It Project Manager Jobs

The Consulting Manager - IT Project Management is responsible for planning and management of small to mid-size, multi-faceted Agile projects and/or multiple small projects simultaneously in support of the Firm’s strategic plan and initiatives. The position will work with clients and project leadership on the development, execution, and tracking of Agile application development and business intelligence projects. This position provides or manages a team that provides business analysis, requirements definition, and software testing support to client facing projects.
QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years of experience in a project leadership or supervisory role is required.
• Other related professional certifications (Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Advanced Project Manager Certification (APMC), etc.
• Must be able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, innovative, and continuously changing environment.
• Must be able to lead, build, and manage effective teams for small, medium, and large scale projects.
• Must possess a high degree of professionalism including the ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality.
• Must be technically proficient with the capability of performing at an intermediate or advanced level with respect to the Microsoft Office Suite of products, specifically Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Must be experienced in Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes.
• 4+ years of relevant experience may substitute for education requirement.
• 5+ years of direct experience in Agile project management or consulting is required.
• Ability to work in both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience with Agile application delivery processes, system development life cycle, business assessments, and programs such as JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Zephyr, TestRail, Trello, Basecamp, TFS, Azure DevOps is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, or a related field is required.
• Must be able to effectively manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and adjust priorities appropriately in an evolving work environment with shifting time frames.
• Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Must have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in business and technical environments and within a diverse group of individuals.
• Proficiency of Scrum or other Agile methodologies.
• Must have an in-depth understanding of Agile, its values and principles, including backlog grooming, release and sprint planning, Agile status reporting, and more.
• Relevant certifications are preferred:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serves as a liaison between technical and non-technical departments. Ensures internal customers are kept informed of development issues.
• Ensures project documents and plans are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Manages the team through all phases of a project including strategic planning, work planning, mobilization, execution, and closeout consistent with established program delivery processes to meet the scope, schedule, budget and other contract requirements.
• Maintains the required CPE for firm and licensing standards.
• Attends process improvement meetings to; identify people, process and technology improvements to be made improve team and project performance. Builds and maintains trusted relationships with diverse group of clients, team members, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Prepares deliverables/reports for review by the Associate Director that include any noted issues, trends and other micro/macro level risks identified through the execution of projects activities.
• Serves as one of the Firm’s primary contacts with clients.
• Tracks and confirms business system development and implementation efforts.
• Verifies and traces evidence of reproduction of any reported faults in existing software.
• Participates in the development and implementation of structured testing concepts, methodologies, and manual testing support tools.
• Ongoing mentoring of team, performing assessment and completion of performance appraisals, promotion recommendations, on-the-job training, and professional development.
• Performs assessments of business needs and assists developers to translate these needs into project requirements.
• Identifies resources needed and assigning individual responsibilities within a project.
• Leads, directs and manages projects and multi-disciplinary tasks within scope of program or project to support Agile teams.
• Participates in Firm recruiting activities.
• Ensures compliance with applicable policies and procedures, laws and regulations, and keeps current on compliance-related areas.
• Complies with the professional and Firm requirements (e.g., employee handbook requirements, time entry procedures), quality control document requirement, confidentiality requirements related to client, proposal, personnel, and job related information.
• Performs and/or oversees functionality testing of new applications and existing software enhancements to ensure they meet business requirements through performing end to end business scenario tests.
• Attends and actively engages in training sessions and/or meetings as required.
• Creates and distributes regular reports on project progress, blockers, milestones, and resource needs. Helps identify and clear impediments for Agile teams.
• Communicates effectively and consistently with all project stakeholders. Promotes transparency at all times regarding project status, issues and risks to stakeholders.
• Performs and/or oversees regression testing of new applications and existing software enhancements to identify any possible impacts caused by changes.
• Works with other leadership to define project scope and deliver a detailed plan for a successful outcome based on project objectives. Estimates effort and resources required for responsibilities and ensures all are prioritized effectively and delivered on time.

Other Duties:

• Assists co-workers in the completion of tasks and assignments and actively supports teamwork throughout the organization.
• Identifies opportunities and recommends methods to improve service and work processes. Assists in the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
• Provides courteous and prompt service to all internal and external parties. Prioritizes and addresses requests and assignments in a professional and cooperative manner.
• Performs other services as required.

Other Considerations:

• Must arrive at P&N or client offices in a timely manner and be ready to perform job responsibilities.
• May periodically travel and work from different company locations.
• May be required to work overtime during the work week or on weekends.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of the job successfully with or without reasonable accommodations. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and listen. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision and the ability to focus. This position spends a significant amount of time sitting and operating a computer. Lifting requirements will not typically exceed 25 pounds.
Work Environment: Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully with or without reasonable accommodations. The work environment is considered to be that of a typical business/office operation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.