Project Manager / Scrum Master · Consultant

Atlas Search; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Atlas Search in New York is seeking a consultant to lead project and agile delivery for a technology group supporting core business programs. You will own plans, milestones, and resourcing across several initiatives while setting up sprints for multiple teams and coaching on agile ways of working.

You will groom backlogs with owners and business analysts, ensure clear acceptance criteria, and drive go-lives in collaboration with engineering and DevOps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience, with recent time at a financial services firm.
• Hands-on agile delivery experience: defining and running sprints and leading Scrum events.
• Strong grasp of the software development lifecycle, with QA and UAT experience.
• A track record of leading software go-lives in partnership with engineering or DevOps.

Responsabilités

• Own plans, milestones, timelines and resourcing across several initiatives running at the same time.
• Set up sprints for multiple teams and keep each team’s tickets organized and on track.
• Run stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, and coach teams on agile ways of working.
• Groom and rank the backlog with product owners and business analysts, so every story has well‑defined acceptance criteria.
• Act as the first stop for new requests from business users, setting up meetings and pulling in the right people.
• Take releases from QA and UAT through business sign‑off and go‑live, including cutover, readiness checks and post‑launch support, alongside engineering and DevOps.
• Track risks, dependencies and scope changes, elevate early, and give leadership clear status reports and executive presentations.
• Map the relationships between projects, systems and processes in diagrams, and keep release notes, process flows and requirements documentation current.

Connaissances

Agile delivery

Scrum events

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Business analysis

Description du poste

Our client, an investment management firm, is hiring a consultant to lead project and agile delivery for a technology group that supports several of its core business programs.

Responsibilities

• Own plans, milestones, timelines and resourcing across several initiatives running at the same time.
• Set up sprints for multiple teams and keep each team’s tickets organized and on track.
• Run stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, and coach teams on agile ways of working.
• Groom and rank the backlog with product owners and business analysts, so every story has well‑defined acceptance criteria.
• Act as the first stop for new requests from business users, setting up meetings and pulling in the right people.
• Take releases from QA and UAT through business sign‑off and go‑live, including cutover, readiness checks and post‑launch support, alongside engineering and DevOps.
• Track risks, dependencies and scope changes, elevate early, and give leadership clear status reports and executive presentations.
• Map the relationships between projects, systems and processes in diagrams, and keep release notes, process flows and requirements documentation current.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience, with recent time at a financial services firm.
• A background in private equity, asset management or other alternatives is a strong plus.
• Hands‑on agile delivery experience: defining and running sprints and leading Scrum events.
• Strong grasp of the software development lifecycle, with QA and UAT experience.
• A track record of leading software go‑lives in partnership with engineering or DevOps.
• Experience running several projects at once for one team, and building project and process diagrams.
• A business analyst background that led into project management.
• A clear communicator and presenter who is comfortable with both executives and end users.