Project Manager

Role: Project Manager
Location: Either Phx or NY

JD:

• Translate complex business objectives into features, working closely with engineering to provide the information required for those teams to successfully deliver software products.
• Ensure what the team builds is aligned with what is needed to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Lead refinement, and own/prioritize the teams backlog.
• Execute agile methodologies with collaboration in a dynamic product development environment.
• Maintain the product backlog and ensure user stories are aligned to underlying product outcomes.
• Support the Product Manager(s) to ensure in the identification of technical problems, and devise solutions as they relate to the current and future business environment.
• Participate in retrospectives to ensure lessons learned are carried forward in subsequent development activities
• Lead the team in defining what needs to change on the platform to support a particular business feature (impact analysis / approach definition).
• Manage team capacity by prioritizing / planning work through Rally stories and project future capacity needs based on pipeline work.
• Ensure feature refinement conforms to definition of ready, and acceptance test criteria is completed to definition of done.
• Foster and contribute to a culture of ownership, follow-through, and collaboration by adopting a mindset of doing whatever it takes to make the team successful.
• Identify risks, challenges, opportunities, and business integration needs.
• Enable cross-functional collaboration with relevant teams within the product scope.
• Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog consistent with the Outcomes and Product Roadmap and perform story elaboration with the implementation team.
• Work closely with the design and technology teams to develop, test and deliver the defined capabilities and rapidly iterate new solutions.
• Review/demonstrate sprint-related or general functionality with external partners and customers.
• Coordinate communication and facilitates resolution of risks, issues, and changes tied to the product backlog.
• Create documentation which identifies and highlights gaps in the end user experience from production launches.
• Ensure that the appropriate tracking and reporting is in place to monitor performance post launch to evaluate future investment.