Agile Project Manager

About the role

The ideal candidate is confident leading meetings, holding teams accountable, driving decisions, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile delivery across multiple enterprise software products and applications.
• Manage product backlogs, sprint planning, release planning, and work tracking within Azure DevOps.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Cook up cross-functional teams including Product Management, Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, Professional Services, and business stakeholders.
• Track project milestones, action items, dependencies, and deliverables through completion.
• Identify, communicate, and proactively mitigate project risks and blockers before they impact delivery timelines.
• Drive accountability across project teams by assigning ownership, establishing deadlines, and following through on commitments.
• Provide regular project status updates and reporting to leadership through Azure DevOps dashboards and project metrics.
• Support the organization's transition toward Kanban methodologies while maintaining Agile best practices.
• Foster collaboration while keeping discussions focused, driving decisions, and ensuring forward progress across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Requirements

• 4–7+ years of Agile Project Management experience within enterprise software development environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including: Epics, Features, Product Backlog Items (PBIs), Bugs, Sprint Backlogs, Work Item Management.
• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies and managing Agile software delivery.
• A strong understanding of Agile methodologies; Scrum experience required.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams consisting of Product, Engineering, QA, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities while driving projects to successful completion.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kanban or a willingness to help support a team transitioning from Scrum to Kanban.
• Experience building Azure DevOps dashboards and project reporting.
• Background supporting enterprise software products delivered to external customers or internal implementation teams.
• Experience within Financial Services, Regulatory/Compliance, Tax, Healthcare, or other enterprise software environments.