Senior Agile Project Manager

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 Overview:

The Senior Agile Project Manager is accountable for overall project management in the Innovation Department.  You should be a champion of agile software development processes and a coach who can mentor both by showing and doing but also through holding teams accountable for results. The role will ensure consistency and quality across multiple teams related to project and sprint planning, resource capacity management, and progress reporting.  This person must be able to demonstrate the ability to define and evolve Scrum and project management methods to create an environment in which team velocity consistently improves.  In doing so, this person ensures scrum and project teams are well-versed and executing Scrum and Project delivery methodologies and rituals consistently. This person must simultaneously set a clear set of metrics to ensure the team is informed of their performance and demonstrates leadership by holding the team accountable to a high standard of quality software output.

Responsibilities:
  • Owns and leads the evolution of scrum and project management processes in Innovation
  • Accountable for overall scrum team(s) performance as measured by team velocity stabilization and gradual, consistent improvement
  • Coach all Innovation team members on Rise Scrum and Project management standards and expected norms
  • Continuously work to improve department performance/productivity and own capacity planning activities
  • Collaborates well with Innovation leadership to ensure department is focused on achieving and exceeding company goals.
  • Manages cross-functional project teams using keen leadership, effective communication, and strong negotiation skills with a positive and uplifting demeanor
  • Provide status/tracking of project progress and managing project trade-offs across scope, timing, and resources and adjusting priorities as needed
  • Comfortable managing multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity and magnitude
  • Manages, mentors, and leads a team of high caliber project managers/scrum masters
  • Promotes and supports effective project managers
  • Responsible for the administration, organization, and evolution of project management and team communication software; especially Jira.
  • Responsible for ensuring Innovation department new hire onboarding processes are kept up to date and effective help new team members efficiently and positively join our rapidly growing department
  • Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
  • This list of essential responsibilities and functions is not exhaustive.  Rise Interactive reserves the right to supplement this list, particularly if the scope of duties in this position changes.
Required Skills:
    • 5+ years of Technical Project Management experience including significant and demonstrable experience leading technology product or critical business system initiatives
    • Successful experience implementing Scrum and/or Kanban product delivery methods and evolving methods in collaboration with other leaders and team members.
    • 3+ years of recent experience in the role of scrum master
    • 3+ years of managing project managers.  Experience in implementing Scrum and Kanban methodologies and best practices required in Software Development Life Cycle
    • Ability to manage and administer Jira or similar Agile project management tools
    • Ability to manage project financials and generate basic financial analyses
    • Ability to drive solutions and alternatives, reach a consensus, control scope creep, dive into technical detail, and match technical skills to technical needs.
    • Ability to thrive and think creatively when given a wide degree of latitude to manage projects
    • Excellent communicator and people leader
    • Scrum Master Certification
    • Agile Coach Certification
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