Agile Project Management Consultant
Position Description:
Supporting small to large projects
Providing stakeholder management, work-plan management, and status reporting
Demonstrating leadership qualities, as well as customer interface/relationship skills
Providing direction to other resources, estimating work accurately, and assessing the impact of issues on cost and schedule
Responsible for performance, cost, scope, schedule, quality, and appropriate business measurements for the project
Working with client to identify business requirements and subsequently leads a team in the initiating, planning, controlling, executing, and closing tasks of a project to produce the solution deliverable
Encourage an atmosphere of trust, openness and communication and an attitude based on working together and shared objectives
Effectively manage initiatives and drive deliverables to completion
Effectively manage own time and work priorities
Ability to manage component(s) of complex initiatives/change
Ability to manage status and keeps stakeholders apprised; identifies, assesses and resolves issues when possible
Leverages the skills of team to meet defined business objectives
Education and Experience:
B.S. or equivalent experience in Information Technology or related field.
7 years project management experience
2 years of Agile delivery methodology experience including hands on experience with Agile tooling suite (i.e. Jira and Confluence, Rally, Agile Central, Agile Manager)
Required Skills and Competencies:
Hybrid Agile
Ability to work across agile and waterfall efforts with experience managing program increment planning
Experience creating a program board
Experience with integrated work plan creation, tracking, financial reconciliation, budget management, status reports, executive level summaries, issues risks, etc.
Familiar with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
In-depth Agile knowledge around specific agile ceremonies
PMP Certified
Scrum Master Certified
Client-facing experience
Desired Skills
Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Desire to work in an information systems environment
Skilled in effectively working with personnel and managers with divergent educational and cultural backgrounds.
Ability to use consensus building, negotiation, coalition building, and conflict resolution techniques sufficient to establish and maintain effective communication channels with multiple stakeholders and teams.
Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Excellent leadership and management skills
Centricity seeks highly-experienced professionals who can quickly adapt to our clients’ dynamic environments. Centricity employs passionate and dedicated multidisciplinary professionals with expertise spanning the realm of IT and management consulting services. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume & availability to careers@centricity-us.com.