Technical Project Manager IV – Agile, Scrum at Partner's Consulting, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA

Job description

• Title: Technical Project Manager IV – Agile, Scrum
• Location: Philadelphia, PA
• Type: Contract
• Our direct client is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager IV – Agile, Scrum who will be responsible for managing one or more highly complex or enterprise-wide IT program(s) consisting of multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Coach individuals in Agile processes and tools.
• Provide status reporting on project key performance indicators (KPIs), schedule, resources, and milestone delivery.
• Develop the program strategy, supporting business case and various enterprise-wide, high-level project plans.
• Ensure integration of projects and adjust project scope, timing, and budgets as needed, based on the needs of the business.
• Responsible for enacting Scrum values and practices, ensuring the correct use of Scrum process.
• Communicate with IT leadership, business leadership, and IT business consultants to communicate program strategy, direction, and changes.
• Responsible for delivering all projects contained in the IT project portfolio on time, within budget, and meeting the strategic and business requirements.
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and recommending adjustments to Project Managers.
• Partner with senior leadership of the business community to identify and prioritize opportunities for utilizing IT to achieve the goals of the enterprise.
• Manage specific new technical service engineering programs to meet broad service / product objectives.
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to plans and schedules, identify delivery risks, and obtain / drive mitigation strategies and solutions.
• Coordinate across multiple engineering / development teams as needed.
• Serve as a conduit between deployment and engineering to ensure requirements and design considerations are incorporated to improve deployment and sustainability of software and services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, or other related field—or equivalent work experience.
• Project Management certification is required.
• Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of Project Management methodologies and tools.
• Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills conducive to team development; able to work well in cross-functional teams.
• Experienced Scrum Master who will exhibit agile leadership and a deep understanding of what it means to conduct oneself as a servant leader.
• 10+ years Project Management experience in an Agile environment.

Skills

Required

• Project Management certification
• Agile leadership
• Scrum Master experience
• Servant leadership