Hybrid Agile Project Manager

at Verisk

• Job title: Agile Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $120,000 - $140,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Jersey City, United States

About the role

• Agile Project Manager leading software development teams in delivering value through agile practices. Fostering high performance and quality in a technology-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Serves as project leader of standing agile teams who work across the Technology organization from development teams through all functional / shared service areas to plan, coordinate, and execute value delivery of various business and technical initiatives; manages dependencies across teams as needed for successful delivery of cross-team initiatives.
• Effectively manages, plans for, and mitigates risk to projects; relentlessly tracks down resolutions to critical issues or escalates when necessary.
• Works closely with product owners to ensure the team strives to achieve shared understanding of deliverables’ scope from the project / release planning level to work item level in the teams’ product backlogs. Also ensures a healthy product backlog that is continuously being refined and prioritized through collaboration with our business partners.
• Coaches and guides teams on the importance of agile values and principles to build culture of self-organization, collaboration, empowerment, transparency, and how the scrum framework should be adopted in practice.

Requirements

• 4+ years of proven experience serving as Project Manager and/or ScrumMaster role working with agile and traditional software development life cycle models, managing large complex projects
• 3+ years of IT / technical experience across various roles
• Familiarity with basic software development technologies and tools, as well as Agile Project Management tools such as Jira
• Proficient knowledge of Agile project management practices and frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Must have excellent communication skills – verbal, written, and listening skills
• Ability to negotiate with stakeholders of all types

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Disability benefits
• Paid Time Off program