About the Role

Agile Project Managers at Camber Creative are cross-functional leaders who work with project teams to deliver established product roadmaps and launch digital products that define great brands. Part scrum master, part business analyst, and team lead, the APM owns the product development lifecycle at the sprint level and works in a collaborative, agile fashion with other members of the project team. The Project Manager drives projects from the initial kickoff through large-scale product release to post-launch optimization through successful 4-week iterations of 2-week cycles.

During sprints, APMs function as the day-to-day contact and work with product managers aligning that vision to the business interests and goals of the customer with members of the project team.

A successful agile project manager will share our love for making great products and services and shipping them on time. To do this well, APMs will need an entrepreneurial spirit, an intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward action. Successful Agile Project Managers work collaboratively, communicate effectively, and drive consensus. He or she balances the team's needs to be successful and the overall quality outcome of each sprint with the client.

An Agile Project Manager's main goal is to plan and execute successful sprints and over-deliver in build cycle commitments. To ensure successful sprints, they plan, prioritize, and understand the bigger picture and the relevant details. As a result, this person proactively tackles risks to delivery, securing enough time and managing the project's velocity.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful delivery of project cycles and sprints 
• Using project dashboard metrics, ensure every team member is scheduled an appropriate amount of hours to complete assigned work
• Day-to-day management of sprint board, task status, follow-ups and proactive coordination with project team members
• Participate in backlog grooming, prioritizing enablers, improvements, and bugs with quality assurance engineers and other technical leads
• Coordinate the documentation of  technical approach tasks with the assistance of subject matter experts for clarity and comprehensiveness (including estimates)
• Document and present sprint plans to the product manager and internal team for approval, including weekly recorded updates about sprint progress and metrics 
• Accountable for effective risk mitigation, accurate planning, and excellent record-keeping and reporting of all project decisions, blockers, and delays
• High-quality planning and expectation-setting among directors leads, and stakeholders
• Continuously monitor product teams for on-time and on-budget delivery
• Maintain the highest standard of responsiveness, friendly and professional service to clients and team members
• Support other product efforts when needed and ensure the success of each client's engagement with Camber

Minimum Qualifications 

• 2-5 years of experience building and shipping applications or software at an enterprise agency level, leading the end-to-end project experience within a large-scale, ambiguous domain
• Experience representing work to executives, clearly and succinctly articulating the goals and concepts
• Demonstrated experience driving change within an organization and leading complex technical projects
• 2 years of Agile Project management experience 
• Maintain executive presence and excellent communication skills with the ability to tell a compelling story when communicating to Sr. Leadership and stakeholders
• Can easily delegate tasks, manage and divide workload fairly among the right team members doing the right things at the right time
• Proven change management skills that quickly adapt to a fast-paced environment that changes frequently and dynamically
• Self-driven individual who can easily engage stakeholders professionally from other departments, a master collaborator with a history of generating successful project outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to drive complex estimates that take one or more programs and projects into account and to effectively communicate risks and dependencies to executives and business partners
• Demonstrated ability to manage risk and budget issues on large-scale programs and projects
• Experience in delivering performance reviews and can deliver immediate feedback when required
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working in Agile delivery methodologies leverage points and velocity to manage budget and resourcing

About Camber

Camber is a fully-distributed digital product agency specializing in app design and development for iOS, Android, web, and IoT. Our expert team collaborates from across the United States and Canada to plan, prototype, build, and sustain digital products that not only delight and enrich the lives of users but also produce meaningful business results for our client collaborators.

Whether it's a B2C app, internal enterprise utility tool, B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, the next innovative wearable or IoT solution, or anything in between, we have the deep expertise and insight to be equally comfortable as a pilot, co-pilot, or navigator for our clients' next digital transformation.