Summary

Our client is seeking a strong IT Project Manager who will manage both traditional waterfall and agile scrum projects in support of corporate objectives. This includes all aspects of medium to large projects, from initiation to release.

Responsibilities:

For waterfall projects, they will define scope, facilitate meetings, obtain resources and budget, develop project schedules, identify risks and develop mitigation plans, monitor and report performance, support implementation and transition deliverables to operational support.

For Agile Scrum projects, they will organize and coach teams, groom backlogs with Product Owners, facilitate ceremonies (stand ups, demo’s, retrospectives), track and publish information radiators on sprints, remove impediments for the team, and coordinate releases.

This person will be a key player in helping the organization transition to an Agile Works directly with the business and IT teams to implement solutions to satisfy various business challenges and objectives.

· In-depth knowledge of the different methodologies and processes for managing projects and of common software development lifecycles, i.e., Waterfall, Agile.

· Works with functional owners to assign appropriate resources. Manages resources against estimates, skills and resource availability.

· Leads and manages multiple project teams and facilitates effective teamwork among them.

· Leads implementation and integration of cloud-based, Anything as a Service (XaaS) solutions.

Waterfall

• Ability to create a Work Breakdown Structure, identify dependencies and constraints, and generate a critical path.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar tools and formal project management principles required.
• Ability to identify risks and develop mitigation plans, document issues and develop resolution plans, capture decisions and develop escalation plans.
• Solid understanding of IT industry.
• Ability to manage complex technology implementations.

Scrum

• Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Knowledge about Agile techniques like: user stories, continuous integration, ATDD, TDD, continuous testing, automated testing, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, etc.
• Ability to forecast the number of deliverables possible in an iteration, through various agile forecasting and estimating techniques, and based on evidence of reliable estimations.
• Knowledge of Agile tools to manage backlogs and Kanban boards.

Qualifications

• PMP Certification required
• 5 years' IT project management experience
• Experience leading mid to large scale projects required.
• Experience managing programs preferred.
• Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Highly organized with excellent time management skills required.