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ICONMA, LLC Project Manager in United States
Our Client, a Financial company, is looking for a Project Manager for their Jersey City, NJ location. Responsibilities:
Lead Agile development projects independently with minimal assistance or lead sub-projects with guidance from a Portfolio Manager.
Projects must meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.
Project Management
Serves as project leader of standing agile teams who work across the Technology organization from development teams through all functional / shared service areas to plan, coordinate, and execute value delivery of various business and technical initiatives; manages dependencies across teams as needed for successful delivery of cross-team initiatives.
Manages planning, estimation, and delivery of software and technology delivery projects using practices outlined by the ISO Technology PMO and other practices outlined through collaboration with other leaders in Technology.
Drives technology initiative planning and estimation of all sizes, tracking of key milestones and deliverables, and ensures effective communications of projects with stakeholders in ISO including business partners and technology. Effectively manages expectations of all stakeholders on milestones and deliverables using data where appropriate.
Works closely with product owners to ensure the team strives to achieve shared understanding of deliverables’ scope from the project / release planning level to work item level in the teams’ product backlogs. Also ensures a healthy product backlog that is continuously being refined and prioritized through collaboration with our business partners.
Leads and oversees software release planning – ensures smooth planning, collaboration, communication, and execution of UAT and Production application deployments of value to customers and users.
Effectively manages, plans for, and mitigates risk to projects; relentlessly tracks down resolutions to critical issues or escalates when necessary.
Works with teams to ensure technology’s organizational standards, tools, and best practices are implemented appropriately such as status reporting, KPIs and metrics, operational processes, time reporting, project reporting, and team level annual budgeting.
Where engaged in programs, collaborates with project and portfolio management colleagues in the business to coordinate and effectively manage development deliverable timelines, risks, and issues across the broader organization to manage other non-tech workstreams needed for successful delivery of value to our customers.
Agile & Scrum
Works with other leaders in technology to create an environment that encourages team growth, a culture of continuous improvement, and leads teams to towards high levels of performance and delivery excellence.
Coaches and guides teams on the importance of agile values and principles to build culture of self-organization, collaboration, empowerment, transparency, and how the scrum framework should be adopted in practice.
Diligently performs the role of scrum master for their teams to ensure teams are appropriately leveraging the roles, ceremonies, and artifacts of the scrum framework; also shields teams from impediments and resolves them quickly when they arise.
Requirements:
A working knowledge of Agile Project Life Cycles (Scrum, Kanban) and tools (Confluence, Jira)
Ability to identify issues, propose solutions to the management and lead the effort in resolving the issues.
Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to use influence to keep teams focused and resolve conflicts
Familiarity with basic development technologies and skills
Ability to negotiate in reference to time management and deliverables.
PMP or Prince2 certification
Preferably Scrum or SAFe certification
7-10 years of proven experience in software development industry
4-6 years of proven experience serving as Project Manager or ScrumMaster for Software Development Team
Engaged as a productive member of a project team, using agile methods.
Experienced Scrum Master, with ability to recognize obstacles as they impede the team’s progress
Demonstrated an understanding of Project Management concepts.
Identified and managed risks and opportunities within a project.
Why Should You Apply?
Health Benefits
Referral Program
Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
As an equal opportunity employer, ICONMA provides an employment environment that supports and encourages the abilities of all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or express, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability status, political affiliation, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
