Project Manager

Project Manager

The Project Manager is accountable for the success of all projects under their purview. The Project Manager plans, executes, and delivers all projects on time, on budget, and within scope in accordance with business priorities.

Throughout the lifecycle of each project, the manager tracks project status and manages project teams to mitigate issues and risks. In the context of Agile, the role acts Scrum Master or rather a servant leader and coach for the Agile Team.

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

Qualifications

7-10 experience project management; 2 years of which using agile methodology