IT Agile Project Manager

Ethereum Technologies LLC; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ethereum Technologies LLC is seeking a motivated IT Technical Project Manager in Rockville, MD, with a hybrid work model. This role involves managing delivery, handling day-to-day project activities, and overseeing a team of developers and testers.

The successful candidate will require strong project management skills with a background in Agile methodologies, as well as excellent communication abilities to work with clients and federal stakeholders.

Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience in managing IT projects.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing customer-focused IT projects.
• 3+ years of experience developing and implementing project management plans.
• At least 5 years of experience as a project manager in a federal work environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery and handle day-to-day activities for IT projects.
• Collaborate and define project scope, roadmap and timelines with federal managers.
• Develop a project roadmap with priorities and adjust based on changes.
• Provide single point accountability for all contractual deliverables and communications.

Skills

Agile Scrum

Project management

Client communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, management information systems, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Client is seeking a highly motivated, flexible, organized, and detail-oriented IT Technical Project Manager to join our dynamic team at Rockville, MD (Hybrid Model). This person will be hands‑on; someone who can manage delivery and handle day‑to‑day activities along with managing a small team of developers and testers. This person has to come to office twice a week.

Must have a long track record of successful customer service and delivery for short to mid‑term multi‑year projects. The PM is responsible for supervising all personnel, managing senior‑level customer relationships, and overseeing delivery driving processes and quality improvement for specific products and initiatives. The role requires the ability to successfully juggle priorities in a fast‑paced environment. The successful candidate will thrive on the challenge and help the teams achieve delivery excellence.

Additionally, the Agile PM must be experienced in Agile Scrum or equivalent (SAFe is a plus) and able to implement best practices from past experiences. The role requires the ability to successfully juggle priorities in a fast‑paced environment with multiple concurrent work streams based on Agile and DevOps for high‑profile complex Federal projects and transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will thrive on the challenge and help the teams achieve a high degree of software development maturity.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work with federal managers and customers for defining scope, project roadmap and timelines, project execution and ensure delivery is according to the plan.
• Develop a roadmap with priorities and continuously review and adjust based on changes.
• Interface with stakeholders to discuss, prioritize and plan functional and technical enhancements.
• Provide single point accountability for all contractual deliverables and communications.
• Conduct root‑cause analysis, review RCA and lessons learned with customer.
• Facilitate agile scrum ceremonies for planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Strong self‑starter requiring minimal supervision.
• Maintain a good working relationship with client and stakeholders and work effectively and efficiently for project deliverables and business vision.
• Create weekly and monthly status reports outlining a summary of assigned tasks, status updates, and resource needs.
• Deliver projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning and iterating frequently.
• Able to define the roadmap for any given product and translate this into user stories.
• Lead the collaborative, dynamic planning process—prioritizing the work that needs to be done against the capacity and capability of the team.
• Interact with the client to understand the business value streams and overall project needs.
• Responsible for release schedule and aligning with master schedule(s).
• Manage scope creep by implementing a thorough change control process, maintaining the product backlog, continuous grooming.
• Create a risk register, management, and mitigation plans for the projects.
• Coordinate, develop, and update project management artifacts in accordance with project needs and direction.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage project elements, including but not limited to backlogs, schedules, milestones, budgets, risks, action items and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain strategic themes based on the client’s priorities, translate into program objectives, features.
• Perform frequent project status reviews (PSR) with the stakeholders.
• Gather metrics and reports status and communicate to management.
• Coordinate with other project teams, including but not limited to Development, Hosting, QA/Testing, Analytics.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration, management information systems, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience managing customer‑focused IT projects.
• 3+ years of experience developing and implementing project management plans.
• At least 5 years of experience as a project manager in a federal work environment will be a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent client‑facing and internal communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi‑tasking skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.