Agile Project Manager

Agile Project Manager

Become an Agile Project Manager and help build a better tomorrow. In this role, you'll join the Digital & Business Transformation team within the Information Technology department and help drive innovation. You will spearhead new Artificial Intelligence (AI) product development across multiple agile teams, fostering disruptive innovation through user-centered design and advanced technologies. You will quickly assess team dynamics and guide them from inception to deployment, establishing goals and strategic plans to drive success. Working closely with Product Owners, Developers, Designers, Business Customers, and IT Stakeholders, you will help navigate undefined processes, influence agile transformation, and seamlessly adapt within a fast-paced environment. Thriving in ambiguity, you will embrace flexibility while taking on challenges head-on, including stepping into Product Owner / Manager roles or other agile leadership positions as needed.

As an Agile Project Manager, your work will help power progress, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone.

Responsibilities

Manage activities of one or more moderate to large, short to mid-term projects with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and outcomes.

Exercise considerable latitude and judgment in developing plans, budgets, and resources, directing activities and actions, and determining deliverables.

Decide appropriate methods and procedures for new projects with significant independence.

Engage with all levels of management and act as a key consultant for both functional and business issues.

Manage complex user story decomposition, dependency mapping, and backlog prioritization.

Analyze velocity trends, quality metrics, and team capacity to forecast release plans.

Drive process improvements by analyzing sprint metrics and refining ceremonies, workflows, documentation, and tools.

Implement Agile software development practices including test-driven development (TDD), pair programming, continuous integration, and refactoring.

Ensure the protection of physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and manage sensitive customer and proprietary data with high standards of integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

Seven or more years of experience in IT project management.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.

Experience managing and de-risking timelines, milestones, deliverables, and budgets.

Three or more years of experience in a technical / engineering and / or business-related role.

Three or more years of experience performing as a Scrum Master in a waterfall and / or agile environment.

Experience leading multiple product / project teams in Mobile, AI / ML, or emerging technologies like Smart Wearables.

Experience interacting regularly with senior management.

Experience working with product managers to establish project / product objectives.

Scrum Master and / or PMP certification.

Hands-on experience with agile technologies and tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, HP ALM Octane, Confluence, Aha, DevOps).

Experience applying Design Thinking principles.

Experience developing business plans, objectives, and initiatives.