Sr. PM - Integration at Horizontal Talent in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Job Description:

EW Essential Functions:

• Deliver projects that meet business requirements on time and within budget.


• Create and maintain project plan; identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones tasks; collect and report on progress to plan against individual project tasks as well as against the overall project.


• Support Agile projects (Scrum meetings, Sprint Planning, Demo's, Retrospectives, backlog/burnup charts)


• Create a communication plan that includes both internal and external project communication documents, meetings, and reporting requirements.


• Work with functional managers to assure complete and appropriate resourcing.


• Assign and monitor work of project team members, providing support and direction.


• Perform project plan analysis to identify critical path and resource issues.


• Manage the project from initiation through delivery and closure.


• Create a communication plan that includes both internal and external project communication, meetings, and reporting requirements.


• Interface with project stakeholders to manage expectations.


• Manage issues and risks from identification to resolution.


• Manage project documentation including project documents (i.e. scope, requirements, design) status reports, meeting minutes, risks, issues, decisions, and action items.


• Manage the project budget.


• Consult with management on an ongoing basis to maintain strategic link to business needs.


• Assure compliance with company project management policies and standards.

• Must have experience managing AGILE Scrum Teams


• Demonstrated communication and influencing skills.


• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies and tools.


• Knowledge and understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).


• Knowledge of industry products, functions, marketing and/or service policies and procedures.


• Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Project Server


• Experience in formal techniques of risk management


• Excellent organizational skills.


• Experience with Scrum tools (Jira, Polarian, etc)


• Experience working closely with business teams


• Excellent organizational skills.


• Excellent relationship management skills


• Experience in change management


• Financial and Insurance Product Industry Experience is a plus

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.


• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) required


• PMP certification or other formal project management training required.


• Must have at least three years project management experience.