Agile Project Manager

Insperity•Madison, WI

About The Position

The Agile Project Manager leads, organizes, and motivates agile teams to achieve strong performance and quality while executing and delivering valuable solutions. The role supports assigned teams by overseeing development processes, serving as Scrum Master for Scrum teams, coaching teams in Agile practices, facilitating Scrum events, and helping teams plan, prioritize, estimate, and deliver work. It also partners with Product Owners, Solution Designers, stakeholders, and enterprise functions to coordinate project and release planning, communication, risk management, resourcing, and process improvement. The position applies traditional project management practices adaptively and helps ensure teams follow company and departmental standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
Core project management skills, including the ability to multitask and manage multiple or large projects in a cross-functional environment.
Broad working knowledge of traditional and Agile software development frameworks.
Broad working knowledge of technology applications and their impact on business.
Proven record of strong, positive customer service results.
Excellent group facilitation skills and ability to lead and motivate teams to solve dynamic problems, achieve project vision, and complete project deliverables.
Proven leadership, human resource, relationship, and change management skills, including the ability to manage conflicts and problems constructively.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain business and technical information, establish rapport, persuade others, and gain understanding.
Ability to maintain effective work relationships and demonstrate strong teamwork and interpersonal skills at all management levels.
Competency in strategic thinking and leadership, with strong relationship management abilities.

Nice To Haves

Five to seven years of experience managing corporate-wide projects.
Experience as a Scrum Master.
Project Management and Agile certifications.

Responsibilities

Provide accountability for execution of development processes for assigned teams.
Act as Scrum Master for teams using Scrum and guide teams on Scrum processes and Agile best practices as a servant leader.
Facilitate Scrum events as requested or needed.
Keep teams focused on prioritized work and accountable for identifying and removing roadblocks.
Work with teams on project and effort estimation.
Facilitate effective team discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
Build a safe and trusting environment and coach and mentor teams to improve effectiveness.
Partner with Product Owners and Solution Designers on collaboration regarding business and technical direction.
Partner with Product Owners and teams on effective project and release planning.
Work with Product Owners to ensure team members understand goals, scope, and product domain; work is clear, concise, prioritized, and estimated; and stakeholders receive updates on development efforts and progress.
Apply traditional project management practices adaptively as needed.
Provide accountability for enterprise project communications and stakeholder updates.
Partner with functional management on conflict resolution, employee development, and team issues.
Collaborate with ITS management on enterprise prioritization, employee assignments, and team needs.
Coordinate collaboration with other teams as needed.
Monitor risks and work with the team, Product Owner, and enterprise to develop support and contingency plans.
Categorize and approve project team time and utilization.
Ensure assigned teams follow company and departmental standards and processes.
Collaborate with other Agile Project Managers to improve Agile Project Management effectiveness.
Work with the ITS department to optimize team processes and tools.
Coordinate solicitation and procurement of appropriate external resources and equipment or software.
Coordinate administration of third-party contracts as necessary.