IT Project Manager

Cirrus Aircraft; Alcoa (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Life & Disability Insurance

FSA/HSA

Well-being Program

401(k) Match

Paid PTO & Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Discounts & Partnerships

Community & Clubs

Job summary

Cirrus Aircraft is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead cross-functional teams and drive Agile/Scrum practices aligned with the IT strategic roadmap. You will partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to define scope, plan budgets, and deliver initiatives across the enterprise, while coaching teams to maximize value and continuous improvement.

The role requires 5–7 years of experience in agile leadership, a Bachelor's degree in IT/CS, and familiarity with Jira/Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Business or related field or equivalent
• 5–7 years leading teams using agile/hybrid agile/waterfall
• PM tools experience (Jira/Azure DevOps) preferred
• Understanding of SDLC and QA best practices

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams including internal resources and third parties to deliver initiatives
• Identify and manage risks, dependencies, and impediments across teams
• Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery
• Promote clear communication with stakeholders and maintain status dashboards
• Manage agile tools to support backlog, sprint workload, and test plans
• Coordinate post-release incidents and root-cause analyses
• Manage project resources and budgets in portfolio tool
• Prepare and communicate IT initiative portfolio status

Skills

Agile leadership

Cross-functional

Stakeholder management

Communication

Servant leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Overview

The IT Project Manager is responsible for leading and facilitating cross functional teams, ensuring alignment with standard project and Agile/Scrum practices, and owning project execution of initiatives in supporting the IT strategic roadmap. The Project Manager works with a Product Manager and other business stakeholders to determine scope and priorities, plan budget, manage expectations, regularly report project and team progress, and coordinate project delivery across the enterprise, utilizing the portfolio management methodology, framework, and governance. This role provides initiative/project status and conducts monthly steering team meetings to manage the project, implementation, and support. Provides servant leadership to an agile team by educating and coaching agile team members and stakeholders to maximize efficiencies, delivering incremental customer value, and embracing continuous improvement. This position will be part of the Information Technology team.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross functional teams including internal resources and third parties/vendors in daily stand-ups, iteration planning and reviews while monitoring the project delivery and team progress.
• Identify and manage risks, mitigate impediments, and negotiate dependencies within and across teams to assist team in meeting deliverable commitments.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and Technical team members to understand business problem, project deliverables and ensure work is delivered on schedule, within budget and meets target scope.
• Promote and maintain open and clear lines of communication with team members and stakeholders to ensure the team's success.
• Manage agile development tools to support product backlog, sprint workload, team capacity, and test plans.
• Manage post-release project incidents to resolution and conduct root cause/corrective action follow-up activities.
• Manage project resources and budgets with the portfolio management tool.
• Create, maintain, and communicate status document for inclusion in the IT initiative portfolio and dashboard(s).
• Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance
• Travel requirements estimated at 15%

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Business or related field of study or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 to 7 years' work experience leading teams using agile and hybrid agile/waterfall practices.
• Previous experience with agile project management tools such as Atlassian Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps preferred.
• Basic knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Embrace a growth mindset and Servant Leadership mentality
• Strong sense of ownership with regard to project leadership
• Understanding of business analysis best practices and ability to facilitate and document requirements.
• Understanding of quality assurance best practices, test plan development, and plan execution.
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgement, encourage collaboration and communicate effectively (written and verbal) across multiple levels in the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage competing work demands and multiple initiatives at the same time.

Preferred

• PMP and Agile/Scrum certifications preferred
• Preference for work experience in delivering enterprise solutions used by Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service. Such solutions include CRM, service and repair operations, organization websites and applications, and learning management systems.
• Preference for experience in delivering enterprise solutions used by manufacturing and product engineering. Such solutions include BOM tracker, MES (Solumina iSeries, PLM(Windchill.)

Our Benefits: Cirrus provides a range of exciting benefits, including:

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, vision, dental, with additional dependent coverage options
• Employer-Paid Coverages: Group term life, short- and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts:FSA and HSA offerings with company contributions to HSA
• Well-being:Calm Health, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness incentives through medical provider
• 401(k) Plan: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 5% after 90 days, with 100% vesting at 1 year of service
• PTO: Various PTO plans starting at 100 hours accrued within the first year
• Additional Time off Benefits: Paid holidays, 2 weeks of Paid Parental leave, paid time for funeral leave and jury duty
• Career Development: Tuition reimbursement program and professional growth opportunities
• Exclusive Discounts: Cirrus Store, partner and marketplace discounts available
• Community & Engagement: Company and employee clubs at various locations

These benefits are designed to support your well-being, growth, and enjoyment at Cirrus!

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