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Valore Partners

Project Manager

Valore Partners Tempe, Arizona, United States · $156K–$166K/yr

Software Development · 51-200 employees

4 d ago
project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Contractor United States
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About the role

The Project Manager will lead a software engineering team through a large-scale platform modernization while serving as the Scrum Master. Responsibilities include managing project plans, budgets, and stakeholder communications to ensure successful delivery of API and data visualization projects.

What they look for

Project Management Agile Scrum Master Software Engineering API OpenShift Azure DevOps Budget Management Risk Management Stakeholder Management Data Visualization Containerization Kubernetes MS Project PowerPoint SharePoint

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience in project management using Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading IT teams. Proficiency in MS Project, Azure DevOps, and experience with platform modernization or containerization initiatives are highly valued.

Full description

Contract Duration: 18 months

Summary: We’re looking for a Project Manager to lead a software engineering team through a large-scale platform modernization. The project consolidates a suite of APIs and backend data ingest processes into a centralized, containerized platform built on OpenShift, with a focus on resiliency, maintainability, security, and scalability. Alongside the core platform work, the team is building a new data visualization application and enhancing two existing internal applications. This is a long-term contract (roughly 18 months) in which you’ll own delivery end to end, serving as both project manager and Scrum Master.

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Key Responsibilities

  • Serve as Scrum Master for an Agile development team
  • Act as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, delivering consistent status reporting, milestones, and metrics tailored to each audience
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, and risk management
  • Track and forecast project budgets and schedules, and flag variances early
  • Support product backlog development and manage delivery activities in Azure DevOps
  • Produce sprint metrics and reporting, including velocity and burndown
  • Lead core team and sponsor meetings, and make recommendations on change requests
  • Identify, evaluate, and document proposed changes to scope, schedule, budget, or resources through established change-management processes
  • Maintain a risk, issue, action, and decision (RAID) log with owners, target dates, and status
  • Manage dependencies and coordination across related projects
  • Provide technical guidance to the project team and drive problem resolution
  • Prepare governance materials, including agendas, executive updates, decision records, and change-request documentation
  • Lead the transition to production support and deliver a final project closure report

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager using Agile/Scrum methodologies
  • 5+ years leading IT projects or teams, including people management and budget development and monitoring
  • Experience delivering integrations with third-party solutions
  • Proficiency in MS Project, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus Skills

  • Proficiency in Azure DevOps for Scrum management
  • Experience with customer experience (CX) projects
  • Agile or Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM, SAFe, etc.)
  • Experience managing API, platform modernization, or containerization (OpenShift/Kubernetes) initiatives

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