Job Description

Job Title:

Project Manager

Reports To:

Software Development Manager

Department:

Software Development

Position Summary:

The Project Manager will help lay the foundation of an Agile project practice in collaboration with senior leadership. This position plays a pivotal role in the culture development of the IT teams and will help implement continuous improvement practices within the teams. This role will optimize the utilization of existing application lifetime management solutions and help design reports and dashboards to measure work and projects for all projects and programs.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Organize the work (maintenance and break fix vs projects)
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies, lead the teams in self organization
• Collect Requirement, create stories and groom backlog as needed with business stakeholders and product management
• Train team members, product owners on the principles and guidelines of Agile methodologies
• Lead the configuration of Agile project tools and maximize their usage
• Partner with product owners and technical leads to achieve maximum satisfaction and for prioritization
• Ensure initiatives are completed on time and on budget
• Escalate, remove impediments, and address conflict within the teams in a timely manner
• Motivate and encourage team members
• Organize boards so work is trackable, measure performance of teams
• Manage projects and programs across different teams
• Create and manage release plans and identify resource needs
• Document and communicates status of projects, risks, issues and metrics focusing on transparency
• Mentor and teach other team members on Agile methodologies, being the “how to” resource for the team.
• Lead an Agile community of practice, and advance Agile practices and processes within the organization

Key Skills/Qualifications:

• Highly motivated, self-starter, positive attitude
• Experience in a Digital environment or program preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to “read” people and solve conflict
• Ability to bring order to work and teams
• Technical or project experience with .net or salesforce.com preferred
• Open minded to take on different roles
• Knowledge of Digital ai (version one) and/or Jira preferred
• Minimum of 1 year experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and cases
• Minimum of 1 year experience in Agile/Scrum development process
• Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends
• Ability to effectively manage time while at work