Technical IT Project Manager & Business/Techn
Circular Action Alliance · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteInformation TechnologyFull-time
This is a hybrid role accountable for delivering IT projects end-to-end — from requirements definition through successful deployment and adoption. The individual will combine project management discipline, agile facilitation, technical expertise, and business analysis skills to deliver enterprise-level technology initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Manage and deliver IT projects end-to-end — from initiation and planning through execution, testing, and implementation.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, delivery schedules, risk registers, and stakeholder communications.
- Coordinate activities across business, technical, and vendor teams to ensure scope, timeline, and quality objectives are met.
- Track and report progress through Smartsheet, Jira, and IT PMO/Portfolio dashboards.
- Manage dependencies, scope changes, and issue resolution throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitate Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, retrospectives, and coordination of delivery priorities, as applicable.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and transparency.
- Identify delivery impediments and proactively drive resolution across teams.
- Partner with business owners to elicit, document, and validate business requirements and process flows.
- Translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and related documentation in JIRA.
- Conduct impact analysis, data flow mapping, and feasibility assessments for new functionality or regulatory updates.
- Collaborate with architects, developers, and technical leads to ensure requirements are understood and proposed solutions align with architecture and integration strategy.
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) coordination, track identified defects and issues through resolution.
- Engage with Product Owners, SMEs, and cross-functional leaders to align requirements, priorities, and delivery outcomes.
- Communicate effectively across business and technical audiences to ensure shared understanding and accountability.
- Build strong relationships with both internal teams and external vendors to drive collaboration and solution delivery.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation, including user stories, requirements, test cases, and release notes.
- Use Jira and Lucidchart for backlog management, progress tracking, reporting, and visualization of workflows and dependencies.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of IT PMO/Portfolio templates, processes, and agile delivery practices.
- Provide light post-production support, including issue triage, defect coordination, and root cause analysis.
- Support implementation readiness, deployment coordination, and transition to operational support.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 7+ years of combined experience managing enterprise technology projects and performing business and/or technical analysis.
- Demonstrated experience leading Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid technology delivery methodologies in an enterprise environment.
- Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience with Salesforce, Workday, MDM, data integration, cloud, or comparable enterprise platforms is highly preferred.
- Working knowledge of APIs, system integrations, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure such as Azure or AWS.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, SAFe, CBAP, or a comparable project management, Agile, or business analysis certification is preferred.
Skills
- Proven experience managing and delivering complex IT projects end-to-end.
- Strong command of Agile and Scrum frameworks; able to balance agile delivery with enterprise governance.
- Solid technical foundation in enterprise platforms and integrations, including Salesforce, Workday, MDM, DataLake, cloud platforms, Azure, and related technologies.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into clear functional and technical requirements and communicate technical concepts effectively to business stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence, Lucidchart, MS Project, and Excel.
- Strong organizational and facilitation skills with a focus on accountability and delivery.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence without authority.
Pay
Based on a variety of factors in accordance with applicable law including the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and experience.
Location: Fully Remote