IT Agile Project Manager -Houston onsite- W2 only

Houston, TX

About the position

IT Agile PM has overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. PM demonstrates technical project management skills, leadership skills and strategic and business management skills. IT Project Manager defines project objectives and scope for each phase of the project, overseeing quality control throughout the project’s life cycle, acquiring resources, managing resources and coordinating the efforts of team members in order to deliver projects/products according to plan.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful management of projects
• Manages Software development project life cycle from initiating through delivery and project closure
• Manages the day-to-day activities of projects and project resources
• Creates, manages and tracks project documents including project schedules, financials, detailed project plans, scope documents, work breakdown structures, cost estimates, resource plans, risk and issue logs and regular status reporting
• Organizes, conducts, and attends meetings with project team and stakeholders to facilitate all levels of project planning
• Manages multiple (6+) projects concurrently, with small teams
• Works with project managers of other teams to ensure overall business and operational requirements are met for company initiatives
• Lead steering committee meetings with IT and Business leadership
• Lead technical and requirements gathering sessions- bringing people and understanding together
• Communicates and collaborates with internal and external customers as needed including managing expectations, presenting and interfacing with stakeholders
• Works with third party integration teams to coordinate integration and testing
• Creates and maintains relationships across the organization
• Manages the finances of a project including planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing and controlling costs so the project can be completed within the approved budget
• Help project team achieve a high level of performance and quality, holding teams accountable for their work, removing obstacles, and mentoring less experienced team members

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in: Computer Science, Business Administration, Management, Project Management, Engineering or related field
• PMI PMBOK Trained
• Experience with Agile framework and Scrum elements, including Agile planning and Agile project management with Scrum
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) process experience for application delivery
• 5 years of related experience in a technology environment, including at least one year of professional experiences in project management
• A team player with excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A strong desire for quality and attention to detail with excellent problem solving and organizational skills
• Demonstrates leadership qualities include flexibility and adaptability to change

Nice-to-haves

• PMP Certification
• Agile Certification
• Azure DevOps and/or Jira
• Microsoft Project