Technical Project Manager

Calance; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Calance is seeking an IT Infrastructure Delivery Lead to guide a portfolio of AWS infrastructure projects. This role requires strong Agile/Waterfall project and portfolio management, with expert reporting and executive communication.

You will translate technical details into dashboards and reports for leadership, coordinating across teams in a fast-paced, on-site Tysons environment. You will lead planning, intake, and governance, building dashboards and metrics, and ensuring successful delivery

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT experience.
• 3+ years as Scrum Master.
• 5+ years delivering technical projects.
• 5+ years as Program/Portfolio Manager.
• 3+ years in Portfolio/Program management.
• High level of Agile methodologies expertise.
• Expertise in Agile and Waterfall project management.
• Experience in developing and tracking metrics.
• Experience in generating reports.
• Experience building and managing dashboards.
• Good understanding of technical platforms and systems.
• Proven ability to work with technical teams and resources.

Responsibilities

• Work intake
• Requirements gathering
• Scope assessment
• Planning
• Grooming
• Task tracking
• Dependency and risk management
• Resource coordination
• Building and managing dashboards
• Tracking and reporting metrics
• Executive communication
• Representing the team in cross-team forums
• Other functions required in a technical agile team

Skills

Scrum Master

Waterfall PM

Portfolio management

Agile methodologies

Reporting

Dashboards

Metrics

Technical collaboration

JIRA

Confluence

Excel advanced

MS Project

Teams

PowerPoint

Visio

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Excel macros/pivot

SharePoint

MS Office

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Teams

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

This is a multi-faceted role serving as an IT Infrastructure Delivery Lead for a component team delivering AWS infrastructure solutions. This is an agile scrum team that will have multiple projects on the portfolio at a given time. This position requires a strong candidate with considerable experience in project management (both Agile and Waterfall) as well as program/portfolio management. The role involves a significant amount of reporting and executive communication. Expertise in JIRA, Confluence, Advanced Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Teams, Powerpoint, and Visio are a must. The candidate must bring the experience and knowledge of portfolio management to be able to setup, manage and drive the delivery of the portfolio independently. The role requires excellent communication and leadership skills. As part of a technical team, this resource needs to be technical and able to translate technical information into reports and executive communication. Infrastructure experience is a plus. Candidate must meet all the requirements below and be able to demonstrate generating reports and building dashboards in the interview. They may be asked to bring a sample of their work. This is an onsite position at Tysons 5 days/week.

Responsibilities

• Work intake
• Requirements gathering
• Scope assessment
• Planning
• Grooming
• Task tracking
• Dependency and risk management
• Resource coordination
• Building and managing dashboards
• Tracking and reporting metrics
• Executive communication
• Representing the team in cross-team forums
• Other functions required in a technical agile team

Required Skills

• At least 7 years of IT experience
• At least 3 years experience as a Scrum Master
• At least 5 years experience as a Waterfall Project Manager
• At least 5 years experience delivering technical projects
• At least 3 years experience as a Program/Portfolio Manager
• High-level of expertise in Agile methodologies
• Expertise in Project Management - Agile and Waterfall
• Experience and expertise in developing and tracking metrics
• Expertise in building and managing dashboards
• Experience and expertise in generating reports
• Good understanding of technical platforms and systems
• Proven ability to work with technical teams and resources

Must have experience and expertise using the following tools:

• JIRA
• Confluence
• Advanced MS-Excel skills including macros and pivot tables
• SharePoint
• MS-Office suite of tools
• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Teams
• Powerpoint
• Visio
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills