Remote Agile Project Manager

MediaNews Group; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical

Dental

Life and disability insurance

401k

Paid time off

Select paid holidays

Zusammenfassung

MediaNews Group seeks a Project Manager to oversee agile product development, coach a Scrum team, and balance scope, schedule, and cost. This remote role requires residency in OH and other listed states. You’ll manage planning, delivery, risks, and stakeholder communications across programs.

The role emphasizes SDLC alignment, cross-functional coordination, and continuous improvement, with strong focus on agile ceremonies and governance within a media/digital context.

Qualifikationen

• 2+ years of project management experience.
• PMP or CSM certification preferred.
• Experience in digital media preferred.
• Remote role; reside in CO, FL, IL, MA, MN, OH, OK, PA, or TX.

Aufgaben

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall SDLC practices to initiatives from idea to launch and beyond, aligning with SDLC standards and company strategy.
• 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, measures of success, quality measures, risks, mitigation plans, issues, dependencies, schedules, and change control strategy.
• Report progress, risks, and issues to management and stakeholders; track risks, risk mitigation, known issues, change requests, and change impact; resolve blockers.
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, all agile ceremonies, and the project management community of practice.
• Lead by facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies.
• Enforce the priorities of the work with the product owner, business owner, and stakeholders; obtain sign-off on key deliverables.
• Conduct post-project reviews, lessons-learned discussions, and retrospectives.
• Draft and create project archives and process improvement plans based on lessons learned; add documentation to repository for future projects.
• Project management platform familiarity (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.).
• Web technology platform knowledge preferred.
• Experience in digital media strongly preferred.
• Agile project management training and at least 2 years of experience.
• Previous project management experience.
• PMP or CSM certification preferred.

Kenntnisse

Agile

Scrum

Leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Jira

Trello

Asana

Jobbeschreibung

MediaNews Group seeks a Project Manager to oversee agile product development, coach a Scrum team, and balance scope, schedule, and cost. This remote role requires residency in OH and other listed states. You’ll manage planning, delivery, risks, and stakeholder communications across programs.

The role emphasizes SDLC alignment, cross-functional coordination, and continuous improvement, with strong focus on agile ceremonies and governance within a media/digital context.