Senior Project Manager

ASSYST is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support our government client project based in Austin, TX. This is a Project Manager role for Administrative Applications.

Position will be 3 days remote with 2 days (Mon-Tues) required to be onsite at the location listed above. (Location - Austin, TX)

Responsibilities:

• Implements standard project management industry practices for Agile Teams.
• Understands the PMI framework as well as how to establish a project organization and methodology within Agile (Scrum) organizations.
• Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with multiple key project stakeholders.
• Creates project charters, work plans, and other related project artifacts, as necessary.
• Provides technical support both during work hours and on-call, as necessary.
• Be able to comprehend and communicate complex technical designs and implementations as well as complex business processes.

The Worker will need to perform the following tasks and assignments:

• Managing the project with feature-driven Agile methodology, overseeing, and tracking development progress, and ensuring project assignments and progress align with project timelines
• Overseeing design and development work
• Developing and managing project plans
• Documenting risks, issues, and contingency plans; ensuring resolution of issues and removal of project barriers
• Providing weekly status updates (written and verbal) and conducting regular project team status meetings
• Overseeing the development of SDLC artifacts, ensuring business requirements are translated into technical specifications, guiding, and facilitating the SDLC process
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with project sponsors and stakeholders.

Required Experience:

• Project Management Experience for large-scale Enterprise Implementations
• State of Texas or Similar Federal/State Project Management Experience
• Development Experience

Preferred experience:

• PMP Certification
• State of Texas Project Delivery Framework Experience
• Agile (Scrum) Experience
• Salesforce Experience
• State Procurement and Contracting Experience
• Jira Experience

ASSYST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, military status, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law