EMPLOYERS Hiring for Agile Project Manager I Job at Kansas City, MO Full Time

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Agile Project Manager I | Remote Opportunity

Job Profile/Summary

The Agile Project Manager (APM) I is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating small to medium sized agile project teams to achieve project and product delivery objectives. The APM I will possess the skills to effectively manage projects using EMPLOYERS Project Management Process (PMP) and Agile SDLC methods while continuing both formal and informal education to advanced skills and take on more complex assignments.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Project/Product Management – Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; create and facilitate executive tollgates to align strategic objectives with agile team product release plans, organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects
• Scrum Master – be the servant-leader for the team to ensure the team lives the agile values and principles and follows the processes and practices the team has agreed to utilize. Be the team coach and facilitator to remove blockers for effective product releases.
• Resource Management – Plan and manage the team structure and resource allocation plan, forecast, and actuals to support the delivery of assigned work. Partner with resource managers, PMO process coordinator, and program managers to identify and resolve staffing issues.
• Procurement – Manage the project financial plan and facilitate the purchases and acquisitions between vendor relationship managers and procurement and ensure procurement policies and processes are utilized.
• Vendor Management – Plan and coordinate Vendor activities to support project and agile product delivery with the support and oversite of the Vendor Relationship Managers.
• Continuous Improvement – Contributes to department process and tool improvements.
• Duck Creek experience a plus!

Job Requirements/Competencies

• Strong Insurance industry experience
• Basic leadership skills to organize, motivate, and lead small to medium size project or product teams
• Basic planning skills to confirm scope, plan resources, establish release schedules and plans, and manage a financial budget for small to medium sized project or product delivery teams.
• Competent analytical skills to assess processes, systems, scope, requirements, and teams and organize thoughts and ideas utilizing analytic techniques.
• Basic presentation and communications skills to create presentations, facilitate project leadership and team meetings, effectively document and communicate risks and issues, and provide project and product status updates. Effectively communicates with the Project Sponsor, Product Owners, IT Service Owners, Stakeholders, Vendors and team members.
• Ability to apply basic agile concepts to structuring and facilitation of small to medium sized teams
• Basic understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methods, steps, roles and responsibilities applied in both package and custom build delivery models.
• Ability to create trusted relations ships with key stakeholders and team members. Viewed as a stakeholder advocate.
• Ability to quickly learn the business domain associated with the assigned Projects or Products to be a contributing member to solution and delivery scope, requirements, and feature discussions.
• Basic understanding of solution technologies associated with assigned Projects or Products to effectively structure schedules based on technology dependencies and risk mitigations.
• Basic skills with department tools and technologies including MS Office Tools, Tempus resource management, Jira, Confluence, Luicid Charts or Visio, and Smartsheet or MS Project.

Education/Certificate/License Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business, or equivalent experience
• Business analysis, process improvement certifications are a plus:
  • Six Sigma Yellow belt a plus
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) a plus
  • Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) a plus
• Project Management and Agile Certifications are a plus:
  • Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMO ACP)
  • Scrum Master Certificate (SMC)

Pay Rate: $70,000 – $75,000

Number of Years’ Experience

• 3-5 Years in an IT Software delivery field

EMPLOYERS is a dynamic, fast-growing provider of workers’ compensation insurance and services, we are seeking a goal-oriented individual willing to put their ideas to work!

We offer a positive, challenging work environment, combined with an opportunity to build your career as you help us grow our business, in innovative and imaginative ways that are uniquely EMPLOYERS®!

Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, EMPLOYERS attributes its long-standing success to its most valuable resource, our employees across the United States. EMPLOYERS is known for the quality service and expertise we provide to our clients, and the exemplary work environment we provide for our employees.

We live and breathe our core values: Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration, Initiative, Accountability, Innovation, and Personal Fulfillment. These are the pillars that support how we do business with our clients as well as how we treat each other!

At EMPLOYERS, you’ll discover an energetic environment that inspires top achievement. As “America’s small business insurance specialist”, we have the resources, a solid reputation and an expanding nationwide identity to enrich your work/life and enhance your career.

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