IT Project Manager

Brooksource

Fortune 500 Utility Client

Hybrid - Houston, TX

Do you see your next career move taking you to a Fortune 500 utility company? Do you aspire to work in a dynamic, high-energy, agile environment? If you feel these words describe your ideal career opportunity, we may have the position for you!

Our client is looking for a technical Project Manager to play a critical role in Analytics projects across several workstreams. The teams you'll be supporting range from Data Engineering to Business Intelligence and Analytics, and even Advanced/Predictive Analytics and AI. This is an organization that's being heavily invested in, and an exciting opportunity to be in a highly visible role supporting them. Additionally, you'll be interfacing with the VP an Executive level, so experience communicating with similar groups at enterprise organizations is a must.

Responsibilities:

• Practice servant leadership and embody Agile values and Scrum practices.
• Facilitate Scrum events (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives).
• Remove impediments and foster continuous improvement within the scrum teams.
• Ensure transparency by maintaining accurate and up-to-date information on project
• progress.
• Empower team members to self-organize and make decisions.
• Resolve conflicts and promote collaboration among team members.
• Monitor and track the team’s progress toward sprint goals.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the business community,
• understanding their informational and operational needs.
• Document current and future state business processes in collaboration with business
• partners.
• Formulate and define project scope, schedule milestones, tasks, and objectives.
• Prepare and present statements of work and proposals for project activities.
• Provide regular reporting and updates on project status, budget impacts, and objective
• achievement to IS management and business units.

Preferred Qualification

• Proficiency in agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban. Understand the principles behind agile practices and how to apply them effectively.
• Experience working with data teams, and a sound technical foundation in SQL and software development best practices.
• Ability to guide teams through sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Familiarity with agile tools and techniques for backlog management, burndown charts, and velocity tracking.
• Strong project management skills, including creating and maintaining project documentation (project plans, goals, staffing, schedules, risks, etc.).
• Experience with both waterfall and agile project management approaches.
• Ability to define project scope, milestones, tasks, and objectives.
• Proficient in risk management and contingency planning.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to convey complex technical
• information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Active listening skills to understand stakeholder needs and concerns.
• Ability to facilitate meetings, workshops, and presentations effectively.
• Skilled in resolving conflicts within teams or between team members.
• Foster collaboration, trust, and respect among team members.
• Ability to assess the project environment, identify risks, and adapt accordingly.
• Understand the context in which the project operates and adjust strategies as needed.
• Take initiative to address challenges and drive progress.

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