Project Manager

STAND 8 is a global leader providing end-to-end IT Solutions. We solve business problems through PEOPLE, PROCESS, and TECHNOLOGY and are looking for individuals to help us scale software projects designed to change the world!
The Project Manager holds accountability for the comprehensive guidance, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of designated projects, ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments, and objectives. This involves overseeing resources and harmonizing the efforts of team members, business stakeholders, and external contractors or consultants to achieve project goals as planned, within specified timelines, and budget constraints. Employing Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, or Hybrid methodologies, the Project Manager will oversee multiple projects with one or more project teams. They are tasked with the adoption and adaptation of project management methodologies based on the project context, selecting either predictive (plan-driven) or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches as appropriate. Additionally, the Project Manager will define project objectives and supervise quality control throughout its life cycle. They are also responsible for crafting and disseminating status reports to provide insight into the project's health.
Responsibilities

• Define, document and successfully complete of projects.
• Adopt and adapt project management methods and tools, selecting appropriately from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches.
• Ensure that effective project control, change control, risk management, design, development, and testing processes are maintained.
• Monitor and control resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget, and manage expectations of all project stakeholders.
• Align project objectives with company goals, and make sure project team is clear on objectives.
• Work with Solution Managers to staff initiatives with appropriate skill sets.
• Communicate project status, progress and issues effectively and appropriately, including periodic report creation and distribution.
• Drive vendor selection activities, using established RFP process.
• May be assigned Statement of Work (SOW) activities as appropriate.
• Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables the team to excel at Agile development.
• Manage sprint velocity-related metrics and goals.
• Run scrum ceremonies, e.g., daily huddles, backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint retrospectives to actively manage risks and external dependencies.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution while promoting joint accountability for results and problem solving.
• Assist Product Owners to shape the product road-map and vision.
• Work multiple projects simultaneously.

Requirements

• Professionalism/Personal Accountability, Collaboration and Teamwork, Communication, Flexible and Adapts to Change, Service to Customers and Clients
• Expertise in project management methodologies and techniques with proven teamwork and influential skills including Agile, Waterfall, Iterative, and Hybrid methodologies.
• Documented ability to contain project scope, and act as owner for all project outcomes.
• Practical experience in managing agile development projects.
• Experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Paired Programming and Automated Testing.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Persuasive, encouraging and motivating.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients and other departments.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Experience working in highly fast paced team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Experience implementing technology projects.
• Effectively participates in teams and moves the team toward completion of goals.
• Ability to effectively resolve conflicts.
• On-Call and/or after-hours work required
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Visio, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
• Experience with PPM and Agile tools such as Confluence, Clarity, Wrike, JIRA, Rally etc.,
• Basic Technical understanding of the digital platform, cloud applications, web services, server-side components and APIs

Qualifications

• BA or BS in Business, Project Management, Computer Science, or another business-related field
• 5 or more years of project management experience including at least 2 years working with Agile
• PMP Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certifications preferred

The US pay range for this contract position is $100-$113k base salary. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.