Remote Agile Project Manager (Scrum & SDLC)

MediaNews Group; Oklahoma; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; 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 teams through product development, balancing scope, schedule, and cost while communicating status to stakeholders. You will lead scrum activities, coordinate SDLC adherence, and serve as a servant leader across the organization.

The role is remote with residency requirements in select US states; you will collaborate with PMO and business owners to ensure on-time delivery and risk mitigation within a larger program context.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Apply agile and occasional waterfall methodologies and SDLC practices 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 with 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 project stakeholders; track risks, risk mitigation, known issues, change requests, and change impact in writing; resolve blockers to completion.
• Contribute to quarterly planning, Scrum of Scrums, all other agile ceremonies, and the project management community of practice.
• Lead by facilitation using standard scrum and scaled agile methodologies.
• Enforce priorities of work with product owner, business owner, and stakeholders; obtain product manager and client 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 project documentation to repository for future projects.
• Project management platform familiarity (Jira, Trello, Asana, etc.).

Skills

Agile project management

PMP/CSM

Digital media experience

Web tech knowledge

Previous project management experience

Job description

MediaNews Group is seeking a Project Manager to guide agile teams through product development, balancing scope, schedule, and cost while communicating status to stakeholders. You will lead scrum activities, coordinate SDLC adherence, and serve as a servant leader across the organization.

The role is remote with residency requirements in select US states; you will collaborate with PMO and business owners to ensure on-time delivery and risk mitigation within a larger program context.