JOB OVERVIEW: This position will lead, develop, and land key business programs and will support our clients in successful delivery of their technology initiatives. This role requires an experienced thought leader who is resourceful, innovative with a demonstrated knowledge in strategy, communication, sales, and delivery. As part of a high performing group, this position will achieve significant impact to the business with high visibility.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead strategic programs, aligned with organizational and company priorities, to drive growth and delivery enablement.
• Partner with clients to define project scope, objectives and approach to support business objectives in an efficient yet consensus building fashion.
• Identify risks and quality standards.
• Develop communication plans and project parameters.
• Perform cross group collaboration with stakeholders from various teams to drive development and implementation of initiatives.
• Ensure that internal stakeholders are informed of project progress in weekly status reports.
• Responsible for process of project completion from beginning to end.
• Collaborate with vendors and internal teams to develop and maintain integrated project schedules.
• Schedule, organize, and lead meetings to promote collaboration and consensus on requirements, timelines, milestones, etc.
• Oversee vendors ensuring quality deliverables are provided on schedule and within budget. • Maintain, and produce when necessary, all project documentation, including meeting agendas, minutes, implementation plans, requirements, issues/risks logs, budgets, status reports, presentations.
• Surface and escalate issues and risks to delivery manager, project teams and client; identify and provide clear steps for mitigation.
• Partner with clients and vendors leading multiple Scrum, Kanban teams and Agile ceremonies.
• Partner with Product Owner in collecting, managing, and prioritizing product backlog and manage stakeholder expectation.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and cross-functional teams.
• Serve as liaison between vendors and internal architecture and technical teams.
• Manages contract deliverables and processing.
JOB REQUIREMENT:
- 3+ years of Interactive/Application Development Project Management experience.
- 1-3 years experience with Agile/Scrum methodology.
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner for web application
- Ability to prioritize, manage, and deliver multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Confident written and verbal communication skills across all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to manage and develop relationships with vendors, internal teams and clients.
- Experience with creating and maintaining a master project plan across various external vendors and internal stakeholder groups.
- Familiarity with the operational integrity of technological services and implementation action plans necessary for achieving set targets.
- Strong interpersonal, proactive problem-solving, and client relationship management skills.
- Ability to work with little supervision and quickly adapt to changes in priorities.
- Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence
- Bachelor’s Degree Required.
- Consulting (or similar) experience managing projects in matrixed, geographically distributed organizations preferred
- Scrum Master and/or Product Owner Certification preferred
- Product Owner certifications (CPO) is a plus
- Digital asset management experience is a plus