| IT Agile Project Manager, NY, New York at York, New York, USA |
| Email: [email protected] |
| From: Yogesh, StellentIT [email protected] Reply to: [email protected] IT Agile Project Manager Location: NY, New York Interview: Phone + Skype Job description: Position Summary IT Agile PM/Scrum Masters are responsible for the oversight and success of Information Technology and related Business projects. IT Agile PM/Scrum Masters manage the budgetary, scheduling and delivery of assigned initiatives in compliance with Agile standards and procedures. The PM/Scrum Master's primary focus is leading team-level execution, forming and building a team, removing impediments, and driving continuous improvement. They are responsible for managing all aspects of team delivery including schedule, scope, risks, dependencies, and issues. They facilitate the development of delivery plans and drive the plan through all phases of an execution lifecycle. They prepare plans and budgets to assure predictable delivery against organizational expectations. They develop and report project and team status to stakeholders and the appropriate governance committees. They maintain forecasts and utilize metrics to drive the achievement of desired results. IT Agile PM/Scrum Masters utilize Agile delivery methodologies and practices such as Scrum, Kanban, providing leadership for the successful delivery of projects. Responsibilities Advocate and support the policies, processes, and practices of the Agile methodology. Develop and communicate plans to deliver major IT initiatives to the IT and business communities; devise the summary and delivery plans including key tasks and interdependencies, milestones, people required including skill levels, and other resource and support requirements. Coach leaders, teams, and stakeholders in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets. Responsible for team metric reporting. Track the execution of features and stories; Escalate and track impediments. Serve as the IT point of contact and the primary interface on initiatives where the business / user community has appointed a project or program manager. Outline the responsibilities of different principals / parties including customers, customer and IT management, team members, IT support groups, vendors, consultants, and affected or impacted groups. Coordinate preparation of statements of work and specifications, estimation of product / service costs and pricing, and negotiation and administration of contracts. Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and story estimation by teams. Develop and oversee Agile scope management processes and customer acceptance throughout the delivery cycle. Facilitate the conduct of Agile ceremonies. Negotiate ITs interests and manage external vendor, contractor and material contracts. Monitor budget and resource levels and advise principals as to developing trends and prepare periodic variance projections. Ensure that dependencies outside the Team are understood and proactively managed. Ensure that risks and issues between teams and with the rest of the organization are understood and managed against expectations. Ensure that all training and transition management activities are in place for the customer base, including coordinating process redesign, new procedures, and acceptance of new technologies and/or capabilities into daily use within the user community (done in conjunction with a business / user program manager if one has been appointed). Lead the team to identify and implement continuous process improvements. Identify and pursue opportunities to improve Team execution; recommend enhancements related to new and/or existing workflows. Ensure communications, collaboration and coordination across teams, business partners, other areas of IT. Develop and implement alternatives and/or solutions to mitigate problems, issues, conflicts, etc. Provide thought leadership and expertise across the team and with internal and external team partners in achieving their commitments through issue, risk and dependency management. Required Skills/Attributes Bachelors degree Three to Five (3-5) year of Project Management experience in the Electric Utility Industry Five to eight (5-8) years of Agile delivery experience in the Electric Utility Industry 3 years of Scrum Master experience Project Management Skills: Demonstrates effective Agile execution, leadership, and use of the methodology for run the business and moderate to large transformational projects with minimal coaching, knows when and how to effectively escalate. Must possess a Certified Scrum Master certification. PMP Certified or working towards the certification Keywords: information technology New York |
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