Agile Project Manager

 

Description:

** Looking for candidates local to Connecticut who are able to be onsite in Bloomfield 2-3 times a week. Must be eligible to work in the US. Hourly rate is $55-60 W2. Must have experience with PI planning. **

 

Summary:

 

Customer Data Platform (CDP) Project Manager driving the strategic, tactical and operational delivery planning and execution for the multi-year high visibility work across Company and external suppliers for a large-scale, complex program.

 

Customer Data Platform (CDP) Project Manager will be responsible for managing large sized, multi-functional projects to delivery.

 

Oversight for driving scope, schedule, and resources to deliver the required capabilities on time, while appropriately ensuring the business is ready and risks are mitigated.

 

This individual must demonstrate strong project management behaviors, such as: management of key stakeholders, collaboration with business partners, and the ability to monitor progress against goals, timely escalation, and mitigation of barriers to success.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

 

Strategically plan and manage the product roadmap as well as the release plan.

 

Lead and oversee strategic, operational, and tactical initiatives, aligning key considerations around timing, scope, deliverables, program cadence, and measures of success/key performance indicators.

 

Validate that the stories accomplish the feature level definition of done.

 

Drive continuous improvement using the Enterprise Agile Metrics and maintain data integrity through all tools (Jira, Align, Reports)

 

Align priorities across customers, business partners, subject matter and user experience experts.

 

Ability to maintain working agreements with cross functional teams.

 

Continuously evaluate intake process for your team.

 

Partners with other core members of the leadership team to identify key gaps, interdependencies, and resourcing needed to be successful.

 

Manage and prioritize product backlog items across multiple delivery objectives.

 

Oversees the collaboration with business unit partners and technical partners to enable functional teams to drive comprehensive and thoughtful tactical plans.

 

Ensure that the business value remains the focus and validate that the stories accomplish the feature level definition of done.

 

Manage user stories that meet the team’s definition of ready and are easily moved from the backlog to Ready to Work

 

Coordinate and complete release activities including release notes, communications, user documentation, and reporting.

 

Qualifications/Functional Competencies:

 

5+ years of project management experience leading large cross functional initiatives.

 

Healthcare experience is required.

 

Process-oriented with quality mindset, strong organization, and planning skills

 

Demonstrated effectiveness operating in a highly matrixed organization.

 

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

 

Proven track record of delivering results and monitoring deliverables.

 

Strong collaboration & relationship building skills.