Senior Project Manager Job McLean area,Virginia USA,Management

Senior Project Manager

Immediate need for a talented Senior Project Manager with experience in the Banking & Financial Industry. This is a 08+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in McLean, VA. Please review the job description below.

Key Responsibilities:

Experience working in an Agile Environment as a Scrum Master and as a Project Manager
Manage Daily Stand-Client, Develop and maintain Backlogs
Lead Sprint Planning Meetings, Retrospectives, Demos
Lead and Manage Story Board(s) and user story management
Proficient in use of PM tools which include MS Project, MS Visio, Planview, Jira, Version One
Develop and manage work break down structures (WBSs) and track project progress on a daily basis
Manage Plans, dashboards, and standard project reporting that includes weekly status reports, budget tracking etc
Work closely with Product Owners, Delivery Tech Leads, and other stakeholders to deliver Data Lake projects
Defines and tracks project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan.
Accurately assesses, manages, and reports risks and issues.
Accountable for one or more initiatives including business, operational, and IT deliverables.
Directly manages all aspects of the project lifecycle and works with matrixed business and IT partners to oversee all Waterfall phases or iterations of an Agile project.
Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters.
Perform additional job-related duties as requested.

Key Requirements and Technology

Experience:

5+ years of project management experience with agile methodology.
Project Management Professional (PMP)/Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
Experience managing data integration projects, familiarity with Data Lake projects.
Experience using Planview, Jira, Version One, Microsoft Project.
Experience with Hadoop technologies and AWS ecosystem is desirable.
Experience with Secondary Mortgage industry is desired.

Our client is a leading Banking & Financial Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.