Jira Platform Lead — Agile PM & Governance

Princeton IT Services, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton IT Services, Inc. in New York, NY seeks an experienced Atlassian Project Manager Jira Platform Lead to oversee enterprise Jira governance and drive Agile delivery across the organization.

You will administer, configure, and optimize Jira for scalability, security, and alignment with PM standards, plus develop portfolio dashboards and KPIs for executive leadership. Strong Jira administration and Agile expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience leading Agile projects and delivery teams.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Atlassian Jira Administration.
• Expertise in Jira workflows, permissions, custom fields, screens, issue types, and project configuration.
• Experience creating enterprise dashboards, portfolio reporting, and KPI metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Jira platform governance, administration, and best practices.
• Manage Jira configuration, workflows, permissions, custom fields, issue types, and project templates.
• Establish and maintain Jira standards, governance policies, and platform documentation.
• Develop and maintain portfolio dashboards, reports, and executive-level project metrics.
• Monitor project health, milestones, risks, resource utilization, and delivery performance.
• Support Agile project planning, execution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders, project managers, Scrum teams, and technical administrators.
• Drive adoption of Agile methodologies and Jira best practices across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to improve Jira processes, workflows, and reporting capabilities.
• Ensure platform scalability, security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Skills

Project management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Scrum & Kanban

Education

Atlassian Jira Administrator certification

PMP/PMI-ACP/CSM certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jira Service Management

Job description

Princeton IT Services, Inc. in New York, NY seeks an experienced Atlassian Project Manager Jira Platform Lead to oversee enterprise Jira governance and drive Agile delivery across the organization.

You will administer, configure, and optimize Jira for scalability, security, and alignment with PM standards, plus develop portfolio dashboards and KPIs for executive leadership. Strong Jira administration and Agile expertise are essential.