Job#: 3032483 Job Description: Project Manager - KYT (Contract)
Location: Remote (U.S.-based, onshore only)
Project Manager to support the KYT (Know Your Team) initiative within its digital channel platforms. This role serves as the central coordination point between business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams. The Project Manager will be responsible for requirements intake, backlog management, delivery tracking, and stakeholder communication to ensure alignment between business needs and product execution across the KYT roadmap.
This is a critical, onshore role requiring real-time collaboration during U.S. business hours to support systems tied to ongoing, high-impact initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary point of contact for KYT stakeholders across business and technology teams
- Gather, document, and clarify business and functional requirements
- Translate requirements into user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria
- Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization and grooming
- Coordinate closely with product owners, engineering, and dependent teams to ensure delivery alignment
- Track milestones, deliverables, risks, and dependencies across the KYT roadmap
- Provide regular status updates, dashboards, and executive-level communications
- Facilitate requirement reviews, backlog refinement, planning sessions, and status meetings
- Identify and escalate risks, issues, and scope changes proactively
- Ensure delivery follows agreed timelines, processes, and governance standards
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Product/Delivery Manager
- 3+ years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication experience
- Hands-on experience managing requirements and backlogs
- Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and Microsoft Office tools
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams in a remote environment
Interview Process
- One round
- Video interview
- Focused more on product and delivery experience than deep technical skills
EEO Employer
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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