Agile Project Manager
Overview:
The Agile Project Manager facilitates efficient delivery of business outcomes in an agile and lean way within the Information Technology team at Rapid7. They provide timely and accurate decision support for prioritization, business and resourcing questions. They are custodians and evangelists of the “secret sauce” of how Rapid7 IT delivers value.
What would you own?
Effective project management
Create, update, and maintain detailed documentation for plans as required by project teams and executive stakeholders
Manage changes to the scope, schedule and deliverables of each project using appropriate verification techniques
Efficient product delivery
Remove barriers to execution: visibility, communication, ownership, and impediments
Maintain the tooling that provides visibility and predictability into solution delivery
Project decision support
Providing insight into how we are executing for the purpose of prioritization and resource allocation.
Increase velocity of planning and prioritization
Simplify and streamline the project delivery process
Provide easy to use tools for project execution, monitoring and value realization
Operate and improve efficiency of sustaining operations
Create delivery cadence through facilitation and tooling for weekly prioritization/alignment meetings and other feedback loops
Coordinate work between multiple IT teams, understanding how each team manages their work
Maintain, expand and evangelize central project reporting system
Establish working groups and feedback loops between IT and non-IT groups.
Collect, organize and structure tribal knowledge
Creation and maintenance of operating mechanisms
Experience/Skills Needed:
2+ years managing large scale, complex projects
Previous experience with enterprise-wide change management
Proven experience managing multiple large projects at once
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and influence without having direct authority over resources
Demonstrated ability to work within all levels of an organization, including working with senior management
JIRA, Confluence - Admin experience preferred
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to prioritize projects and deliverables
Experience with Agile and Lean principles and SDLC
Strong negotiation and problem solving skills
Ability to balance big-picture objectives with numerous detailed tasks
Strong aptitude for developing partnerships across functional areas