Lead Project Manager (contract)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of strategic programs and projects using Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Facilitate delivery across multiple product teams, ensuring alignment to business objectives, roadmap commitments, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, issue resolution, and defect management across complex initiatives.
• Establish transparency through delivery metrics, executive reporting, status updates, and outcome-based measures.
• Partner with Product Owners and Product Managers to support backlog prioritization, roadmap delivery, and value realization.
• Manage program governance, stakeholder communications, and executive reporting.
• Utilize Jira and Agile delivery tools to track progress, manage work intake, monitor team performance, and report on delivery outcomes.
• Collaborate with senior-level stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and successful project execution.

Agile Coaching & Transformation

• Serve as an Agile Coach for delivery teams, product teams, and business partners.
• Coach leaders and teams on Agile principles, Scrum, Kanban, Lean practices, and product operating models.
• Lead Agile transformation initiatives and support organizational adoption of Agile ways of working.
• Facilitate Agile maturity assessments and develop improvement plans that increase team effectiveness, collaboration, and delivery predictability.
• Guide teams through Agile ceremonies including:Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Quarterly Planning Events.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, collaboration, and customer-centric delivery.
• Mentor Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts, and team members on Agile best practices.
• Partner closely with Change Management teams to support organizational readiness, communication, and adoption efforts.

Product Delivery & Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Product Owners to align delivery plans with strategic product objectives.
• Cook up cross-functional teams across Operations, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and external vendor partners.
• Resolve organizational impediments and facilitate decision-making through effective stakeholder engagement.
• Support change readiness and adoption activities associated with new products, processes, and capabilities.
• Ensure delivery teams maintain compliance with enterprise governance, risk, and control requirements.
• Build strong relationships with executive stakeholders, providing clear communication regarding project progress, risks, dependencies, and outcomes.