IT Project Manager - onsite in Pittsburgh, PA

Consulting Solutions; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions is seeking a Project Manager with Agile delivery experience to guide complex initiatives in a fast-paced environment. You will partner with Agile crews on releases, maintain the project plan, and ensure governance and business value alignment.

You will manage risks, issues, and dependencies in Clarizen, coordinate with Quality Engineering and Technology partners, and communicate plans, timelines, and quality controls to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience required.
• Experience working with Agile crews and Agile delivery.
• Microsoft Office Suite.
• JIRA.
• Knowledge of SDLV.
• Technical PM Background.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Agile crews to deliver project releases and ensure alignment with release plans and business value.
• Maintain risks, issues, and dependencies within Clarizen and status reports.
• Develop and maintain relationships with execution teams and project stakeholders.
• Maintain Clarizen Projects (milestones, risks, releases, tasks).
• Apply project management methods and tools to meet project goals and governance.
• Coordinate with Quality Engineering to develop best testing practices.
• Ensure alignment of Epics/User Stories with release schedules and plans.
• Manage resources and budget hygiene; direct activities with internal liaisons.
• Maintain communications with PQA, PPMO, and Quality Management to ensure quality releases.

Skills

Agile experience

Microsoft Office Suite

JIRA

Knowledge of SDLV

Technical PM Background

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical fields such as computer science, computer engineering or related field

PMI or PMP certification preferred

Tools

Clarizen

Job description

• We are looking for a Project Manager that has experience working with Agile crews and Agile delivery.
• Has experience in making sure things go through change governance appropriately. Quality and Execution Project Manager
• Partners with the Agile Crew on delivery of project releases in coordination with defined business value/outcome strategy
• Leverage the defined stakeholder map to ensure that all communications are inclusive
• Responsible for providing input, and executing against, Project Plan
• Maintain risks, issues, and dependencies within Clarizen and offline Status Reports
• Develop and maintain relationships with execution teams as well as Project Stakeholders
• Maintain Clarizen Projects (critical milestones, risks, releases, project tasks, etc.)
• Applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques – both intrinsic knowledge as well as CMFP guided knowledge - to meet project goals
• Accountable for the orchestration, and completion, of artifacts in support of high-quality delivery of project releases
• Partner with Quality Engineering team to develop best-practices for engagement, and execution, of testing activities
• Partner with Technology partners to ensure that execution strategy, as well as delivery plans, are validated and in alignment with dependency/business value strategy
• Communication of test plan, timeline, and quality control.??
• Engage with agile crews to ensure that Epics and User Stories align appropriately to release schedule/plans
• Executes strategy and processes while also maintaining resource allocation and budget hygiene
• Partners with internal project liaisons to assign tasks, direct activities, and control activities surrounding project execution
• Maintains communications with PQA, PPMO, and Quality Management to ensure delivery of quality releases

MUST HAVE SKILLS: 3-5 years’ experience required

• Experience working with Agile crews and Agile delivery
• Microsoft Office Suite
• JIRA
• Knowledge of SDLV
• Technical PM Background

FLEX SKILLS:

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in technical fields such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required or equivalent work experience.
• PMI or PMP certification preferred.

Consulting Solutions and its family of companies is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at: requests@consultingsolutio