• Location: New York NY
• Type: Contract
• Job #24250

Company Overview:
A public sector organization focused on providing retirement and related benefits to educators in New York City is seeking a Senior Project Manager Consultant. This role will support the modernization of their systems to enhance service delivery and operational efficiency.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for regular and timely delivery of the highest quality code; prepare and distribute progress reports to the Program Manager; manage development risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work, leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work, and mentoring and developing team members
• Oversee the development projects and ensure the quality of all sign-offs and milestones
• Work with Product Teams in facilitating and guiding the teams through agile practices and ceremonies, including backlog grooming sessions, sprint planning, daily stand-up meetings, sprint demos, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Guide teams in time estimating practices and facilitate team estimates
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with the highest levels of quality for the team
• Manage project conflicts, challenges, and dynamic business requirements to keep teams running on pace with planned cadences
• Work with the teams to resolve people problems and project roadblocks
• Lead team effort in continuous improvement to maintain the velocity and quality of the program
• Support Product Owner with intra-team dynamics with respect to priorities and scope
• Hold all team members accountable, ensuring that they are aware of and are delivering on their responsibilities
• Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a Technical field such as computer science or management information systems
• PMP certification
• Certified Scrum Master
• A proven track record of successfully implementing high-quality software development projects using Agile methodologies including 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing enterprise-level, complex projects with multi-function teams
• 2+ years as a Scrum Master in software development project, managing teams in a Scrum or similar methodology, with the ability to advise on industry best practices
• Solid understanding of software development life cycle models, as well as expert knowledge of Agile, SAFe, Kanban, and traditional project management principles and practices, and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams, including Developers, Testers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, Subject Matter Experts, and Organization Change Management Personnel
• Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
• 2+ years in a hands-on software application development or technical testing role
• Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with users, and develop solutions of high quality and business value
• Extensive experience managing Government, Pension or Financial Institution industry projects/industry knowledge a plus
• Solid experience working with Architecture teams to assess and size story/epics
• Experience with Mendix or other Low Code/No Code applications
• Strong interpersonal skills, including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools: Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint, and all Office Tools, Azure DevOps
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels, including the executive level
• Thrives in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Deep understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development

Compensation:
Pay Rate: $53 – $80/hr, DOE