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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailJob Title: Sr Project/Program Manager
Location: Paramus NJ
Duration: 6 months
Description:
Requirements:
PRIMARY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Lead and manage parallel projects through the full project lifecycle
2. Facilitate the transition from waterfall to Agile practices providing training coaching and mentorship to the application teams.
3. Develop and maintain project plans schedules risk registers and other project artifacts.
4. Define project scopes goals and deliverables that support business strategy in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
5. Manage project scope timelines budgets and resource allocation across multiple projects.
6. Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning daily standups retrospectives and demos.
7. Identify and resolve project risks issues and dependencies escalating as necessary.
8. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including business stakeholders developers and other functions to align priorities and ensure
project success.
9. Continuously improve project management practices and processes to enhance efficiency.
10. Manage project interdependencies and implement or make recommendations on mitigation options to upper management
11. Proactively manage changes in project/program scope identify potential crises and prepare contingency plans.
12. Determine and assess the need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitment in collaboration with senior
management.
13. Develop and deliver progress reports proposals requirements documentation and presentations.
14. Coach mentor motivate and supervise project team members and contractors and influence them to take positive action and
accountability for their assigned work.
15. Organize project post mortems and create a recommendations report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements to pay
attention to for future projects
16. Coach/mentor team members on Project Management skills
Education / Experience / Background
Bachelors degree or equivalent required
Minimum of 7 years of experience in IT project management
Proven experience successfully leading and managing parallel complex IT projects
Experience in working both independently and in a teamoriented collaborative environment is essential
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Strong experience in managing onshore and offshore teams
Strong background in Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban etc.)
Expertise in facilitating Agile transformations and driving cultural change.
Strong understanding of project management methodologies and best practices
Strong leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience in digital transformation projects
Proficient in project management tools and techniques (ex: Jira Confluence Smartsheet).
Excellent leadership communication listening and interpersonal skills
Strong problemsolving and decisionmaking abilities
Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently
Persuasive encouraging and motivating
Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and userfriendly language
Proven analytical and creative problemsolving abilities
Experience in leading contract project teams
Experience in digital transformation project
Required Certification / Licenses / Training
Certification in project management (e.g. PMP PMIACP) is a plus.
Scrum Master certification
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT
Local Position (Paramus NJ) with remote work allowed up to 3 days a week.
Time flexibility required
Full Time