Agile Project Manager - Hybrid

Genesis10; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K

Commuter Benefits

Career opportunities

Job summary

Genesis10 is seeking an Agile Project Manager for a hybrid role in Warren, NJ. This 6-month contract requires coordinating 2-3 agile teams, working with developers, product stakeholders, and providing program-level reporting.

Hybrid work arrangement includes 3 onsite days per week. The ideal candidate will have hands-on leadership in data analytics or modernization, SAFe experience, and strong communication skills to drive backlog, planning, and timely delivery across multiple teams and

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience as Scrum Master/Agile Project Manager.
• Experience with Scaled Agile (SAFe).
• Proven leadership of data analytics or modernization projects.
• Experience managing onshore and offshore teams.
• Proficient with JIRA and project status reporting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders across teams.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and drive story completion.
• Manage backlog, prioritization, sizing, and progress tracking.
• Lead releases and product delivery planning.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure project transparency and on-time delivery.

Skills

Agile leadership

Scrum Master

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team coordination

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Genesis10 is currently seeking an Agile Project Manager - Hybrid position with a Major Insurance Company located in Warren, NJ. This is a 6 month contract opportunity. This role is for an Agile Project Manager/Scrum Master with experience leading agile teams to support the Data organization. The Agile PM will be responsible for 2-3 agile teams working closely with development teams, product stakeholders and providing project level reporting for Program Management. The position requires a hybrid work arrangement with 3 days onsite per week.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure development teams are practicing Agile principles, promote continuous improvement and a collaborative team environment to increase productivity
• Manage the backlog and ensure it is properly prioritized, sized and track work progress
• Manage small to large scale project through sprints/iterations and assist the BSA/Product Owner in breaking down the project into stories
• Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies (backlog grooming, planning meetings, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, demos) and drive stories completion
• Determine and remove all obstacles that may interfere with the teams' ability to deliver assigned goals
• Ensure that the stories are delivered with high quality and on time and will also be responsible for release planning and product delivery
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks and dependencies; present and manage changes to project structure, scope and delivery timeframes
• Ensure the overall success of the project by being accountable for all aspects of the project and lifecycle providing overall project transparency
• Ability to work with a diverse team with both technical and non-technical backgrounds

Requirements

• Proven hands-on leadership experience working in Data Analytics, Data modernization or Application Developmen is required
• Work experience in Scaled Agile (SAFe)
• 5 years' experience as a Scrum Master/Agile Project Manager
• Experience managing combination of offshore and onshore teams
• Experience with JIRA is required
• Demonstrated team leadership and project management expertise
• Prior experience with managing project budgets and stakeholder status reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build and maintain business relationships with employees, business partners and vendors
• Comfortable hosting meetings to various audiences, (engineers, management, or C level positions)
• Comfortable voicing suggestions on project direction and approach
• Self-starter that requires little direction
• Excellent organizational skills: ability to prioritize multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

Desired skills

• Experience in the insurance industry is a plus

Pay range: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.