Project Manager - IS3 Solutions

You will be working within the Data Intelligence group supporting multiple large data projects that support data-driven decision-making for the leadership team. 

Project Manager Role Responsibilities
• Responsible for managing one or more highly complex or enterprise-wide domain(s) consisting of multiple projects
• 5 to 7 years Project Management experience in an Agile environment
• Analyzes data and synthesizes information into meaningful reports that helps drive milestones
• Ensures integration of projects and adjusts project scope and timing as needed, based on the needs of the business
• Communicates with Senior leadership and business stakeholders on project strategy, direction and changes
• Responsible for delivering all projects contained in the IT project portfolio on time and meeting the strategic and business requirements
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and recommending adjustments to Project Managers
• Organizes and facilitates Agile ceremonies (planning, grooming, review, retrospective and daily standups)
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to plans and schedules, identify delivery risks, and obtain/drive mitigation strategies and solutions
• Coordinate across multiple engineering/development teams as needed
• Serve as a conduit between the business and engineering to ensure requirements and design considerations are incorporated to improve deployment and sustainability of projects
• Bachelors or master's degree in computer science, Business Administration, or other related field—or equivalent work experience
• CSM (Scrum Master Certification) is preferred.
• Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of Project Management methodologies and tools (Jira is a "must have", experience with Confluence or other tools is preferred). 
• Outstanding organizational, communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills conducive to team development; able to work well in cross-functional teams
• Experienced Scrum Master who will exhibit agile leadership and a deep understanding of what it means to conduct oneself as a servant leader
• Escalates risks and issues for roadblocks
• Analyzes risks and cross-functional requirements (overall)
• Defines development processes and SLAs
• Ensures that the team delivers high-quality products to end users, within the agreed-upon time-to-market deadlines
• Guides the Domain Lead's team in writing user stories, capturing customer feedback and participating in product demos
• Guides the Developers in writing tickets including granularity, story pointing, t-shirt sizing, and JIRA implementation
• Supports and educates the Team to best align with the Agile processes where implemented
• Manages and maintains collaboration and data repository tools (Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, etc.)
• Experience working on Big Data, Machine Learning, or Artificial Intelligence projects is preferred.



Day to Day Responsibilities
• Daily Stand-Up - Daily updates from the team. Update Product board on a daily basis based on development activities. Use the user stories to build the product board and create traceability to all active tasks
• Grooming - Backlog refinement sessions ( "definition of ready” by adding key contextual information and acceptance criteria)
• Ownership of the product board including target dates and task assignments
• Updates weekly status reports for each project they manage
• Create and update product backlog for each of their projects
• Updates release calendar when release date is announced/scheduled within the product/scrum team
• Update release notes upon confirming the release scope add a placeholder if you don't have one yet).
• Schedule and facilitate agile ceremonies for all of your projects.
• Schedule and/or facilitate Domain Intake Meetings and maintain Domain Intake meeting agenda and meeting minutes.