Agile Project Manager

Redolent•Sunnyvale, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

We have an urgent need for an Agile Project Manager for a direct client. This role is for a 6+ month contract in Sunnyvale, CA. The Agile Project Manager will manage online software development project activities across all project phases, from initiation to closure. This includes working collaboratively with development teams, lead architects, and management to determine technical direction and approach for system design and implementation. The role involves creating and managing project schedules, plans, scope statements, cost estimates, resource plans, risk logs, and status reports. The Project Manager will tailor project management processes to project needs, manage daily project activities, and communicate with internal and external customers regarding deliverables, expectations, and project status. Key responsibilities include making decisions, communicating trade-offs and risks, providing recommendations on schedules and resource allocation, and contributing to strategic planning. The role also involves managing resource and capacity planning, coaching project team members on Agile processes, and potentially contributing to the design and coding of products. The Project Manager will manage up to 3 Scrum teams and contribute to program-level activities, including M&A. Experience with Engineering Teams, Configuration Management, Deployment tools, and Continuous Integration for infrastructure projects is required. Flexibility for non-regular hours and maturity to work with senior engineering staff are essential. The role requires being a servant-leader, driving process improvements in an Agile environment, and ideally, coaching new Agile teams.

Requirements

B.S. or B.A. degree in Business Administration, Management, Project Management, Computer Science or related field
3+ years of hands-on Agile experience

Nice To Haves

eCommerce or Retail experience
Experience leading Software, eCommerce, or SaaS/Cloud based projects
Five years of experience in a technology environment, including 2-3 years of practical professional experience in a project management role.
Experience managing multiple dependencies in project and program delivery
Ability to guide multiple scrum teams concurrently
Fundamental understanding of web-based systems programming and development.
Proficient with MS Project or similar software and MS Office applications.
Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional project teams.
Ability to adjust and set priorities to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Manage Online Software Development project activities for multiple projects across all project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure.
Work collaboratively with development team, lead architect and the management to determine technical direction and approach to system design and implementation, including both brand products and supporting systems.
Create, manage and track project vehicles, including, but not limited to: Project schedules, Detailed project plans, Project scope statements, Cost estimates, Resource plans, Risk and issues logs, Status reports.
Tailor project management, development and support processes to meet the needs of individual (new and/or ongoing) projects.
Manage the day-to-day activities of projects and staff; communicate with project teams as necessary to ensure project deliverables are on schedule and within cost parameters.
Communicate and collaborate with internal and external customers as needed in regards to project deliverables including managing expectations, presenting and interfacing with sponsors.
Make decisions and communicate trade-offs and risks; drive key decisions across projects.
Make recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization and resource allocation with input from team members.
Provide ongoing project plan/status reporting for use by account managers, clients and management.
Provide input into strategic planning and asset creation processes.
Manage resource planning and organizational capacity planning.
Coach and train project team members on Software Development processes and best practices.
Contribute to the design and coding of products.
Manage up to 3 Scrum teams of 5 to 7 team members each to execute projects.
Contribute to program level activities including M&A activities.
Demonstrable experience of engagement with Engineering Teams - Configuration Management, Deployment tools, and Continuous Integration – to execute infrastructure projects.
Flexibility to engage with team in non-regular hours.
Maturity to navigate and work with senior engineering folks and still get things done.
Be a role model servant-leader to bring value to the business with process and tools.
Demonstrable experience of process improvements in agile world.
Agile Lifecycle Expertise - preferably coaching/mentoring new Agile Teams.