Software Project Manager

Purpose

The Software Project Manager (SPM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating Agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering Agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users. The SPM will take direction from the Product Manager and may be responsible for managing several concurrent high visibility projects using Agile methods in a fast-paced environment that may cross multiple business divisions.

The SPM may play a number of different roles in actual practice:

• Leading and managing one or many Agile teams to deliver on time, within scope, and within budget
• Eliciting software requirements from both internal and external customers
• Liaising between the project stakeholders and the agile software development team

• Project Planning and Management
  - Define project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports; manage risks and issues; correct deviations from plans; and perform delivery planning for assigned projects
• Product Owner Support
  - Support the Product Owner in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and implementing an effective system of project governance
• Process Management and Improvement
  - Define and manage a well-defined project management process and champion ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for Agile Project Management Team Management
  - Contribute to team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members
• Team Building
  - Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high-levels of quality for the team

No supervisory responsibility.

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