Company:
Allied Consultants, Inc.
Location: Austin
Closing Date: 04/12/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Overview:
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Responsibilities:
The Candidate will lead and perform highly advanced analytical and coordination work in an agile environment relating to the implementation of new client's solutions, including but not limited to Contact Centers, Digital transformation efforts, and other enterprise solutions the division needs.
The Candidate will perform these tasks:
Participate and/or lead in project management, coordination, planning, and scheduling with client and Vendor staff in an Agile environment
Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective, and managerial stakeholder status meetings.
Work with product owners, and internal customers, to maintain requirements backlog and conduct requirements elaborations
Work with scrum masters, developers, and solution architects, to maintain a conduit of elaboration for functional requirements to technical requirements
Mentor product owners, internal customers, project managers, developers and others in agile principles and leading industry practices.
Contribute to development and sharing of agile standard methodologies
Assist in the evaluation of technical solutions and make recommendations based on sound reasoning.
Prepare charts, diagrams, and tables that depict the present (as is) and proposed systems (to be)
Prepare project plan, schedule, and roadmap
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of project management methodologies that includes Agile development and other SDLC methodologies.
Conflict resolution through conversation by focusing on the values of openness, honesty, and respect.
Proven strong verbal and written communication
Lead through change, advocate for and influence an agile transformation.
Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project
Strong problem-solving and multi-task skills with a readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary.
Experience in business analysis and strategic planning.
Must perform other related work as assigned
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
7
Required
Experience in project chartering, planning, scheduling, and road mapping
7
Required
Experience in project management including Agile and other SDLC methodologies plus knowledge of software development methodologies, testing, design, and implementations
5
Required
Extensive knowledge of the Agile Development Methodology with knowledge and experience applying Agile practices and principles including Scrum and/or Kanban including demonstrated ability to inspect and adapt Agile practices to various situations.
5
Required
Experience developing functional specifications and documenting functional designs for large projects.
5
Required
Experience developing functional specifications and documenting functional designs for large projects.
5
Required
Experience with highly complex application security requirements
3
Required
Proficient with the Microsoft 365 products, including TEAMS, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
2
Required
Proficient with Jira and Confluence
1
Required
One or any combination of Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Business Analyst or PMP Certification
1
Preferred
Experience with Texas procurement and contract guidelines (Texas Project Delivery Framework)
1
Preferred
Experience Texas client Systems
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.
Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check
Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Responsibilities:
The Candidate will lead and perform highly advanced analytical and coordination work in an agile environment relating to the implementation of new client's solutions, including but not limited to Contact Centers, Digital transformation efforts, and other enterprise solutions the division needs.
The Candidate will perform these tasks:
Participate and/or lead in project management, coordination, planning, and scheduling with client and Vendor staff in an Agile environment
Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective, and managerial stakeholder status meetings.
Work with product owners, and internal customers, to maintain requirements backlog and conduct requirements elaborations
Work with scrum masters, developers, and solution architects, to maintain a conduit of elaboration for functional requirements to technical requirements
Mentor product owners, internal customers, project managers, developers and others in agile principles and leading industry practices.
Contribute to development and sharing of agile standard methodologies
Assist in the evaluation of technical solutions and make recommendations based on sound reasoning.
Prepare charts, diagrams, and tables that depict the present (as is) and proposed systems (to be)
Prepare project plan, schedule, and roadmap
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge of project management methodologies that includes Agile development and other SDLC methodologies.
Conflict resolution through conversation by focusing on the values of openness, honesty, and respect.
Proven strong verbal and written communication
Lead through change, advocate for and influence an agile transformation.
Manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project
Strong problem-solving and multi-task skills with a readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary.
Experience in business analysis and strategic planning.
Must perform other related work as assigned
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years
Required/Preferred
Experience
7
Required
Experience in project chartering, planning, scheduling, and road mapping
7
Required
Experience in project management including Agile and other SDLC methodologies plus knowledge of software development methodologies, testing, design, and implementations
5
Required
Extensive knowledge of the Agile Development Methodology with knowledge and experience applying Agile practices and principles including Scrum and/or Kanban including demonstrated ability to inspect and adapt Agile practices to various situations.
5
Required
Experience developing functional specifications and documenting functional designs for large projects.
5
Required
Experience developing functional specifications and documenting functional designs for large projects.
5
Required
Experience with highly complex application security requirements
3
Required
Proficient with the Microsoft 365 products, including TEAMS, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel, and PowerPoint
2
Required
Proficient with Jira and Confluence
1
Required
One or any combination of Agile Scrum Master, Product Owner, Business Analyst or PMP Certification
1
Preferred
Experience with Texas procurement and contract guidelines (Texas Project Delivery Framework)
1
Preferred
Experience Texas client Systems
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