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Mindteck · 1 month ago

Project Manager III-

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

Mindteck is a company that values great relationships and a talented workforce. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager to facilitate scrum ceremonies, manage project scope, and ensure effective communication and reporting within Agile teams.

Information Technology

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for facilitating all the scrum ceremonial meetings like the Daily Scrum, Sprint planning, Sprint Demo/Review & retrospectives

Helps the Product Owner and Scrum team create & maintain a healthy product backlog and helps the team in continuously managing & prioritizing the backlog

Helps the team plan sprints based on team capacity, remove impediments that may hinder progress and continuously monitor sprint progress and assist the team in meeting the Sprint commitments

Track team(s) velocity and publish metrics like velocity charts, sprint burn up/down charts and release burn up/down charts

Create, setup and maintain the Scrum/Kanban JIRA/ADS boards for the team and ensure all work is tracked and updated regularly on the board

Manage the overall scope of the project and negotiate with the PO/business on priority and what can be accomplished by the team

Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions

Build out a sprint calendar, release plan(s) and manage the overall timeline & delivery of the project

Review project team allocations, project related POs/invoices & manage the project financials

Identify, track, manage, escalate and report on risks and issues

Create & publish weekly Clarity project status reports & host Steering Committee meetings

Negotiates and aligns the expectations with the capacity/ commitment and the team deliverables

Keeps the RTE/ Program Manager and Portfolio lead informed of the milestones/ deliverables of the team

Escalates as needed to remove impediments for the team

Establish an environment for the team to thrive and bring out the best in them

Motivate the team and build positive, lasting relationships with the team and other stakeholders

Coach the team on Agile best practices and help the team continually improve by using retrospective meetings as learning and adjust/improve based on the findings/recommendations

Accountable to follow ADUSA IT Agile processes for delivery of commitments

Provides feedback into the improvement of Agile practice

Knowledge in Waterfall is required as well

Experience and understanding of Infrastructure is desired

Qualification

Agile LeadershipScrum FacilitationJIRA ManagementProject Financial ManagementRisk ManagementCoachingTeam MotivationContinuous ImprovementWaterfall KnowledgeInfrastructure UnderstandingCommunication

Required