Project Manager
WPS - Educational and Psychological Assessments · Torrance, CA · 2 mo ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end project delivery across hybrid Waterfall and Agile portfolios, driving scope, schedule, risk, and outcomes from initiation through close.
- Champion Agile with conviction: facilitate sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives that are focused, efficient, and consistently move the work forward.
- Partner closely with Product Owners, R&D, UX/UI Designers, Developers, and QA Engineers to deliver digital solutions that are technically sound and user meaningful.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear project plans, resource models, and deliverable roadmaps that align teams and enable decisive action.
- Anticipate risk before it becomes disruption, build mitigation strategies, surface dependencies early, and communicate with transparency at every level.
- Generate actionable project insights and deliver concise, decision-quality status updates to stakeholders across all organizational levels.
- Flex delivery approaches based on project complexity, team composition, and organizational maturity, bringing the right methodology to the right moment.
- Embed user-centric thinking into every phase of delivery through Design Thinking, MVP principles, and continuous customer feedback loops.
Key Qualifications
- 5+ years of project management experience with a proven track record of delivering digital initiatives across both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field; PMP and/or Agile certifications (CSM, PMI-ACP) strongly preferred.
- Waterfall experience with complex projects that span over phases.
- Hands-on Scrum leadership experience, you have facilitated backlog refinement, run retrospectives, and helped teams continuously raise their performance.
- Proficiency in Agile and project management tools: Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, and Miro.
- Solid understanding of digital delivery lifecycles: mobile app development, responsive web design, e-commerce platforms, and SaaS solutions.
- Experience with Scaled Agile Frameworks and managing cross-team dependencies in a multi-squad environment.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to translate complex technical concepts into clear business language and vice versa, without losing the audience.
- Prominent ability to manage stakeholders at all levels with professionalism, empathy, and a steady presence under pressure.
- Proven ability to understand Agile metrics: Velocity, Burndown Charts, Cumulative Flow Diagrams, and team health indicators.