Job summary:

Job description:

** in person interviews** Initial PO for 12 months; usually projects with this customer goes for 3+ years ***w2 or 1099 or c2c***Hybrid*** Need copy of CSM/PSM/PMP certificates

Description:

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager with a strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies to play a key lead role in the delivery of a large enterprise software solution. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in organizing teams to deliver technical solutions, experience leading a team of project managers, organizing multi years programs with multiple releases, strong communication skills, and vendor coordination. You will be responsible for ensuring the State technical responsibilities are met in a timely fashion and

provide Agile coaching to create self sustaining Agile teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross functional teams through the full project lifecycle, ensuring delivery of alltechnical aspects of software  focused projects on time, within scope and budget.
• Provide guidance and support to a team of project managers supporting a largeenterprise software implementation that is led by a Vendor, but the Department hastechnical responsibility for activities such as data conversion support, data cleansing,legacy system retirement, DevSecOps, security, infrastructure, and integration.
• Promote Agile best practices, act as a change agent to foster an Agile culture and helpteams improve their Agile maturity and performance.
• Facilitate all Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, stand ups, reviews, andretrospectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to integrate an ExternalInformation System
• with on prem or external systems.Maintain and track progress in Azure DevOps Boards (or similar tools such as Jira,
• GitLab, etc.) to manage user stories, bugs, epics, and releases.
• Coordinate and manage relationships with third party vendors, ensuring contractualobligations and SLAs are met.
• Assist teams on mapping technical and architectural dependencies, especially related tocloud, security, and infrastructure services.
• Develop, maintain and execute risk management plans.
• Responsible for ensuring policies and security practices are integrated into projectplanning and execution.
• Support organizational change management (OCM) efforts by communicating effectively
• with stakeholders, managing resistance, and preparing users for technology changes.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation including charters,
• schedules, RACI matrices, and postmortem reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a relatedfield.
• Minimum of 10 years of project management experience, with at least 3 years inAgile/Scrum environments.
• Proven experience managing large enterprise software implementations is required..
• Experience building teams, defining effective organization structures, andorganizing work to complete a scope of work is required.
• Large consulting firm experience is preferred.
• Experience managing external vendors, including performance tracking and issueresolution.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and drive alignment across technical and non-technical
• stakeholders.

Work Environment & Tools:

• Azure DevOps, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office.
• Hybrid work model, predominantly remote.

Required Skills

• Minimum of 10 years of project management experience, with at least 3 years in Agile/Scrum environments
• Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) required.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps, Jira, or equivalent project tracking tools.
• Proven experience managing large enterprise software implementations is required and experience building teams, defining effective organization structures, and organizing work to complete a scope of work is required.

Preferred Skills

• SAFe certification or PMP
• Experience working in government, public sector, or regulated environments
• Experience with compliance and regulatory standards such as NIST and FedRAMP
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.

Contact the recruiter working on this position:

The recruiter working on this position is Chinmayee Patro(Raghu Team)
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 6979490
His/her contact email is chunlipatro@msysinc.com

Our recruiters will be more than happy to help you to get this contract.