Sr. Project Manager
TITLE: Project Manager: III (Senior)
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA
ANTICIPATED DURATION: From 03/02/2026 to 09/04/2026
Responsibilities:
- Provide status updates for executive and leadership reporting, ensuring alignment on key project milestones, progress, and any blockers.
- Own project-level risks, issues, and blockers, ensuring that all concerns are escalated in a timely manner for resolution.
- Facilitate the Scrum process: Conducting Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review, Story Refinement Sessions/Backlog Grooming, and Sprint Retrospectives (as applicable).
- Keep the team organized, on track, and focused on priorities.
- Responsible for story management per PMO and Program Management Standards/Guidelines.
- Work with Scrum/Project Teams to keep stories updated to reflect current status.
- Assist Process Owners/Managers in coordinating content for Program Increment (PI) demos.
- Support Process/Product Owners by helping to organize and prioritize the backlog, ensuring that the team is prepared to present their plans effectively during PI Planning.
- Provide program-level guidance on Agile/Jira standards and frameworks.
- Identify gaps, set consistent expectations, and standardize practices across all ITSMO Scrum teams.
- Act as a liaison between the leadership team and the project teams, ensuring that leadership’s priorities are communicated effectively.
- Develop Jira boards, project plans, and drive project milestones.
- Establish effective communication plans with project team and key stakeholders.
- Ensure effective change management throughout the project.
- Responsible for preparation of documentation, daily stand-ups, status reports, and time accounting.
Requirements:
- Data background.
- Experience with Data Governance, Teradata, and Databricks is a plus.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis, and problem-solving skills.
- Specialized knowledge of JIRA, Agile SCRUM, Visio, Excel, Word.
- Must have CSM.
Preferred Experience:
Information not provided.
The hourly pay rate range for this position is $55.00 to $75.00 (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location). Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits.
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