Senior Agile Project Manager

$105,630 - $120,260/Yr

Calstart - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Senior

Los Angeles, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Agile Project Manager at CALSTART will oversee electric vehicle voucher processing projects, focusing on software development and data analytics. This role is crucial for managing the HVIP voucher processing projects, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and alignment with organizational goals. The Project Manager will facilitate cross-functional collaboration, manage Agile projects using Jira, and engage with stakeholders to drive market acceleration for electric vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Lead HVIP Voucher Processing Projects: Oversee and manage electric vehicle voucher processing projects, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and alignment with the organization's goals.
• Facilitate Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Data Insights and Analytics (DnA) team, developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to coordinate across multiple teams and departments, ensuring smooth execution of project tasks.
• Manage Agile Projects Using Jira: Utilize the Agile framework and Jira to track project progress, run sprints, facilitate daily stand-ups, and manage the backlog.
• Document Technical Requirements & Policy Changes: Capture and maintain detailed documentation of policy changes, technical requirements, and project status.
• Support Stakeholder Engagement: Regularly interact with external stakeholders, including government agencies and transportation industry partners, to gather feedback, share data insights, and disseminate project findings.
• Drive Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline project processes, improve team collaboration, and increase efficiency through Agile practices.
• Provide Team Leadership: Guide and mentor team members, ensuring alignment on roles and responsibilities, while promoting a positive and results-driven team environment.
• Synthesize and Share Data Insights: Analyze and synthesize project data and outcomes, presenting findings to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience, specifically in software development projects, with a focus on data-driven initiatives.
• Strong experience with project management methodologies (especially Agile) and tools like Jira.
• Familiarity with Salesforce or similar CRM systems, data analytics platforms, and software development processes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to synthesize data into actionable insights.

Nice-to-haves

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent is preferred.
• Agile or Scrum certifications are a plus.
• Experience working within the electric vehicle or sustainability sector is highly desirable.

Benefits

• 100% company paid comprehensive health benefits for Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Retirement plan with generous company contributions.
• FSA for Health and Dependent Care.
• 3 weeks of vacation time in the first year of employment.
• 11 paid company holidays.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid family leave.