Overview

Are you a leader? Energetic? Ever worked as part of a program that is Agile? Are you interested in being an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence?

Steampunk is seeking a Project Manager who is creative and is a hands-on expert with delivering innovative technology solutions.

Responsibilities will include team leadership for the complete life cycle of solution development and delivery, providing Agile Project Management support and Scrum Master support for Agile teams, coordinating with product owners and stakeholders on prioritizing the backlog, creating release schedules and roadmaps based on assessment recommendations, and establishing technical practices and release management standards that align with the customer's process. This individual will also ensure the team is following, and effective at, Agile scrum processes as well as driving high client satisfaction.

Contributions

As a Project Manager , you will be leading the project tasking and delivery in a government client consulting environment. You will be a client liaison, team coach, and mentor.

You will also:

• Manage and maintain successful/results-oriented relationships with the client, as well as identify and pursue new opportunities with existing client.

• Develop and drive high-level strategic initiatives, manage remote project delivery team, and possess the ability to facilitate technical discussions to troubleshoot project implementation issues.

• Assess the current organization and delivery environment and recommend optimal Agile practices tailored to the client.

• Provide the Agile Scrum Master support. Attend Agile ceremonies and provide input as needed.

• Remove blockers to ensure project success.

• Coach the Product Owner and team on backlog refinement and prioritization.

• Handle challenging client situations and offer technical and business guidance and direction to client executives.

• Lead and manage staff, monitor staff performance.

• Evaluate project feasibility, eliminate non-productive tasking, and find creative ways to ensure project delivery and if feasible accelerate delivery.

• Assist staff with training needs to create skills expansion and career advancement opportunities.

Qualifications

Required:

• Authorized to work for any U.S. employee and ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of total experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

• 8+ years managing IT projects using agile methodologies and approaches

• 5+ year experience with Scrum/Kanban Methodologies

• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence

• Flexibility to work with teams, individuals, and executives and willingness to help with a wide variety of work products and people

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Experience working in a complex engineering environment with prior experience as a technical project manager

• Experience working in a studio / human centered design approach

Preferred:

• PMP or PMI CAPM preferred

• Certified Scrum Master

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $175,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date 15 hours ago (10/25/2024 11:07 AM)

Job ID 5760

Clearance Requirement Public Trust