We are seeking to hire a Project Manager to work alongside a team that is designing and developing information management, collaboration, and intranet tools in SharePoint Online for our federal clients located in Washington, DC.Personnel Qualifications
- At least five (5) years of experience leading cross-functional Agile project teams and ensuring that Agile processes and methodologies are followed.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related degree in the IT field or equivalent experience.Capabilities
- Experience leveraging Agile Project Management best practices and ceremonies (e.g., sprints, stands, retros, estimating, etc.), to implement new software and digital products in an organization.
- Able to execute business process/task analysis and translate into user stories.
- Proficiency in project management tools (Gitlab, Jira, Planner, etc.).
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to communicate at various levels within IT project teams, stakeholders, technical teams, and clients.
- Must be able to multitask assignments and projects, work with a team, and work well independently.
- Experience with planning and communicating the launch of new products and features to an organization or division, including development of communications plans, delivering user demos, coordinating support, and executing end-user training programs.
- Problem Solving.
- Creative and strategic thinking.
- Preferred: Experience conducting user research (user interviews, card sorting, contextual inquiries, personas, etc.).
- Preferred: Experience leading Usability Testing with end users.
- Preferred: Experience as Agile Coach either in a technology or non-technology role in an organization that diligently applied agile principles, practices, and theory.
- Preferred: Ability to turn user needs into key performance indicators (KPIs) and/or objectives and key results (OKRs).
- Analyze user needs to determine functional and cross-functional requirements.
- Performs functional allocation to identify required tasks and their interrelationships.
- Identifies resources required for each task.You Shall:
- Follow client's IT standards or industry best practices, as directed.
- Manage project timelines, resources, and scope.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos.Place of Performance
- Minimum four (4) days per month on-site at client location, Washington, DC. #J-18808-Ljbffr