Senior Agile Project Manager

Folders.Com - Pontiac, MI

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Pontiac, MI

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

We are an online printing company, recognized as one of Inc.'s 5000 fastest growing companies in America, seeking a Senior Agile Project Manager to lead our in-house development team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a friendly, fast-paced work environment and enjoys crafting complex web software solutions. The Senior Agile Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that our development team consistently delivers high-quality user stories while maintaining a clear and visible project status for all stakeholders. In this position, you will collaborate closely with the product owner to prioritize features and develop relevant metrics that track team progress. You will implement a trusted system to keep the status of tasks and milestones visible, ensuring transparency within the team and to external stakeholders. Additionally, you will work with the technical lead to translate business requirements into actionable software requirements, and engage with outside consultants on complex UI/UX issues, collaborating with graphic designers to create mockups and wireframes for simpler changes. Quality assurance is a key focus, and you will perform hands-on reviews to ensure deliverables meet our high standards while continuously improving our QA processes. You will facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, proactively resolving project, design, or resource issues to prevent schedule delays. Your leadership will help foster a culture of continuous improvement, empowering the team to adopt measurable best practices and methods.

Responsibilities

• Work with the product owner to prioritize features for the team so that the team delivers user stories at a consistent pace
• Develop relevant metrics that help the team see how they are progressing and provide management insight regarding the performance of the team
• Implement the use of a trusted system whereby the status of tasks, milestones and the project's status is always visible to the team and to other stakeholders
• Work closely with technical lead to break down business requirements and translate them into actionable software requirements for developers
• Work with outside consultants on complex UI/UX issues and work with graphic designers to create mockups/wireframes for simpler changes
• Perform hands-on reviews to ensure quality deliverables while improving the quality assurance process
• Facilitate daily standups, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives
• Resolve project, design or resource issues before they cause schedule delays
• Work closely with the team to develop a continuous improvement program that empowers the team through adoption of measurable best practices and methods

Requirements

• 3+ years of technical project management experience, managing complex software projects, and applying agile methodologies
• 5+ years in software development as a developer, team lead, and/or team manager
• 3+ years in User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX)
• 3+ years in QA testing, including expertise with automated testing tools and a solid understanding of the industry's best practices
• Detail oriented and possess exceptional organizational, time management, and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates ability to meet project deadlines while ensuring that software deliverables are of the highest quality
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to facilitate dynamic meetings and discussions
• Ability to lead and work with teams
• Working knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Solid understanding of UI/UX best practices
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Scrum Master
• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator
• Previous experience working with remote teams
• Previous experience with ecommerce websites

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Bonuses
• Paid holidays
• Vacation days
• Sick days
• Flex hours
• Work from home days