22 Feb
Project Manager - Manufacturing
Vacancy expired!
Experis is looking for a Project Manager who would be dedicated to our manufacturing product development team. Strong candidates will be experienced project managers with knowledge and excitement around agile transformations. Partnering with Business (15%)
- Collaborates with business partners to determine opportunities and priorities.
- Scopes and structures initiatives into IS projects. Performs requirements gathering.
- Works with business to provide status updates, open issues and resolutions.
- Effectively interacts with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Experienced leading teams from waterfall to scrum but able to manage effectively in either methodology
- Effectively communicates to project stakeholders.
- Documents minutes, action items etc from Project meetings.
- Authors and publish Project Charter.
- Tracking and publishing common agile health reporting such as burn down charts and velocity.
- Negotiates and documents UAT exit criteria.
- Maintains Risk, Next Step, Issues log.
- Manages defect resolution process.
- Conducts and documents retrospectives.
- Facilitates & coordinates production change management including Service Now change requests
- Strong facilitation, verbal and written communication skills required.
- Project Management Certification from a reputable institution. PMP Preferred.
- Certified Scrum Master preferred, but based on experience will consider
- Minimum of bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business or related field required.
- 2-4 years of prior experience in applying proven project management methodologies to large mission critical projects.
- 2-4 years of prior experience with using Agile methodology
- Experience supporting Manufacturing or Operations products/projects Strong visual mapping skills (e.g. Value Stream Mapping; Process Flows; Relationship Diagrams).
- Experience with ERP systems, manufacturing controls systems, quality management systems highly desirable
- Highly organized and self-driven individual with ability to multi-task and perform in a fast-paced environment across a portfolio of projects.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
- Skilled at building and fostering relationships within a matrix organization.
- Partner with product owners, business stakeholders and technical analysts to define project requirements, build comprehensive project plans, and manage work to completion in a traditional waterfall fashion.
- Be well versed in manufacturing, operations or manufacturing quality projects
- Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and circulating information.
- Experienced project manager, 3 years minimum
- Experience in defining project requirements / driving business toward approvals
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least one year for a development team that was applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
- Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (retrospective formats, bug handling, team conflict resolution techniques, etc.).
- Bachelor's Degree
- PMP certification
- First level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years
- Knowledge of other agile approaches.
- Experience in waterfall Project Management and migrating from waterfall to scrum
Vacancy expired!