Senior Agile Project Manager

Effective Project Management is critical to supporting Payzer's fast paced product development and is a key role in the Technology group. Reporting to the CTO you will help support the processes behind the design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of Payzer's product line.

As a Senior Agile Project Manager you will:

• Work with a cross-functional team to drive initiatives from inception to delivery
• Manage, refine and evangelize our Agile Delivery process
• Work in close collaboration with the Office of Product Management to facilitate grooming of the backlog and planning work into deliverable components.
• Enable predictability by monitoring productivity, managing team capacity and feeding that back into the planning phase
• Maintain and present current status report of the projects, archiving previous reports
• Monitor the Work in Progress (WiP) and facilitate the removal of impediments
• Provide retrospective insights by analyzing historical data available and present it for reference of senior officials and the team members on the project
• Conduct training sessions for the team members and explain to them using the agile methods being leveraged

Requirements

Demonstrated expertise in:

• Understanding of SDLC models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices with the ability to find the right blend to fit a project and business environment
• A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies including 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams. PMP preferred
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 5-10 team members including Engineers, Analysts, Product Managers and QA Personnel
• Balanced business/technical background

To be successful in this role, you should be:

• A team player
• Great at problem solving
• An effective written and oral communicator
• Detail and process oriented
• Able to excel in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Capable of multitasking and context switching

Qualifications:

• Experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
• Utilized a variety of Agile Project Management tools tools such as Jira, Confluence and Basecamp
• SaaS Experience Preferred
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and technology individuals at all levels including the executive level

Benefits

• Fair market compensation based on your experience and background.
• Medical insurance: Choice of 2 plans, both are 100% employer paid plans
• Dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance options
• 401(k) plan
• FSA and HSA Accounts