Agile Project Manager

Full-time

Portland, OR

5,001-10,000 employees

About the position

Seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to support ICF’s Energy, Environment, and Infrastructure (EEI) Group – Product and Engineering Team. The team supports multiple work streams including software product development, software operations and maintenance, and exploring innovation opportunities. The ideal candidate will be a strong leader who combines agile project management with a growth mindset and practical ‘get it done’ work style. The role requires expertise in managing multiple concurrent software development projects including project intake, prioritization, set-up, planning and scheduling, resource allocation, project financial management, and managing project delivery. Software development will be wide ranging including full stack web development, analytic models with no user experience (UX), low code, and system integration use cases. Must possess superb communication, analytical and time management skills. In addition, you must demonstrate the ability and desire to continually learn new technologies in a changing environment; analytical and problem-solving way of thinking; overall resilient, flexible, and enthusiastic personality.

Responsibilities

• Set-up and manage projects according to ICF’s established project management processes, including establishing project charge codes, financial management, and status reporting.
• Participate in the project intake and prioritization process.
• Maintain a picture of current and forecasted demand for the team’s services and corresponding team allocations; act to ensure demand/capacity is balanced.
• Work with the team to establish ways of working and management systems that are effective and efficient for the size, scope, and complexity of the team’s workload.
• Anticipate, identify and manage potential problems or risks for the project and present alternative solutions to problems.
• Effectively communicate with team members, business owners, and stakeholders on topics i.e. team capacity, product/project status, risks, issues, and resource needs.
• Manage expectations and maintain constant contact with business owners and stakeholders to solicit feedback, resolve issues, and ultimately achieve satisfaction through proactive communications and value delivery.
• Drive continuous improvement within the team and organization to improve processes, performance and outcomes.
• Ensure agile methodologies enforce project standards throughout the software development and operations and maintenance lifecycles.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, project management, computer science, engineering, geography/geospatial data science or relevant area of focus (Candidates can substitute one year of experience for each year of education).
• 5+ years of agile software development project management experience.
• 3+ years of experience in managing multiple concurrent projects with a successful track record of delivering projects on scope, on time, on budget, on quality and on benefit.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing projects with geospatial, analytics, modeling, lidar and cloud technologies.
• Experience in managing projects that cross multiple business divisions or lines of business.
• Capable of gaining support for initiatives through influence and use of business rationale.
• Proven ability to make and implement tough decisions.
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification.
• Current Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent certification.
• Understanding and drive to leverage emerging capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for meaningful benefit in project management responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the details of projects to drive them to fruition.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, team building and relationship management skills.
• Ability to implement ways of working tailored to the size, scope, and complexity of the need.
• Ability to communicate with business partners, senior executives, and strategic partners.
• Proven ability to make and implement decisions related to prioritizing workloads.