Strategic Program Manager: SDLC & Agile Delivery

US staffing Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

US staffing Inc. seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead complex initiatives across software and hardware systems. You will define deliverables, manage SDLC using waterfall and agile methodologies, and align objectives with stakeholders.

In this role you will mentor teams, drive schedules and budgets, develop communication plans, and provide executive-level status updates to ensure timely, top-performance delivery of programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required.
• PMP or PMI Agile certification or similar Agile/Scrum certification required.
• Experience managing concurrent initiatives and leading agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with stakeholders, managers and vendors for project delivery.
• Provide thought leadership for system implementations and IT processes.
• Define deliverables, create and monitor sprints, schedules and backlogs.
• Assist with internal communications and resource management as needed.
• Align project objectives with stakeholder goals.
• Lead teams through SDLC using waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Create project plans, resource plans and program metrics.
• Develop communication plans for status updates to stakeholders and executives.
• Identify dependencies and ensure the project schedule is followed.
• Communicate project status, risks and decisions to the customer portfolio.
• Prepare executive steering committee communications as needed.
• Direct and motivate team members to achieve top performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile / Scrum

Communication

MS Office Suite

Jira / Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CompSci, Business, Finance or related field

PMP or PMI Agile Certification Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or other Agile/ScrumMaster certification

Tools

MS Project

MS Visio

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Job description

US staffing Inc. seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead complex initiatives across software and hardware systems. You will define deliverables, manage SDLC using waterfall and agile methodologies, and align objectives with stakeholders.

In this role you will mentor teams, drive schedules and budgets, develop communication plans, and provide executive-level status updates to ensure timely, top-performance delivery of programs.