Agile Project Manager

DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides on-site and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI has grown to over 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized as a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories.

DMI is looking for a Agile Project Manager/ Scrum Master

As the Project Manager / Scrum Master, you'll have direct client relationship ownership over the successful development, implementation and delivery of client projects and the management of all resources and deliverables of the project teams. Your mission: to effectively lead and manage small to medium sized projects to on-time and on- or under-budget completion. . Seeking someone who is a digitally-savvy, strategic leader who can effectively manage a project on all sides of the fence with a knack for motivating people.

You'll utilize established DMI processes and documents, ensuring quality standards along the way. You'll create, update, and maintain all documentation including charters, work plans, timelines, issue/risk logs and budgets. When changes arise (and they always do!), you will utilize the controls established within the framework, and will manage project scope change management procedures. You will serve as the client's advisor on flexibility and how to adjust as the project progresses, while understanding and relaying the budgetary and schedule impacts to the client to aid in informed decision-making. Last but not least, you'll obtain all signatures related to client sign-off on project documents and deliverables.

Communication is your middle name, which means you'll engage your project team regularly - keeping a positive team environment top of mind. You'll also communicate with the client, project stakeholders, and project sponsors to keep the client and Allegient Partner team up to date. Being a servant leader to your project team members, you'll look to remove roadblocks, boost morale, and ensure each member of your team has what he or she needs to perform at his or her best.

To keep at the top of your field, you'll remain current on delivery methodologies, industry, and technology trends via continuous learning opportunities and professional development involvement.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Highly knowledgeable and practical expertise in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), execution of Agile ceremonies and events (Sprint Planning, Stand-up, Refinement, etc), Agile artifacts (Sprints, Backlogs) and high level of proficiency in Agile tools (Confluence, JIRA, Visio, Azure Dev Ops, etc.).
• Manage cross-functional team of Developers, Analysts, DevOps, and QA resources, with experience in leading all phases of the software development lifecycle to ensure development and delivery is aligned with prioritized program roadmap targets and Release Management processes.
• Ability to manage multiple high profile projects, mange team capacity and dynamics, mitigate risks, escalate and resolve roadblocks and provide transparency and tracking of all project progress and deliverables.
• Exceptional leader and communicator, adept at fostering team collaboration and cultivating cohesive
• IT/Business partnerships, with an overarching responsibility to oversee, support and deliver high quality

Education and Required Skills:

• Master's degree from an accredited College or University or a PMP certification, as well as a minimum of 10 years of specialized experience in the following areas: providing oversight of multi-technical teams, systems development, integration, and sustainment environment, planning and managing tasks sometimes under tight budget and time constraints.
• In lieu of a Master's degree, Bachelor's degree from an accredited College or
• University, as well as 12 years of experience in the following areas: providing oversight of multi-technical teams, preferably in a systems development, integration, and sustainment environment, planning and managing tasks sometimes under tight budget and time constraints.

• Consulting skills such as interviewing stakeholders, facilitating meetings and negotiating skills
• Experience with ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint retrospectives
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate at a level of detail appropriate for the audience
• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills, strong work ethic, self-motivated, and excellent presentation skills
• Enthusiastic and driven to succeed
• Ability to work independently, but also successfully work on a team
• Comfortable working within an ambiguous environment, patiently working to define processes and planning schedule and/or backlog gradually over time
• Professional persistence - ability to track action items to closure with appropriate levels of follow-up
• Risk Management experience - establishing probability and impact of risks, creating and executing upon mitigation and contingency plans
• Detail oriented and sound independent judgment

Physical Requirements: No Physical requirement needed for this position.

Location: Primary FT Belvoir, travel to Ft Eustis VA (hybrid)

Required

• (R) Professional Scrum Master - I (PSM-I) or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification

Desired

• DOD 8570 IAT or IAM Leve II
• Advanced Degree
• Project Management Institute (PMP) Certification

Working at DMI

DMI is a diverse, prosperous and rewarding place to work. Being part of the DMI family means we care about your wellbeing. As such, we offer a variety of perks and benefits that help meet various interests and needs, while still having the opportunity to work directly with a number of our award winning, Fortune 1000 clients. The following categories make up your DMI wellbeing:

• Community - Blood drives, volunteering opportunities, Holiday parties, summer picnics, Tech Chef, Octoberfest just to name a few ways DMI comes together as a community.
• Convenience/Concierge - Virtual visits through health insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, discount tickets for movies, travel and many other items to provide convenience.
• Development - Annual performance management, continuing education and tuition assistance, internal job opportunities along with career enrichment and advancement to help each employee with their professional and personal development.
• Financial - Generous 401k match for both pre-tax and post-tax (ROTH) contributions along with financial wellness education, EAP, Life Insurance and Disability help provide financial stability for each DMI employee.
• Recognition - Great achievements do not go unnoticed by DMI through Annual Awards ceremony, service anniversaries, peer-to-peer acknowledgement through Give-A-Wow, employee referral bonuses.
• Wellness - Healthcare benefits, Wellness programs, Flu Shots, Biometric screenings, on-site lactation rooms provide employees with several wellness options.

Employees are valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company.

The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability. DMI maintains a drug-free workplace.

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