Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Allentown, PA

Mode: Fulltime

Is remote option available during COVID :- Yes

Job Responsibilities:

• Creates an effective project management approach that fits best in planning and managing the work, which may use the Agile Framework, a more traditional technique, or a hybrid model.
• Uses traditional project management practices such as big up front planning (kick off sessions), project plans, status reports, critical path milestones, schedule compression, weekly meetings
• Creates project implementation plans which includes scope, cost, schedule and team members
• Provide vendor support to teams, working with Supply Chain through SOW and RFP Process
• Vendor Management
• Working with the Project Coordinator, supporting onboarding process
• Promote Agile Principles and adoption of Scrum/ Kanban, when applicable

Provides Resource Planning

• May work with project lead to develop resource strategy and assist in mobilizing and building team structure
• May support escalations related on onboarding activities of staff aug/ vendor system integrators
• Identifies, escalates, and follows through on any impediments team cannot solve and promotes independent resolution by team
• Promotes transparency of issues & risks
• Sets up and Maintain project artifacts
• Examples may include, but not limited to based on approach used, Azure DevOps, WIKI, Microsoft TEAMS, project plan, risk register, dependency tracker
• Working with Project Coordinator and Product Leadership Team
• Supports definition and creation of initiative scope and estimating
• Supports capital and resource forecast, including cost and budget
• Supports Business Case and PCR's submission to adhere to IT governance process

Working with Tech Lead and/or Product Leadership Team

• Supports and coordinates completion of key processes including, but not limited to: SOX 5059/5040 forms, NTAP, Security Compliance Assessment
• Supports and coordinates GO/NO GO Management calls and deployment activities (including change management readiness)
• Ensures action items from critical project/ initiative meetings are captured (example include, but not limited to vendor meetings, etc.)
• Notifies IT Governance on ER status (in service date/closeout, etc.)
• Creates a collaborative and constructive environment which allows the team to work effectively and encouraging a high level of engagement and trust between the team members

Promote Agile Principles

• Supports transparency, inspection, and adaptation and promotes continuous delivery of highest value features and frequent feedback loops
• When used, facilitates Agile ceremonies to ensure full team engagement
• Enables a culture of metric ecosystem to support continuous improvement

For example: Release Burn Up, defect tracking

• Supports product team's accountability to roadmap deliverables, including visibility of interdependencies
• Supports the team in achieving in the vision and strategic goals by providing value added data and metrics
• Ensures high degree of quality in product delivery
• Demonstrates domain knowledge of product delivery and scope of work