Remote Agile Delivery Lead — Project Management

MediaNews Group; Oklahoma; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

MediaNews Group is seeking a Project Manager to guide agile product development, coach an agile team, and balance scope, schedule, and cost. You will keep stakeholders informed and ensure the process is followed across projects in a remote role.

The position emphasizes servant leadership, risk management, and collaboration with PMO, product owners, and executives in a large media organization.

Qualifications

• Agile project management training and at least 2 years of experience.
• Previous project management experience.
• PMP or CSM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall methodologies to initiatives from idea to launch and beyond.
• Lead all aspects of the project including planning, execution, timely delivery, functionality, quality, issue tracking, and communication.
• Maintain accountability for project delivery to the PMO, business owner, and stakeholders.
• Create initial project planning documentation including assumptions/constraints, success measures, quality measures, risks, mitigation plans, issues, dependencies, schedules, and change control strategy.
• Report progress, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders; track risks and blockers; resolve blockers to completion.
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, and all agile ceremonies; participate in the project management community of practice.
• Lead by facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies.
• Enforce work priorities with input from product owner and stakeholders; obtain sign-off on key deliverables.
• Conduct post-project reviews and retrospectives; draft and archive project documentation.

Skills

Agile project management

Jira

Trello

Asana

Stakeholder communication

Education

PMP or CSM certification

Tools

Jira

Trello

Asana

Job description

MediaNews Group is seeking a Project Manager to guide agile product development, coach an agile team, and balance scope, schedule, and cost. You will keep stakeholders informed and ensure the process is followed across projects in a remote role.

The position emphasizes servant leadership, risk management, and collaboration with PMO, product owners, and executives in a large media organization.