Technical Program & Project Management Specialist #1064717

FastTek Global; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

FastTek Global seeks a Technical Program & Project Management Specialist to plan and oversee technology deployment initiatives, including enterprise applications, SAAS, and infrastructure upgrades. The role may include Scrum Master or Agile Coach responsibilities to promote scrum values and lean practices.

You will drive cross-functional collaboration, manage delivery across multiple teams and vendors, and provide clear status reporting with metrics.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in IT with 3+ years in Program Management
• Experience leading technology projects and agile practices
• Experience with Jira and enterprise applications

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans and define scope, goals and deliverables for enterprise technology programs
• Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement with IT teams and vendors
• Facilitate development by coordinating internal teams and external providers
• Communicate status updates to stakeholders with quantitative metrics
• Ensure objectives, deliverables, timelines, budgets and resources are met
• Provide insightful analysis and reporting for presentations and reviews
• Identify risks and implement risk mitigation plans to ensure timely completion
• Guide technology strategy and implementation roadmaps with development teams
• Apply Agile/Waterfall and other SDLC frameworks to guide execution

Skills

Program Management

Cyber Security

Application Testing

Jira

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Dearborn, Michigan Technical Program & Project Management Specialist #1064717

Position Description

Employees in this job function plan and oversees the execution of projects and/or programs that are focused on technology implementation or upgrade of technology applications capabilities and solutions (e.g., enterprise applications, SAAS, internal infrastructure, networking, data centers, labs, etc.). They could also act as Scrum Masters or Agile Coaches to ensure team lives by the values and practices of scrum by embracing Agile/scrum/Kanban/Lean principles

Key Responsibilities

• Develop project plans, define the project/program scope, goals and deliverables for areas of technology application development and implementation for the enterprise
• Drive problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives by collaborating with IT teams, technology vendors, etc.
• Facilitate the development effort by creating and monitoring an efficient, streamlined process between the internal teams and external technology providers
• Effectively communicate status updates to all stakeholders across multiple organizations/ teams, with reinforcing quantitative measurements
• Ensure project and program objectives, deliverables and results are completed within the agreed scope, timeline, budget and allocated resources
• Provide accurate and insightful analysis and reporting, presenting the data in a clear format for presentations and reviews
• Identify risks and create risk mitigation plans to ensure timely completion of the projects/programs
• Manage technology product goals and forecasts. Collaborate with technical development team(s) to translate the long-term objectives into actionable technology strategy and an implementation roadmap
• Guide execution by applying standard frameworks and development lifecycle methodologies like agile, waterfall etc.

Skills Required

• Program Manage PM's & Projects, Cyber Security, Application Testing, Jira

Skills Preferred

• Product Management

Experience Required

• Specialist Exp: 6 years in IT; 3 years in Program Mgmt., Expert in Proj Mgr

Experience Preferred

• TPM/Agile Project Management Archer Tooling Service Now Experience working with AI

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree Hybrid 4 days a week onsite

Education Preferred

• Master's Degree

Additional Information

• Managing agile ceremonies and cadences (sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, stand-ups) using for a technical tooling team supporting multiple global stakeholder groups
• Standing up new agile/iteration cadences as team structure, scope, or stakeholder needs evolve
• Building and maintaining reporting out of Jira and other tools (e.g., ALM, X-Ray]) to track velocity, throughput, capacity, and delivery risk
• Defining and tracking team health and delivery metrics (velocity, cycle time, sprint predictability, defect escape rate) to drive continuous improvement
• Producing and delivering management-level status updates, including risks, scope changes, and escalations
• Identifying and driving removal of obstacles/blockers impacting the team's ability to deliver
• Balancing and t-shirt sizing workload across technical staff to ensure sustainable, realistic capacity planning
• Ensuring requirements are well written to meet the needs of the stakeholders
• Coordinating testing, QA, and UAT activities across the SDLC in partnership with engineering and business stakeholders
• Partnering closely with GRC platform, data analytics, and various cyber, compliance, risk, and business teams to solve problems and deliver enterprise value
• Ensuring quality of project deliverables and managing scope across a large, complex, multi-stakeholder iteration
• Building strong stakeholder relationships to ensure requirements are understood and issues resolved efficiently
• Supporting vendor coordination and integration efforts where applicable

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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