Position Summary

The Sr Project Manager role requires a deep background in agile software development, along with strong organizational and communication skills. Key factors for this position include: 

• Ability to elicit high level business requirements from stakeholders and break those down into consumable components for a development team. 
• Ability to organize and lead one or potentially multiple software development teams simultaneously. 
• Solid leadership and client relationship skills, as this individual will be representing the team to the customer. 
• Ability to take on manager responsibilities for all team members. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily.  

• Serve as team liaison for business stakeholders and become a product expert as it relates to market direction and user feedback. 
• Break down business requirements into a fully consumable backlog of scope for the development team. 
• Prioritize backlog and interpret regular feedback from stakeholders to adjust this prioritization and scope.  
• Lead agile ceremonies. 

• Work with client and internal organization counterparts to remove impediments for the team. 
• Provide organizational oversight and escalate issues as appropriate. 
• Team leadership and management. 

Other duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education / Experience 

• 4 years’ experience in a similar functional role within a software development team. 

Technical Skills 

• Strong Leadership skills with at least 2 years leading an agile development team. 

• Strong skills within a project management tool.  
• Experience with Agile, backlog grooming, spring planning and working in SAFe
• Advanced level skills with one or more project management tools such as Rally, TFS, Jira, etc. 
• Certification for either Scrum Master or Product Owner via accredited organization, such as Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org. SAFe certification is a plus
• Familiarity with 1 or more web technology stacks 
• For Product Owner roles, some ability to create UI mockups and wireframes. 

• Understanding of project scheduling and how it applies to both Waterfall and Agile. 
• Good understanding of organizational psychology and how to work within a client organization to get things done even when they don’t have formal authority. 
• Must have experience setting up and configuring dashboards and report creation in Azure DevOps
• Ideally, Digital Transformation experience
• Must be willing to go onsite in Detroit, MI twice a month

Skills & Abilities 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Professional services/customer services skills. 

• Self-motivated, self-directed. 
• Proven ability to be prompt, dependable, trustworthy. 
• Ability to quickly understand relevant business knowledge. 
• Strong team leadership skills. 
• Thinks both tactically and strategically to identify issues before they arise. 

• Able mentor more junior Product Owners and Scrum Master. 

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following. 

Adaptability - Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles. Measures self against standard of excellence. Recognizes and acts on opportunities. Sets and achieves challenging goals. Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals. 

Communications - Exhibits good listening and comprehension. Expresses ideas and thoughts in written form. Expresses ideas and thoughts verbally. Keeps others adequately informed. Selects and uses appropriate communication methods. 

Continuous Learning - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses. Pursues training and development opportunities. Seeks feedback to improve performance. Shares expertise with others. Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills 

Customer Service - Displays courtesy and sensitivity. Manages difficult or emotional customer situations. Meets commitments. Responds promptly to customer needs. Solicits customer feedback to improve service. 

Problem Solving - Develops alternative solutions. Gathers and analyzes information skillfully. Identifies problems in a timely manner. Resolves problems in early stages. Works well in group problem solving situations. 

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities. Contributes to building a positive team spirit. Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views. Gives and welcomes feedback. Puts success of team above own interests. 

Supervisory Responsibilities

None 

Entry Points

• N/A 

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Performs light work; exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 15 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. 

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. 

Xpanxion is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.