Technical Project Manager at Learning Tree International, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia

Job Description:

Basic function:

The successful candidate in this role will fill the role of Technical Project Manager or Product Owner as defined for the Scrum Agile methodology. The candidate will identify/liaise with/categorize stakeholders, analyze quantitative and qualitative business values of software projects in the company, capture and manage priorities of project requirements, perform requirements refinement driven by a product backlog model, and manage the requirements aspects for the development team.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Build effective working relationships with key stakeholders within the organization.


• Identify, prioritize, and evaluate new candidate projects or change projects relating to development.


• Capture requirements for projects and successively refine them, using just-in-time just-enough agile values.


• Write detailed and clear user stories for development and Quality Assurance(QA) teams.


• Manage the requirements delivery within an agile development team.


• Work with developers, QA, and the Project Manager to prioritize bugs and resolve blocking issues.


• Participate in Scrum Agile process activities according to the product owner role (planning, prioritization, estimation, daily stand-ups, review and retrospective meetings).


• Manage and prepare reports back to management on team progress and projected delivery dates for backlog work items.

Qualifications and skills:

• Four-year college-level course of study in IT or a related field, or equivalent training and/or work experience.


• PMP certification preferred.


• Prior experience in a product owner role in a Scrum or XP environment.


• Knowledge of TFS (Team Foundation Server) or equivalent tools to capture user stories and tasks.


• Extensive experience of business analysis and requirements capture/refinement within a rapidly changing customer-facing development environment.


• Knowledge and understanding of requirements-driven development and user acceptance testing is needed.


• Must have excellent verbal, communication, presentation and written skills.


• Detail-oriented, well organized and able to handle multiple tasks. Able to work independently with minimum guidance.


• Strong analysis and documenting experience. Excellent interpersonal troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• Management experience is desired, though this role will be primarily collaborative as an individual contributor.

Location:Herndon, VA