Job Description:

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· Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex applications, ensuring adherence to project timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and other stakeholders, to define project scope, requirements, and deliverables.

· Develop project plans, including work breakdown structures, dependencies, and overall work plans for project delivery in collaboration with business, technical, and project stakeholders.

· Collaborate with Program Management to identify cross program interdependencies impacting the project.

· Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers that may impact project success, and proactively develop mitigation strategies.

· Maintain a Risk, Action, Issue and Decision (RAID) log, and ensure the project team and external owners for items are progressing through their action items.

· Manage open items to closure.

· Drive effective communication and collaboration among team members, stakeholders, and senior leadership, providing regular project updates and status reports, including presentations.

· Foster a culture of continuous improvement, implementing best practices, processes, and tools to optimize project management and delivery.

· Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and security requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Job Description

· A minimum 8 years of experience in software development

· At least 8 years of experience in either a Project or Program Management role or a combination of the roles.

· At least 4 years of experience leading projects through Agile methodologies, operating in a Scrum Master role, when necessary, to decompose high-level project requirements into actionable Features, Epics, and Stories for delivery by the project team.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

· A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science, engineering, product management/design or related field

· Extensive experience leading solution delivery teams in a matrixed environment with aggressive delivery goals, inclusive of strong scope, schedule, budget, vendor, risk/issue, and project planning and management. Proven facilitation and problem management

· Experience using Azure DevOps, JIRA or other Agile tools strongly desired.

· Strong grasp or quick learner of web-based, mobile, and mobile responsive application software development technologies

· Experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager with strong focus and prioritization of end-user needs, user experience, and business delivery value.

· Ability to communicate to and create clear presentations for executives and business stakeholders.

· PMP, Agile or Scrum, or Product Management certification(s) (i.e. PMI ACP, Scrum Alliance SCP) strongly desired.