Job description
- As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for scoping and delivering large projects end-to-end
- You will work together with the Agile delivery teams to ensure a robust project timeline keeping in mind the Agile constructs
- You will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints
- An ability to take large, complex projects and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional specifications, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner is expected
- Maturity, calculated judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role
- The ideal candidate must be able to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment, and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that fulfill both strategic and operational needs
- Experience with drafting and reviewing policies and processes
- Define and work within an agile project governance framework (e.g. establish team cadence, Scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement sessions, etc.)
- Define, develop documentation of business and functional requirements for ongoing system improvement initiatives
- Work with the Product Owner to define the product by identifying requirements and thinking critically about what will make it successful; write user stories that effectively communicate the Product Owner s requirements and that are easily consumed by software development teams
- Collaborate with the project team, in particular the TPM or Product Owner to define and validate the technical approach, strategy and deliverables for the project
- Lead, facilitate and attend meetings; provide project status reporting to management; assist with testing scenarios, and validate results
- Perform technical analysis to determine present and future business performance; including measurement and tracking of metrics and KPIs associated with projects
- Drive project schedules from design to go-live and manage system go-live
Skills/Requirements
Professional Experience Qualifications
- 8-10 yrs of overall experience, with 3+ years of project and/or program management experience
- Demonstrated strong knowledge in software delivery: Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Lean
- Good to Have- Project Management- PMP/ACP certified
- Good to Have - Agile- CSM/ICP-ACC, SAFe Certified
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams
- Experience building sustainable processes with the future in mind
- Ability to serve as a liaison between both business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that fulfill both strategic and operational needs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects
- Skills defining and documenting business and functional requirements for ongoing system improvement initiatives in iterative software development environments
- You can employ strong investigative, analytical and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Experience leading all Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, review, demo, and stand-up sessions
- Ability to actively identify risks, and drive action to mitigate and resolve issues
- You embrace challenging situations and enjoy solving complex problems
- Strong organizational skills and the capability to interpret and handle a vast array of information
