastructure and commercial off-the-shelf offerings. Additionally, the position is responsible for providing direction and mentoring to teams in performing those duties.
This position assists and advises bureau management on priorities, budget issues, training, and customer service issues. The position contributes to development and implementation of bureau policies, procedures, standards and guidelines. This position also provides consulting services for ongoing evaluation of DFl's processes in regards to project management, application development, quality assurance and business analysis to increase productivity, quality and improve customer service.
Objectives and Tasks
- Manage/lead projects, develop and maintain project plans and implementation schedules, identify project resources, establish proper project controls and ensure project schedules are maintained, manage overall release and individual iteration planning efforts
- Perform within the role of project manager in projects. This entails facilitating project ceremonies and meetings, creating project artifacts and documentation, providing subject matter expertise when needed and performing project planning/management tasks.
- Develop work plans to support the agency's strategic IT plans and meet strategic objectives.
- Negotiate estimates for costs, timelines and resources.
- Ensure project implementation plans include appropriate resource estimates along with estimates versus actual expenditures and target dates.
- Use the bureau's existing performance metrics to monitor the progress of assigned projects against plans.
- Initiate appropriate actions to assure that project deadlines and schedules are met and that project costs are controlled, including resource leveling across multiple projects, along with other agency project managers.
- Report status of projects to management. Inform management of any variance from plans.
- Prepare formal status reports and presentations to keep agency customers and management informed of project progress, milestones and issues.
- Negotiate service level agreements and report performance against defined agreements. Participate in the monitoring and review status of project management office capabilities, including processes, standards, policies and resources against best practices.
- Recommend and implement continuous improvements to keep pace with evolving industry standards and methodologies pertaining to project management and other IT work units.
- Implement solutions and arrange for ongoing training and education of agency staff and customers on DFI project management practices.
- Assist in defining and maintaining project management standards and methodologies for the IT bureau with a specific eye towards industry-defined standards.
- Plan, monitor and control the IT project budget and work activities on projects for the development of applications or the acquisition and installation of purchased applications.
- Establish project vision and objectives along with evaluate alternative approaches.
Business analysis, engagement and coordination.
- Work with customers to assess the scope and objectives, return on investment (ROI), risk, and budget for IT application efforts.
- Assist with the definition of requirements and the preparation of bid documents for the acquisition of applications and assist with the evaluation of responses
- Discover, analyze, organize and document application functional and data requirements.
- Develop and evaluate solution alternatives that solve the needs of the business area or agency. Assist with training on agency applications for business area experts and program area liaisons, helping the business side understand applications and set training priorities.
- Study the impact of proposed business changes on the business-area applications.
- Facilitate application requirements gathering sessions.
- Interface with managers and management teams, presenting information about new or changed applications, potential new business opportunities in technical advances, and impacts on business rules.
- Incorporate information security policies, principles and practices in application requirements.
Provide technical support to the procurement of solutions purchased from outside vendors.
- Determine application feasibility from technical perspectives.
- Develop technical knowledge about the software and data structures delivered with purchased applications.
- Troubleshoot, identify, and resolve production and development application problems. Support the integration of vendor solutions into the business processes and technologies already in place.
- Provide support and coordination for second-level help desk functions and processes for DFI products.
Knowledge /Skills/Ability (KSA):
1. 8+ years of Project Management Experience
2. Experience of Agile- Scrum
3. Experience in creating project boards and dashboards in JIRA
4. Experience in all Scrum Artifacts and Ceremonies
5. Scrum Master Certification Preferred
6. Experience in Waterfall methodology
7. Knowledge of PMI framework and methodologies.
8. Knowledge of business analysis processes.
9. Knowledge of business engagement and business relationship management practices.
10. Knowledge of application design and development tools and processes.
11. Knowledge of RFP / RFI development and processes.
12. Ability to create project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures.
13. Ability to simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of
14. various sizes.
15. Ability to contribute to a project management office capabilities.
16. Ability to lead and coordinate a small to medium sized team.
17. Ability to create project schedules and milestones.
18. Ability to conduct training, knowledge transfer and informational sessions.
19. Ability to communicate, both verbal and written, effectively.
20. Ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences or proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
1. 8+ years of Project Management Experience
2. Experience of Agile- Scrum
3. Experience in creating project boards and dashboards in JIRA
4. Experience in all Scrum Artifacts and Ceremonies
5. Scrum Master Certification Preferred
6. Experience in Waterfall methodology
7. Knowledge of PMI framework and methodologies.
8. Knowledge of business analysis processes.
9. Knowledge of business engagement and business relationship management practices.
10. Knowledge of application design and development tools and processes.
11. Knowledge of RFP / RFI development and processes.
12. Ability to create project charters, status reports and work breakdown structures.
13. Ability to simultaneously and effectively manage a variety of projects and efforts of
14. various sizes.
15. Ability to contribute to a project management office capabilities.
16. Ability to lead and coordinate a small to medium sized team.
17. Ability to create project schedules and milestones.
18. Ability to conduct training, knowledge transfer and informational sessions.
19. Ability to communicate, both verbal and written, effectively.
20. Ability to analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences or proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
Employment Type
Full Time
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