BGSF
Application Development Project Manager
BGSF, Memphis, Tennessee, us, 37544
IT Project Manager
PM in related field required and 10+ years relevant work experience - Application DevelopmentScrum Certification (Desired)PMP Certification (Desired).Experience in managing cross-functional and remote teams.Experience with MS Project.Experience with JIRA.Experience with Visio.One Plan, Power BI, and Kanban helpfulSeasoned mature professional, Assertive, Accountable, Conflict resolution skills, will be dealing with a variety of different personalities.Serve as the IT Department's key link with business clients/product owners and development teams on key projects utilizing agile, waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies. Ensure cross-functional projects are successful by providing client support and ensuring business objectives are being met while managing the project scope, duration, and spending.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Facilitate the definition of project scope, level of effort, strategic alignment, stakeholders, and business value.Engage with the business and technology leads.Facilitate project planning, development of user stories and estimates, and sprint planning.Facilitate and assist with business analysis and project design.Establish project priorities, and manage resources, budgets, timelines, deliverables, risks, issues, and all other project management functions.Engage all project stakeholders at appropriate stages in each project to ensure that project work is moving toward useful outcomes.Provide meaningful progress and feedback reporting that will allow project stakeholders to make course corrections.Assist with vendor resource management.Foster an environment of successful delivery and continuous improvement.Manage the scrum process with the coordination of the scrum team in agile methodology.Remove impediments faced by the scrum team.Arrange daily stand-up meetings, facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo, and decision-making processes to facilitate swift response/feedback from the business teams.Help product owners keep the product backlogs in decent shape and make them ready for the next sprint.Facilitate group sessions such as retrospectives, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and stand-ups.Be effective in influencing individuals and groups.Independently initiate, identify, research, investigate, analyze, define, and document client requirements to support company objectives.Identify all affected stakeholders for a project.Conduct and/or participate in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.Identify overlaps and related processes.Coordinate installation and first use of new applications.Resolve issues related to an application (new or current) involving, as required, team members, vendors, clients, etc., and escalate as needed.Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
Experience complex IT projects.Understanding of the Agile and Scrum MethodologyOwn the development of project plans using the associated project planning tools, which include work plans, schedules, milestones, critical paths, detailed tasks, and deliverables.Provide status on project milestones, alerting client/ project manager of any potential delays.Assist with the design and implementation of training programs for clients of new enhanced applications.Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.Ability to be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work.Formidable team building and collaboration skills.Strong history as a relationship builder with effective negotiation skills and proven interpersonal communication skillsProven ability to effectively communicate issues both verbally and in writing.Ability to drive teams to resolve issues and deliver successfully.Education/Experience Requirements
Well-versed in SDLC process knowledge.Scrum experience / Certification.PMP Certification
(Desired).Experience in managing cross-functional and remote project teams.Experience with MS Project.Experience with JIRA.Experience with Visio.
PM in related field required and 10+ years relevant work experience - Application DevelopmentScrum Certification (Desired)PMP Certification (Desired).Experience in managing cross-functional and remote teams.Experience with MS Project.Experience with JIRA.Experience with Visio.One Plan, Power BI, and Kanban helpfulSeasoned mature professional, Assertive, Accountable, Conflict resolution skills, will be dealing with a variety of different personalities.Serve as the IT Department's key link with business clients/product owners and development teams on key projects utilizing agile, waterfall, or hybrid project management methodologies. Ensure cross-functional projects are successful by providing client support and ensuring business objectives are being met while managing the project scope, duration, and spending.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Facilitate the definition of project scope, level of effort, strategic alignment, stakeholders, and business value.Engage with the business and technology leads.Facilitate project planning, development of user stories and estimates, and sprint planning.Facilitate and assist with business analysis and project design.Establish project priorities, and manage resources, budgets, timelines, deliverables, risks, issues, and all other project management functions.Engage all project stakeholders at appropriate stages in each project to ensure that project work is moving toward useful outcomes.Provide meaningful progress and feedback reporting that will allow project stakeholders to make course corrections.Assist with vendor resource management.Foster an environment of successful delivery and continuous improvement.Manage the scrum process with the coordination of the scrum team in agile methodology.Remove impediments faced by the scrum team.Arrange daily stand-up meetings, facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo, and decision-making processes to facilitate swift response/feedback from the business teams.Help product owners keep the product backlogs in decent shape and make them ready for the next sprint.Facilitate group sessions such as retrospectives, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and stand-ups.Be effective in influencing individuals and groups.Independently initiate, identify, research, investigate, analyze, define, and document client requirements to support company objectives.Identify all affected stakeholders for a project.Conduct and/or participate in the analysis of client business processes and functional requirements and in the preparation of appropriate documentation to communicate and validate the information.Identify overlaps and related processes.Coordinate installation and first use of new applications.Resolve issues related to an application (new or current) involving, as required, team members, vendors, clients, etc., and escalate as needed.Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
Experience complex IT projects.Understanding of the Agile and Scrum MethodologyOwn the development of project plans using the associated project planning tools, which include work plans, schedules, milestones, critical paths, detailed tasks, and deliverables.Provide status on project milestones, alerting client/ project manager of any potential delays.Assist with the design and implementation of training programs for clients of new enhanced applications.Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams.Ability to be flexible, follow tight deadlines, organize and prioritize work.Formidable team building and collaboration skills.Strong history as a relationship builder with effective negotiation skills and proven interpersonal communication skillsProven ability to effectively communicate issues both verbally and in writing.Ability to drive teams to resolve issues and deliver successfully.Education/Experience Requirements
Well-versed in SDLC process knowledge.Scrum experience / Certification.PMP Certification
(Desired).Experience in managing cross-functional and remote project teams.Experience with MS Project.Experience with JIRA.Experience with Visio.