Company Description

AVANT ASSOCIATES is dedicated to helping businesses grow by matching the right talent to their staffing and consulting needs while building rewarding careers for professionals. We uphold a philosophy of "Ethics First" in all our operations and recruit nationwide for executive, management, and professional roles across various industries.

Overview:

This is a long term contract Hybrid role for a Senior Project Manager (Agile/Scrum Master) in Southern California.

The Senior Project Manager leads, drives, and delivers large highly cross-functional technology programs. The role partners with Engineering/Development, Technical Operations, Product Management, and business stakeholders developing project plans, roadmaps, and executing software solutions. The PM manages every aspect of the project from product to solution delivery while communicating progress at every level of the organization.

Essential Functions:

Manages the cross-functional software projects from product/technology roadmap to product and solution delivery, covering a range of areas including software development and testing, operations, change management, human resources, hardware capacity requirements, co-innovation with internal and external partners, vendors, and solution/product delivery
Identifies projects within the program, prioritizes, defines scope, and defines deliverables that support business goals and strategic objectives
Defines, develops detailed projects and drives the project schedule ensuring on-time delivery for the entire program
Understands identifies and manages both technical and non-technical project dependencies and critical paths within the project
Manages changes in the project and program scope, identifies, communicates, and resolves potential risks/conflicts, and creates mitigation plans
Develops and delivers project updates, proposals, and presentations to executives and key project stakeholders
Creates project plans and timelines and communicates overall project status to the broader teams
Executes best practices and governance; defines new or improves existing processes and tools for project execution
Ensures that each team understands the overall project objectives and timeline, and how their deliverables impact the overall program
Manages cross functional teams to deliver critical business needs
Establishes and implements processes which foster team collaboration at the organizational level
Expert Knowledge in preparing Large, complex UAT and Business implementation Plans
Interacts with management and stakeholders often require excellent communication skills
Works collaboratively with cross-functional peers and senior leaders/stakeholders to drive resolution of project issues
Understands interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs
Participates in and contributes to the continuous improvement and evolution of processes, methodologies, and tools

Required Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

Adaptable, collaborative, solution minded and results-driven to successfully drive projects and programs to completion during times of change
Strong Knowledge of IT Budget Management, including Capex and Opex Projects
Ability to promote cooperation and trust with team members, senior leadership, and other stakeholders
Ability to effectively prioritize shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities promptly and efficiently
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Adept at conducting research into program and project issues
Ability to learn, understand, and apply new technologies
Proven organization and delegation skills with ability to drive execution of the product roadmap, and own the schedule with a track record of delivering projects on time
5-8+ years of experience as project/program manager driving software development projects/programs, including full software development lifecycle from product requirements through implementation to product release and post release support.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
Working knowledge and fluency with both JIRA, Confluence, Project Management tools are required
Knowledge of Azure Firewall, DDoS protection, Network Security Group (NSG)
Broad technical knowledge of internet products and technologies, and latest cloud offerings
Technical background in enterprise applications, software, and services
Experience in compliance remediation
Understanding of foundational cloud concepts such as High Availability (HA), Scalability, Fault Tolerance (FT), Disaster Recovery, scalability, and the difference between CapEx and OpEx
Solid knowledge of Azure Infrastructure - Regions, Availability Zones, Resource Groups, Azure Resource Manager, and Azure architectural components
Understanding of Azure purchasing procedures, services/products, and pricing

You might also have –

SAFe Agilist certification in addition to ScrumMaster a plus.
Expert Admin JIRA user.
Basic proficiency with standard development software (do not need to be able to code, but a general understanding of what each can do, etc.)

Job Types: Full-time, Long term Contract 1099 or C2C

Preferred Education & Experience:

Experience using JIRA Portfolio
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
PMP Certification (PMI)
Certification in Microsoft 365 Fundamentals MS-900
Microsoft 365 Security Administrator Associate
Working knowledge and experience with agile methodology

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Education:

Bachelor's (Required)

Work authorization:

United States (Required) Not providing Sponsorship for this job

Contract Length:

More than 1 year

Work Location:

S. California, Orange County

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Senior Project Manager (Agile/ Scrum Master) S. California