Responsibilities
- Create cross-functional plans that include scope definition, schedules, stakeholder identification, resourcing, communication plans and risk analysis
- Lead effective team/scrum meetings to facilitate progress, manage the critical path, and identify and communicate risks and mitigation plans
- Facilitate regular status meetings to report progress to stakeholders and executives
- Demonstrate strong business and software systems knowledge and apply that knowledge to support business initiatives
- Provide leadership and valuable insight into planning, prioritization, risk management and decision-making
- Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, while facilitating project scope and associated timelines
- Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to ensure smooth release planning, quality assurance, and production readiness
- Experience coordinating with QA/UAT teams and understanding test planning, automation strategies, and defect triaging
- Align project execution with business strategy and OKRs to deliver measurable outcomes
Knowledge and Experience
- 5+ Years’ Technology Project Management experience in a software development environment
- Proven success managing multiple, concurrent projects and ensuring development efforts remain on task relative to business priorities
- Experience managing projects using iterative software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, etc.) and demonstrated ability to drive ongoing process improvement
- Experience identifying, managing, and communicating project and technology risks and mitigation strategies
- Strong communication, time management, and problem-solving skills
- Experience with release management processes and coordinating deployments
- Experience managing projects leveraging web technologies such as JavaScript, Java and SDLC tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and ServiceNow
- Familiarity with collaboration and productivity tools like JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Teams or Slack and Microsoft Office suite
Additional consideration for those that have the following:
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and deployment tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
- Understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and microservices architecture
- Knowledge of API management and versioning in the delivery cycle
- Experience with internal and/or external audit engagements is a plus
Applicants should ensure their CVs clearly describe by engagement or project:
- The nature and business purpose of the solution delivered
- The deliverables they were personally responsible for
- The extent of interaction with project stakeholders
