Project Manager

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager / Project Leader to lead large-scale, complex application development initiatives. The successful candidate will oversee project delivery across scope, budget, timelines, risks, resources, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring successful outcomes in highly visible and mission-critical environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex application development projects from initiation through delivery.
  
• Manage Agile, Iterative, and Scrum-based project implementations.
  
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including:
  
• Daily Stand-ups
  
• Sprint Planning
  
• Sprint Reviews
  
• Backlog Refinement
  
• Retrospectives
  
• Customer Journey and Story Mapping
  
• Utilize Jira and other project management tools to manage project backlogs and sprints.
  
• Develop and maintain:
  
• Project schedules
  
• Project plans
  
• Risk and issue logs
  
• Status reports
  
• Project management artifacts
  
• Manage project resources and align skills and experience to project tasks.
  
• Oversee multiple complex projects concurrently.
  
• Coordinate governance, architecture reviews, and project gating activities.
  
• Manage stakeholder expectations and project interdependencies.
  
• Ensure privacy, security, and compliance-related deliverables are completed successfully.
  
• Lead technical teams and facilitate collaboration across business and technical groups.
  

Required Qualifications

Agile Project Management Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on Project Management experience managing large, complex application development projects.
  
• 7+ years of experience managing Agile/Iterative/Scrum projects.
  
• 7+ years of experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and delivery activities.
  
• Experience using Jira for backlog and sprint management.
  
• Experience creating and managing project schedules, plans, risk logs, issue logs, and status reporting.
  
• Experience managing project resources and delivery teams.
  
• 3+ years of experience managing multiple complex public sector CRM platform projects concurrently.
  
• Experience managing governance, architecture review processes, and project approval checkpoints.
  

Leadership, Facilitation and Communication Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead project teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver under aggressive timelines.
  
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to business stakeholders.
  
• Strong negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills.
  
• Experience managing challenging stakeholder discussions and executive communications.
  

Technical Skills

• 5+ years of experience managing technical resources engaged in:
  
• Solution design
  
• Development and configuration
  
• Data migration
  
• Testing
  
• Platform upgrades and maintenance
  
• Application integrations
  
• Understanding of CRM-based enterprise project delivery.
  
• Knowledge of enterprise software platforms and solution delivery practices.
  
• Advanced proficiency with:
  
• Microsoft Project
  
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  
• Visio
  
• Planview
  

Must-Have Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of Project Management experience leading large application development initiatives.
  
• Demonstrated success leading Agile/Scrum projects.
  
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
  
• Experience managing governance approvals, architecture reviews, and project gating processes.
  
• Experience managing privacy and security-related project deliverables.
  
• Strong understanding of Agile concepts and methodologies.
  
• Experience leading technical teams.
  
• Experience running Scrum ceremonies.
  
• Strong stakeholder and dependency management experience.
  
• Strong business and technical aptitude.
  
• Exceptional attention to detail.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and tight deadlines.
  

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Project rescue or project recovery experience.
  
• Previous public sector experience.
  

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