Project Manager / Risk & Controls Specialist at Zillion Technologies Inc

***THIS ROLE IS NOT OPEN TO SPONSORED CANDIDATES AT THIS TIME!***

***THIS ROLE IS FOR A DIRECT CLIENT***

***CANDIDATES WITHIN 25 MILES FROM MCLEAN, VA ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY***

***THIS ROLE REQUIRES THE CANDIDATE TO BE ONSITE (HYBRID), 3 DAYS A WEEK***

Project Manager / Risk & Controls Specialist

Duration: 6 months. Opportunity for conversion or extension.

Location: Onsite (Hybrid) in McLean, VA on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Schedule: Standard

Years of experience: 7+

Must Have: SDLC with Waterfall and Agile, Agile Certificate, Financial Industry experience, Atlassian, ability to identify risk.

Preferred: Risk and Audit experience

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of demonstrated relevant experience in SDLC governance, agile and/or program management.
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Scrum Master (PMI-ACP) required.
• 5+ years of direct experience in one or more aspects of Information Technology (Software design/ development, IT Architecture, or other related IT areas).
• 5+ years of explicit experience as an Agile Scrum Master of an Agile delivery team, preferably in a variety of situations including a large enterprise, a scaled environment, and a matrixed organization.
• Effective facilitation skills.
• Effective coaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to thrive in a highly ambiguous, fast paced environment where priorities shift rapidly.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to determine solutions that help everyone win.
• Effective influence, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands-on Atlassian tool experience (Jira, Confluence) preferred.
• Ability to breakdown sophisticated technology concepts and present to senior leadership.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Hardworking and take pride in owning your work.
• Ability to understand and communicate well with a passion to get the job done.
• Open minded to embrace new processes, technologies, and culture.
• Ready to take on any kind of work to help drive things forward.
• Innovative in providing solutions.
• Comfortable navigating difficult conversations.