Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Remote

Duration: 12 Months

PRIOR STATE OR FEDERAL CLIENT EXPERIENCE NEEDED 

Job Description: 

TASKS:

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex applications, ensuring adherence to project timelines, budgets, and quality standards. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and other stakeholders, to define project scope, requirements, and deliverables.
• Develop project plans, including work breakdown structures, dependencies, and overall work plans for project delivery in collaboration with business, technical, and project stakeholders. 
• Collaborate with Program Management to identify cross program interdependencies impacting the project.
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers that may impact project success, and proactively develop mitigation strategies. 
• Maintain a Risk, Action, Issue and Decision (RAID) log, and ensure the project team and external owners for items are progressing through their action items.
• Manage open items to closure.
• Drive effective communication and collaboration among team members, stakeholders, and senior leadership, providing regular project updates and status reports, including presentations. 
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, implementing best practices, processes, and tools to optimize project management and delivery. 
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and security requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• A minimum 8 years of experience in software development
• At least 8 years of experience in either a Project or Program Management role or a combination of the roles.
• At least 4 years of experience leading projects through Agile methodologies, operating in a Scrum Master role, when necessary, to decompose high-level project requirements into actionable Features, Epics, and Stories for delivery by the project team.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: 

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, product management/design or related field
• Extensive experience leading solution delivery teams in a matrixed environment with aggressive delivery goals, inclusive of strong scope, schedule, budget, vendor, risk/issue, and project planning and management. Proven facilitation and problem management
• Experience using Azure DevOps, JIRA or other Agile tools strongly desired.
• Strong grasp or quick learner of web-based, mobile, and mobile responsive application software development technologies
• Experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager with strong focus and prioritization of end-user needs, user experience, and business delivery value.
• Ability to communicate to and create clear presentations for executives and business stakeholders.
• PMP, Agile or Scrum, or Product Management certification(s) (i.e. PMI ACP, Scrum Alliance SCP) strongly desired.