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ID #21580338
State Missouri
City Kansas city
Job type Permanent
Salary USD TBD TBD
Source Genesis10
Showed 2021-10-23
Date 2021-10-22
Deadline 2021-12-20
Category Et cetera
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Agile Project Manager Senior

Missouri, Kansas city, 64101 Kansas city USA

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Genesis10 is currently looking for an Agile Project Manager for a client in Kansas City MO for a 6-9 month project to perm role. Must be able to work on site. As a part of the nation's central Client, the Client supports a stable financial system. We work across diverse communities throughout our region and nation to foster understanding in our economy, the payments system, and financial institutions for people from all walks of life. Together, we serve the public and each other in an innovative environment that values the highest ethical standards. Here you'll find support to develop, united in a clear and common purpose with a diverse team.

About the Role: The Application Delivery Services department of the Client is seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to join our team. This is a highly challenging role focused on collaborating with various business stakeholders and team members to deliver agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users. As the Agile Project manager, you will be expected to abandon the old command and control approach and put more focus on collaboration, agility, and adaptability. You will be expected to facilitate program level processes and execution, drive continuous improvement, complete regular reporting and status updates, manage budget, govern risks and escalate impediments while also acting as a full time chief scrum master for an agile team. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong communication skills and a high level of knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with Agile processes and behaviors to fit large, complex projects. Comprehension and experience with scaling frameworks like SAFe are beneficial. This PMO supports multiple diverse teams and some shorter duration projects that follow various methodologies or team structures allowing you to frequently challenge yourself in fast paced and diverse teams. Come work for a great team focused on delivering business value through agile practices and behaviors.

Key Activities:
  • Collaborates with stakeholders to analyze business opportunities and problems.
  • Develops project proposal justifications or lean business cases, which include proposed solutions, strategic rationale, cost/benefit analyses, success measures, broad implications, milestones, critical success factors, initial risk assessments, and alternatives considered.
  • Develops project charter to further define how the project will be structured based upon approved direction.
  • Defines how project will be managed and establishes overarching project management plan, including appropriate gates and associated reviews.
  • Creates various artifacts such as resource plans, project schedules, work breakdown structures, release/iteration plans, communication plans, risk management plans, issues logs, action and decision logs, etc.
  • Work in partnership with team members to create an environment of collaboration and continuous improvement while also delivering on business value.
  • Guides the project team in prioritizing work based upon knowledge of customer requirements, project schedule, and various dependencies.
  • Facilitate intake and own work execution of technology-based project team members with inputs from customer, IT leadership, Release Train Engineers, Product Owners, Product Managers and other stakeholders
  • Facilitate agile/scrum ceremonies such as PI ceremonies, sprint ceremonies, scrum of scrums, summits and working sessions.
  • Work with the team to identify and implement corrective action plans (mitigation strategies, alternative approaches, etc.) to meet scope, time, and cost constraints.
  • Clear impediments for the team and communicate risks, issues, and organizational impediments to leadership.
  • Manages project to scope and leads project teams through all project phases.
  • Apply agile frameworks and best practices like SAFe, Scrum and Kanban to manage Projects/assignments
  • Provide communication and reporting to stakeholders on current health, areas for support and plans for improvement.
  • Manage project portfolio, including pipeline of initiatives from concept through disposition and communicates initiative and portfolio status.
  • Own and/or support presentation & narrative (story telling) of technical concepts, recommendations, alternatives to a diverse set of stakeholders.
  • Ensures cross-project dependencies are identified to establish priorities in project completion.
  • Ensures adherence to National Information Technology; Enterprise Program Management Standard; Project Assurance Function; Fiscal Service project management; and/or local project management principles and processes. May assist with the development and support of local Project Management Office policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
  • Typically requires at least 6 years of relevant experience. Bachelor's degree specializing in computer science, project management, business administration, or information technology from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) and/or other related certifications preferred.
  • Senior understanding of subject. Has in-depth and/or breadth of knowledge in discipline. Performs work independently with limited supervision and direction. Serves as a resource for less experienced staff.
  • Incumbent must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless the Client grants an accommodation based on a medical condition

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply ASAP! Genesis10 has been providing staffing services since 1999 and is recognized by Gartner as a Top IT Staffing firm in the U.S. and by Staffing Industry Analysts as an organization that "stands out for its sizeable operation, impressive achievements and as an industry leader in today's competitive and dynamic ecosystem. Whether you are looking for contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent positions, let's connect today! Benefits of working with Genesis10: • Medical, Dental, HSA, 401k, etc are available. • Bi-weekly payroll. • Established consultant re-marketing program that provides meaningful and challenging on-going opportunities. • Delivery Director for employee success and support. • $1500 referral program with the opportunity to earn additional income.

About Genesis10: Genesis10 is a Professional Technology Services Firm providing Staffing, Workforce Optimization and Domestic Outsourcing Solutions. If you are a high performing business or IT professional with solid, referenced experience, we want to meet you. Genesis10 recruiters and delivery professionals are highly accomplished career advocates, who get to know you beyond your resume to position you with the opportunities that fit your skills, experience and aspirations. We have benefit options to fit your needs and a support staff that works with you from placement throughout your engagement - project after project. To learn more about Genesis10 and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at www.genesis10.com "Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V"

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