Product - Agile Project Manager

American Bar Association•Chicago, IL

3d•$101,040 - $124,195•Hybrid

About The Position

The Agile Project Manager guides and coaches Agile teams in Product Research & Development to deliver high-quality, business-critical products under the direction of the PMO. The role establishes and maintains a fit-for-purpose Agile practice for technology-based product work, including website and application development, configurations, customizations, integrations, and feature enhancements. It standardizes ceremonies, roles, artifacts, cadences, and terminology across cross-functional hybrid teams, and tracks practice adoption, team health, and maturity measures. The position serves as a hands-on Scrum Master for one or more hybrid teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies and improving delivery predictability through capacity and velocity practices, clear readiness and completion criteria, and retrospective actions. It supports Product Managers and Product Owners with backlog management, prioritization, demos, and stakeholder updates, while removing impediments and coordinating defects, operational tickets, dependencies, requests, and decisions. The Agile Project Manager coaches and trains Product Managers, team leads, stakeholders, and junior team members; supports onboarding and continuous learning; and drives organizational adoption and change management. The role also facilitates cross-team planning, advises leadership on team structure and capacity planning, adapts Agile delivery to third-party software release and contractual constraints, and governs Agile tools and dashboards to provide leadership with visibility into progress, backlog health, and delivery trends. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Agile certification such as CSM or PMI-ACP.
Deep knowledge of Scrum practices and artifacts.
At least 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
At least 2 years of experience as an Agile coach or trainer.
At least 2 years of software development experience, preferably in product development.
Experience working with global teams across time zones.
Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Servant leadership, high emotional intelligence, problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills, ability to explain complex topics simply, and a bias for action and improvement.

Nice To Haves

Agile coaching certification such as ICP-ACC or ICAgile.
Product management background.
Familiarity with project management tools such as ClickUp.

Responsibilities

Design and establish an Agile practice suited to technology-based work spanning website and application development, configurations, customizations, integrations, and feature enhancements.
Standardize Agile ceremonies, roles, artifacts, cadences, and shared terminology for cross-functional hybrid teams.
Maintain the ABA Agile playbook and track adoption, team-health, and maturity KPIs.
Serve as hands-on Scrum Master for one or more hybrid teams, facilitating sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog grooming, reviews, and retrospectives.
Set capacity, velocity, and cadence; establish Definition of Ready and Definition of Done; and use data and retrospective actions to improve predictability.
Guide Product Managers on backlog practices, including Epics, User Stories, story pointing, and prioritization; partner with Product Owners on demos and stakeholder updates.
Remove impediments and dependencies; triage defects and operational tickets with production support teams; and track requests and decisions in Jira and Confluence.
Coach Product Managers, team leads, and stakeholders on Agile principles, and mentor junior team members as the Agile expert.
Deliver training, workshops, and onboarding for a technology-based product development environment within Product R&D; champion continuous learning and experimentation.
Drive Agile adoption with leadership, Product Managers, web and app development teams, and business stakeholders; lead change management and communicate its value.
Facilitate cross-team planning to align priorities and dependencies; advise leadership on team structure, capacity planning, and organizational design.
Adapt Agile delivery to third-party vendor release cycles, patches, configuration windows, and contractual boundaries, including intake, sizing, and prioritization of upgrades and regulatory changes.
Govern Agile tooling such as Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps, and maintain standardized dashboards providing leadership visibility into progress, backlog health, and delivery trends.
Perform other related duties as required.