Project Manager
Key Responsibilities
Agile
- Schedule / host Scrums acting as the Scrum Master for active project streams
- Hosts, manages and measures scrum planning sessions
- Manages and maintains value and program stream backlogs
- Ensures that project processes are followed
- Educates the team in Scrum, XP, and SAFe
- Eliminates / escalates impediments to forward progress
- Fosters the environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement
Traditional
- Define and create project plans for project, portfolio, and product prioritization and implementation
- Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value
- Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria
- Facilitates all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects
- Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered
- Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the company
- Continually update relevant business stakeholder of project status
Skills
Soft Skills
- Excellent project management, organization, and team collaboration skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment
- Comfort with ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability
- Strong team leadership skills
- Strong knowledge of business objectives
Technical Skills
- Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative)
- Proficient with the Project and Portfolio Management Tools (Visio, MS Project, JIRA, etc.)
- PMI certification or equivalent preferred
- Scrum Master experience strongly preferred
- In depth understanding of project management concepts
7-10 experience project management; 2 years of which using agile methodology
