Agile Project Manager (Remote)

$100,000 - $110,000/Yr

GovCIO - Richmond, VA

Full-time

Remote - Richmond, VA

About the position

GovCIO is seeking an Agile Project Manager to lead a new program award. This full-time, fully remote position requires a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) with project management experience. The role involves managing diverse teams and stakeholders in a fast-paced development environment, utilizing agile methodologies such as Scrum and DevOps to ensure project success.

Responsibilities

• Identify, communicate and mitigate risks to the program
• Manage schedule and performance of a program
• Provide oral and written discussion of analytical findings using narrative and graphic forms
• Facilitate and document meetings effectively
• Identify symptoms for process improvement
• Work independently with minimal guidance and supervision
• Act as a leader to our software development team
• Oversee design, implementation, QA, operations, sustainment, and validation of programming code and products
• Create project outlines and timelines and distribute responsibilities to team members
• Facilitate daily scrums, stand-ups, and meetings to monitor project progress and assist in resolving issues
• Shape team behavior through excellent management via the agile method
• Ensure milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout the project lifecycle
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders, application users, and program leaders
• Document progress and communicate to upper management and stakeholders
• Develop and present project briefings
• Manage project goals, scope, requirements, costs, schedule, and/or risks
• Provide recurring or ad hoc project status reports
• Coordinate meeting invites, develop meeting agendas, facilitate meetings, and develop meeting minutes
• Maintain document and data repositories - SharePoint, Jira, GitHub, EPMD Tools, and other TBD

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 2-5 years of experience or commensurate experience
• Experience with diverse IT projects
• Experience working as a Project Manager and/or Scrum Master on a Scrum/Agile Team
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Analytical and investigation skills
• Competence in Microsoft Suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Positive attitude and willingness to step in where needed

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working on a VA IT team
• Demonstrated experience successfully working alongside remotely located personnel
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) Certification
• Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) Certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Certified Scrum Professional Scrum Master (CSP-SM) Certification
• Certified Scrum Professional Product Owner (CSP-PO) Certification
• PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Certification