Crossfire Consulting
Agile IT SDLC Project Manager
Crossfire Consulting, Fairfield, New Jersey, us, 07004
WFH 10 days per month. 2nd and 4th week of the month eveyone will be in office T/W/Th other than that you decide which 10 days you want to be home.
Must be able to train others in Agile, this is currently a Waterfall environment so the Agile experience must be significant.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Establish IT Project and Portfolio Management processes, practices and standards aligned with clientBusiness Transformation PMO.Hire, lead, mentor and manage a leading team of IT Project Managers.Support the selection and roll-out of PMO tools that enable Portfolio Management, Project Management,Capacity Management and Agile based SDLC requirements, iterations, and releases.Provide necessary guidance, training, and influence to drive best practices and ensure long term adoption.Ensure the portfolio and project trackers and KPIs are current and up to date with project, release, sprint,nd iteration information.Lead resource capacity planning and allocation to ensure the IT department's project and product teams arenot oversubscribed or underutilized.Serve as program manager for large scale, high-visibility projects.Assume responsibility and oversight for the success and quality for all ongoing IT projects.Project manage assigned IT projects and initiatives using detailed project, release, sprint, and iteration plansfor on-time, on-budget, and on-scope scope delivery.Work with project teams to identify and resolve risks, interdependencies, and constraints around projectdeliverables, objectives, risks, and constraints.Ensure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.Ensure software quality and unit, regression and UAT testing tasks required for the delivery of a high-qualityproduct are documented, planned, executed and signed off on with sufficient time to correct any defects.Ensure change management tasks required for the organization to accept, adapt, and support initiatives,including effective communication, adequate training, and documentation are planned and executed.Foster adoption of Agile project management methodologies.Develop and maintain productive relationships with business users, IT members, and management.Assume other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum 10 years IT Project Management experience with a strong emphasis on Agile / Scrum SDLC basedSoftware Development Projects.Minimum 10 years of hands-on technical project management experience.Strong experience working with PMO's.Experience with requirements gathering, testing and change management methodologies.Sufficient level of technical background to provide credible leadership to development teams and evaluatecomplex project risks and issues accurately and objectively.Sufficient business acumen to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers todevelop strategies and solutions of high business value.Proven advocate for outstanding customer service.Excellent communication, collaboration and diplomatic skills to guide, influence and convince others to adoptchange and to deliver exceptional service.Excellent analytical, time management, prioritization, and multitasking skills.Detail oriented with strong analytical skills.Must be highly organized and self-motivated.Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.Ability to multitask while maintaining high quality and strong analytical abilities.Project Management CertificationBS in a related field, and/or extensive work experience.Attendance at client headquarters office in Fairfield, NJ per current work policies is required.Company paid relocation is not provided to the client office. The candidate must self-relocate if needed.
Preferred:
Minimum 5 years Program and Portfolio experienceMinimum 5 years managing cross functional teams and projects.Agile/Scrum CertificationMBA or Master's DegreeServiceNow, Azure DevOps
Must be able to train others in Agile, this is currently a Waterfall environment so the Agile experience must be significant.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Establish IT Project and Portfolio Management processes, practices and standards aligned with clientBusiness Transformation PMO.Hire, lead, mentor and manage a leading team of IT Project Managers.Support the selection and roll-out of PMO tools that enable Portfolio Management, Project Management,Capacity Management and Agile based SDLC requirements, iterations, and releases.Provide necessary guidance, training, and influence to drive best practices and ensure long term adoption.Ensure the portfolio and project trackers and KPIs are current and up to date with project, release, sprint,nd iteration information.Lead resource capacity planning and allocation to ensure the IT department's project and product teams arenot oversubscribed or underutilized.Serve as program manager for large scale, high-visibility projects.Assume responsibility and oversight for the success and quality for all ongoing IT projects.Project manage assigned IT projects and initiatives using detailed project, release, sprint, and iteration plansfor on-time, on-budget, and on-scope scope delivery.Work with project teams to identify and resolve risks, interdependencies, and constraints around projectdeliverables, objectives, risks, and constraints.Ensure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.Ensure software quality and unit, regression and UAT testing tasks required for the delivery of a high-qualityproduct are documented, planned, executed and signed off on with sufficient time to correct any defects.Ensure change management tasks required for the organization to accept, adapt, and support initiatives,including effective communication, adequate training, and documentation are planned and executed.Foster adoption of Agile project management methodologies.Develop and maintain productive relationships with business users, IT members, and management.Assume other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications:
Minimum 10 years IT Project Management experience with a strong emphasis on Agile / Scrum SDLC basedSoftware Development Projects.Minimum 10 years of hands-on technical project management experience.Strong experience working with PMO's.Experience with requirements gathering, testing and change management methodologies.Sufficient level of technical background to provide credible leadership to development teams and evaluatecomplex project risks and issues accurately and objectively.Sufficient business acumen to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with customers todevelop strategies and solutions of high business value.Proven advocate for outstanding customer service.Excellent communication, collaboration and diplomatic skills to guide, influence and convince others to adoptchange and to deliver exceptional service.Excellent analytical, time management, prioritization, and multitasking skills.Detail oriented with strong analytical skills.Must be highly organized and self-motivated.Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.Ability to multitask while maintaining high quality and strong analytical abilities.Project Management CertificationBS in a related field, and/or extensive work experience.Attendance at client headquarters office in Fairfield, NJ per current work policies is required.Company paid relocation is not provided to the client office. The candidate must self-relocate if needed.
Preferred:
Minimum 5 years Program and Portfolio experienceMinimum 5 years managing cross functional teams and projects.Agile/Scrum CertificationMBA or Master's DegreeServiceNow, Azure DevOps