IT Project Manager (Scrum)

- Accountable for accomplishing the project objectives, responsible for the outcome (success or failure) of the project, managing to schedule, on budget, and scope expectations
- Validate the project benefits, scope, budget, schedule, acceptance criteria
- Arrange & facilitate project kick off
- Develop the project management approach needed for the project team applying nimble, AGILE PROCESSES as applicable given the type of project
- Assemble the project team resources including commitment on schedule, effort & involvement
- Establish the necessary communication plan, team[s] meetings, between all project teams, chairs the project meetings
- Outline the roles/responsibilities of different parties including customers, management, project team, vendors, and other stakeholders
- Oversee, iN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TECHNICAL LEAD, THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS OR USER STORIES IF NEEDED, DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL AND PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS, OR BACKLOG, AS APPLICABLE TO THE TYPE OF PROJECT
- Develops and manages an integrated project plan including the detailed activities, schedule, and resource requirements for all activities and milestones [and/or manages vendor provided project schedule] against targets for effort, schedule, scope & budget against targets
- Identify dependencies, constraints, issues and critical path
- Accountable for risk & issue management, resolution, escalation, and action reviews, facilitate decision-making discussions and alternative recommendations
- Prepares periodic projects' status reports
- Report to the appropriate Business leadership, including Leadership, raising issues that will/may impact the success of their project
- Coordinate business partner UAT and acceptance testing, vendor testing or depending on project size oversee with Test Manager
- Ensure completioninterest in variety
- Ability to work with and manage 3rd party vendors

HIGHLY DESIRABLE

- Ability to manage relationships with internal customers, to drive consensus among various internal stakeholders, including executive management and third parties
- Risk and issue management to all levels in the organization
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills
- High degree of business acumen
- Project Management Certification.
- Operational experience