Technical Project Manager

At Apiture, our mission is to empower financial institutions to know and serve their clients with the care of a traditional community institution at the scale, speed, and efficiency required in today’s digital world. With more than 300 clients throughout the U.S., we deliver comprehensive online and mobile solutions that support banks and credit unions, ranging from small community financial institutions to new, innovative direct banks 

Summary:

Apiture has a need for an energetic communicator to lead and manage software development projects as a Technical Project Manager. You will ensure software development projects are completed to specification, within an established time frame and budget. You will also work as a central point of contact between development, product, and support teams.

Location (Wilmington, NC, Austin, TX, Remote):

We have offices in Wilmington, NC and Austin, TX and while some positions need to be office based, we will consider remote candidates depending on their time zone.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multi discipline projects to ensure adherence to schedule and scope.
• Proactively monitor project risks and provide regular updates and mitigation strategies to stakeholders.
• Serves as Scrum Master for multiple software development teams, bridging the gap between product and engineering.
• Employs working knowledge of agile methodologies, techniques, and frameworks.
• Refine JIRA workflows and processes to streamline efficiencies.
• Focus on incremental delivery and understanding of Agile, Design and DevOps principles.
• Forecast and construct metrics that can be presented to leadership team.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to reduce waste and increase productivity; coach organization to conduct continuous improvement events.
• Develop and conduct scrum training for new team members and stakeholders.

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree in a technical/business field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).
• 2+ years of industry experience in Project Management OR Scrum.

Preferences:

• Certifications within Project Management or Scrum.
• Outstanding management, follow-through, resourcefulness, and attention to detail.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with working in software development environment centered around Online Banking.
• Aha! Experience.