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Job Description

Looking for senior project manager/scrum master with marketing and data analytics experience for an initial six month contract with possible extensions or conversion to a permanent employee of our client.

Candidates should have project experience with enterprise data platforms and migrating to the cloud.

The preference is for the candidate to work a hybrid schedule spending some time onsite in southern Maine to collaborate with coworkers and some time working remotely.

We have an immediate need for an IT Sr Project Manager with a focus on Marketing and Data Analytics related domains. The primary responsibility of this role will be Project Manager / Scrum Master for implementation and build of our Enterprise Data Platform a cloud-based data and analytics environment. The IS Sr Project Manager works under minimal supervision to plan, direct and coordinate activities of large, long-term, inter-departmental infrastructure or development project(s) to ensure goals and objectives of the project(s) are accomplished within prescribed timeframe and budgetary parameters.

This is initially a remote position with the opportunity to collaborate with the team in-person at our headquarters in southern Maine. Candidates must have recent, real-world agile project management experience. The initial contract is 6 months with the possibility of an extension based on performance.

Responsibilities:

Communication and Presentation

- Keeps stakeholders, including management, informed of progress to goal; negotiate adjustments to the schedule and resources to ensure overall quality of completed project

- Functions as central point for all project communications

- Leverages most effective means of communication based on situation/urgency

- Develops and delivers presentation content to drive understanding and alignment across Team and Project Sponsors (Governance structure)

Establishes Effective Project Governance

- Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Sponsor role that is executed at the appropriate level of the organization

- Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Steering Group that is the Sponsor while representing cross-functional perspective with common project goals

- Identifies and facilitates acquiring a Stakeholder Group that represents and can influence project direction and deliverables

Vendor Management

- Collaborates to develop a positive relationship between client and vendor(s) to ensure successful project deliverables.

- Negotiates contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements with vendors and monitors project deliverables. Transitions vendor contracts to internal support owner to ensure understanding and compliance with service level agreements.

- Tracks and maintains vendor deliverable costs

Risk Management

- Identifies & analyzes project risks to determine highest potential risk exposure that should be proactively managed

- Identifies & focuses resolution of issues and risks using appropriate levels of escalation considering impact to scope, schedule, budget or quality.

Project Detail and Schedules

- Develops a project work breakdown structure

- Develops and manages a project schedule/timeline using approved Project Management tools (Clarity, Jira, Sharepoint, etc.)

- Develops, monitors, and manages the project staffing plan and resource allocations approved by resource managers

- Determines Resource Assignments with task estimates (ETC's)

- Use negotiation skills to balance completing work with resources needed to achieve project success

Skills & Qualifications:

Strong hands-on project management & Scrum Master skills - at least 5 years of experience managing complex IT efforts.

Management of large teams with members working in multiple locations.

Experience structuring work into various workstreams within a large project and managing multiple IT projects concurrently.

Strong applied use of PM & Scrum tools/techniques (planning, risk management, budgeting, cost control, assessment, software/SaaS acquisition/RFP, develop & management of Jira board, Scrum ceremonies, etc.).

Experience with vendor contracts and vendor management.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written), English-language skills, facilitation skills, etc. and ability to represent work at all levels of the organization (up to Executive levels).

Excellent people skills developing strong relationships, building a trusting team environment, and ability to listen & translate into actionable plans.

Experience with the following is desired, but not mandatory:

Cloud Data Platforms in support of Marketing, Customer Analytics & Personalization in an omni-channel retail environment.

WorkOtter, Jira, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint.

Understand business process transformation and change management practices.


Required Skills : Scrum Master,Project Management
Additional Skills : Project Manager,Project Manager

Employment Type

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