Project Manager Lead

Position: Project Manager Lead IS

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

The IS Project Manager Lead role comprises managing medium to large scale strategic IT projects as part of a multi-year IT transformation program aligned to organizational goals and strategy. The role encompasses understanding the Agile processes, partnering with Product Owner, and business leadership/project teams. It requires working with vendors/clients and keeping the team focused by shielding/managing distractions to help deliver quality projects on-time and on budget.

This role will support the organization’s goals by bringing positive change, suggesting innovative, practical solutions to problems, and managing projects across domains (technical/business).

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support to project team by managing project scheduling, RAID management, change management, and status reporting
• Project duties include requirements gathering, guiding internal customers through the project life cycle, and supporting go-live and post-implementation support
• Create and maintain project documents in various capacities and regularly conduct internal and external project reviews to work to improve processes
• Manage/coordinate agile ceremonies with the Product Owners and concerned business partners and coach individuals in Agile processes and tools
• Help teams to clarify goals and activities to be on-track, ensure the correct use of agile process, and monitor/eliminate team conflicts
• Understand a given business case, analyzes the results of any feasibility studies, and assists management with the core definition of a given project
• Works with Quality Assurance to assure results of deliverables meet accuracy standards and facilitates User Acceptance Testing
• Build relationships of trust across functions and organizations; communicate goals, timelines, and deliverables effectively across team
• Recommend improvements to established business processes while continuing to deliver high value in execution and tracking impact
• Refine and adjust tactics to best suit the organization and its project success.
• Assist peers and others in traditional and agile project management activities
• Other duties as defined by management, including RFI and RFP development and evaluation; vendor and partner management

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Related Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or a related IT discipline preferred
• 8+ years of relevant experience managing and delivering large scale projects with minimum 4 years in an Agile and SAFe environment required
• PMP Certification is strongly preferred and SAFe certification would be desirable
• Insurance and healthcare industry knowledge is recommended
• Must be proficient with Agile Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Microsoft Azure Dev Ops and Jira) as well as with presentation tools (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), etc.
• Excellent knowledge of Agile and Scrum with proven experience coaching, mentoring and coaching junior Agile practitioners
• Experience participating in and facilitating discussions to discover solutions, capturing and transforming business and technology requirements
• Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with demonstrated experience exercising mature judgment in delicate situations
• Demonstrated relationship management skills at the senior level with the capacity to quickly build and maintain credible relationships at varying levels of the organization
• Should have leadership experience with the ability to earn trust while challenging the team to improve and operate outside its comfort zone
• Strong verbal and written communication skills along with excellent analytical and reasoning skills
• Ability to be collaborative with individuals from diverse disciplines to optimize results
• Experience implementing best practices and standards related to Agile scrum development & testing practices
• Ability to manage challenging tasks and projects involving emerging technologies and methodologies.
• Work in hybrid working environment with flexibility to work onsite/remote as necessary is required

Ability to Travel:

Up to 10%

The expected hiring range for this position is $ - $ annually for work performed in…