Sr Project Manager- Agile Delivery

Position Summary

The Project Manager leads complex, cross‑functional initiatives that advance Risk and Finance Town’s business and technology objectives. The role drives planning, execution, governance, and stakeholder alignment while applying agile delivery practices and operating with significant autonomy.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership & Delivery: Lead cross‑functional projects from initiation through deployment, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. Oversee multidisciplinary teams and integrate business, technology, and vendor workstreams to achieve successful outcomes.
• Strategic Planning & Scope Definition: Collaborate with project sponsors and business leaders to define goals, success metrics, and deliverables. Develop detailed plans, manage milestones and dependencies, and anticipate organizational impacts, including change‑management needs.
• Scrum Master & Agile Delivery: Support agile or hybrid initiatives by facilitating core ceremonies, coaching teams on agile principles, clearing impediments, and partnering with Product Owners to maintain a prioritized backlog. Track and communicate performance using key agile metrics and promote transparency and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder & Communication Management: Build strong relationships across technology, operations, risk, product, and business teams. Provide timely, accurate, and executive-ready status reporting across all initiatives. Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and summaries that communicate progress, risks, issues, and decision needs to senior leadership. Ensure consistent reporting cadences and promote transparency across teams.
• Risk, Issue & Dependency Management: Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and interdependencies early. Lead resolution efforts, communicate impacts, and ensure consistent application of risk‑management practices across teams.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Expertise in project management methodologies and lifecycle delivery
• Experience with Scrum, Kanban, and agile performance metrics
• Strong ability to influence without authority and guide cross‑functional teams
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, complexity, and organizational change
• Exceptional communication skills with an executive‑ready presence
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, including using data to inform decisions
• Proven experience driving operational efficiency and delivery maturity

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Technology, Engineering, or related field)
• Experience as a Scrum Master, Agile Lead, or similar role
• 5+ years of project management or Chief of Staff–type experience; ability to manage multiple initiatives
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills; high emotional intelligence and discretion
• Ability to work independently in fast‑paced environments; financial‑services experience is a plus

Pay

• Salary range: $122,000–$156,000 per year, plus an opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus
• Actual pay based on various factors including budget, work location, and relevant skills and experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Flexible work arrangements
• Education reimbursement
• Wellness programs
• Paid time off policy exceeds mandatory paid sick/paid time‑away requirements of every U.S. local and state jurisdiction

Schedule

• Hours per week: 40
• Monday–Friday
• Hybrid: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote