Program/Project Manager, IT

Construction Resources•Decatur, GA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a world-class Project Manager to join our Technology team at Construction Resources (CR). The Project Manager is an individual who is excited about driving teams, solving problems, and delivering valuable projects in a startup-like environment inside a growing company. The right candidate should possess strong agile scrum master skills and have experience in program management and managing multiple projects at a mid-size company. This person will partner with business and the technology team to drive project planning and execution activities that deliver high-value initiatives with successful business outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or a related discipline with an information technology focus or equivalent experience.
5 years Project Management experience required, 8- 10 years’ experience in Project Management preferred.
Experience working in Agile methodology (Agile scrum and kanban).
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage 2 or more projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project-related information to internal technology partners, vendors, senior management, and staff.
Experience working with third party development and infrastructure suppliers.
Experience with tools such as Atlassian (Jira/Confluence).
This position will be based at Construction Resources Tech Center in the Atlanta/Vinings area.

Nice To Haves

Experience in setting up or executing in a well-run Program Management Office / Project Governance initiative is preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan and Execute Initiatives: Create the plan, document the milestones, align on what activities are being performed and create the schedule. Facilitate any issues and gaps.
Communicate status: Share the baseline plan, updates to the plan, and any issues, risks or activities that are required to make the project a success.
Manage issues / risks: Build a register of open issues and risks. Maintain accountable aligned individuals' actions to solve the issue, or to mitigate the risk.
Remove roadblocks for the team: Setup and pull together the right people to help navigate any roadblocks for the team.
Enable teams to be productive: Educate teams on why. Help explain and enable Agile ceremonies. Assist teams with being successful in standups, retrospectives, grooming and prioritization. Support cross-org alignment.
Coordinate cross-functionally to engage resources as needed, and assist in defining and managing a project governance program to evaluate potential project value, align priorities and ensure CR is investing in the right projects and executing them right.
Good attention to details and strong executive presence
Has lead Salesforce Implementation or enhancement projects
Demonstrated experience managing at least 2 projects simultaneously using Agile methodology
Started a light weight, pragmatic PMO practice, or been involved in running one; including developing criteria to score and prioritize initiatives
Other duties as assigned.