Agile Project Manager - ADO - HOUSTON

Agile Project ManagerExperienced PM with proven track record in IT Agile project management. This is NOT a Kanban Facilitator or Scrum Master role, although those responsibilities will fall within the remit. Instead, this role requires a leader with a can-do attitude, willing to hold their teams accountable for self-driven achievement. Extreme collaboration skills will be required as there is a need to communicate and integrate with other related and dependent teams to complete tight and unmovable timelines driven by contractual and compliance regulations. Must be a self-starter who thinks outside the box and is willing to take direction from Program Management. Required to have good technical knowledge to relay management goals to their team. Willing to challenge whether user stories are correctly sized and executable within the time frame. Capable of resource optimization and motivation toward a quality outcome.

Experienced in ADO and excel to create and support reporting and progress tracking. (PowerBI is helpful but not required.) Skilled in risk identification and management. Courageous and humble enough to acknowledge and escalate when/if the schedule, budget or quality is in jeopardy.Requirements5-10 years IT Agile PM experienceExcellent communication skillsForte in collaboration with a very strong sense of urgencyWorking knowledge of ADOExcellent Excel skillsBachelors degreePMP CertificationAgile CertificationMS Project experienceMicrosoft Azure DevOps (ADO) experiencePowerBI experienceSuccessful candidates:The client team is looking for individuals who will get into the details of the tasks of the project so they can understand the issues if/when they arise and make informed decisions not just someone who is reporting that status of the projectP66 is looking for someone who will be engaged with all project resources and can speak from hands-on experienceNeed candidates who are polished and exhibit a high level of professionalism; needs to inspire confidence in what they are doingOther notes:These roles are for an acquisition integration project with 4 different workstreams Data-focused workstreamBusiness systems workstreamERP workstreamBusiness process workstream2 Project Managers for each workstream (8 PMs total)Data migration: Assess whether the migration will be into a similar system, migrate into a match, or bring over the data from DCP and stand it up in a P66 systemChallenges of role: Data system matchingData mappingAssessing any interfaces P66 that will be brought over from DCP and determine how to communicate with existing interfaces at P66There will be an assessment of if there will be a physical server environment vs. cloud infrastructure before implementation of acquisitionCritical need to report to Senior leadership on progress of project The audience the PMs will be reporting to are mid-level managers, who will report into the Program Manager(s) of the workstream(s), who will then facilitate discussions with Senior level managersComfortable in Agile methodology Past projects have taken the Waterfall approach; business unit is not completely an all Agile unitCandidates need to be comfortable coaching managers through Agile methodology and understands the sprint process2-week sprints Commit to complete a set list of items and then coming back to review and assess what went wrong and what didn’tReal-time feedback every 2 weeks from the Business managementComfortable and understands how to create a project plan in MS Project and execute in a sprint modeKey experience the client team is looking for sound project management skills: Writing project plansCreating milestonesAssigning resourcesPulling financials from SAPAccurate budgeting and reporting on the budgetVariance analysis on effort and costsRisk mitigationConflict resolutionUnderstanding of midstream business preferred