Senior Agile Project Manager

The Senior Agile Project Manager will lead large, complex, business critical initiatives encompassing technology and business work steams including vendors to support Business Unit and Corporate strategies. Accountable for the cost, scope and timeline of multiple work streams partnering with Sr. Leaders and Executives on the status of projects. The successful incumbent will leverage their experience and expertise to lead agile ceremonies, guiding the day-to-day activities for the project teams and building strong relationships to ensure outcomes meet key performance indicators and stated benefits.

What can you expect in this role?

The Senior Project Manager understands and is an expert in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Responsible for development of an Integrated Project/Sprint Plan and successful delivery of confirmed scope on time and on budget.
Effectively serve/engage leadership, Product Owners and Development Teams to assist in the delivery on their respective KPIs
Facilitate the Agile process, guide, and mentor teams, remove impediments/blockers or guide the team to remove impediments.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily stand ups, sprint retrospectives, sprint demos and release planning. Lead teams in estimation, sizing, and sprint roadmap exercise.
Coordinate project team/POD activities and expectations, including collaboration with all project stakeholders from other Economical areas, internal and external consultants, contractors, vendors, and external regulatory organizations
Identify, manage, and monitor risks, assumptions, blockers, impediments, constraints, and internal and cross-track dependencies
Lead team in using Agile techniques: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing.
Adopt established governance model, guiding principles, foundational processes, and procedures, to ensure consistent project delivery practices
Work with Finance and project sponsors to track delivery costs and determine benefits realization post implementation
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including, Architects, Designers, Developers, Business Analysts, Technical Testers as well as business and IT leadership
Collaborate with other Program Leads to ensure Portfolio level interdependencies are understood and managed. Coach teams to effectively build and sustain their own strong collaborative culture.

What do you bring to the role?

University Degree or College Diploma in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline; SAFe Agile, CSM, PMP designations are is an asset
5+ years of Project Management and Technical Delivery experience with an emphasis on governance, communication, risk management, financial management and stakeholder management
Experience leading teams using project management tools and techniques, both Agile and Milestone-based/Waterfall.
Ability to coach teams on the application of agile scrum delivery practices with experience in Agile approaches: Scrum, Kanban.
Able to confidently provide effective written and verbal updates on the product roadmap and key projects to senior leadership and stakeholders.
Experience working with or large system integrator or outsourced IT service providers is an asset
Responsible for development of an Integrated Project/Sprint Plan, JIRA roadmaps and successful delivery of confirmed scope on time and on budget.
Experience in the Property and Casualty Insurance industry and its related practices and processes is an asset
Experience with Jira/Confluence, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Project, or other resource management and tracking tools (e.g., Clarity)
A critical thinker, works well under pressure, and perform well in a fast-paced environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to influence and effectively negotiate with stakeholders

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