General Description:

The Product Development Project Manager is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating the Parkson product development teams. The goals are to achieve a high level of performance and quality and deliver development projects that provide exceptional business value. The incumbent will be responsible for managing multiple concurrent high visibility projects using Agile methods in a fast-paced environment that typically crosses multiple business functions.

Essential Functions:

Lead and manage Agile/Scrum development projects from concept to completion
Plan, schedule, and track project timelines and deliverables
Facilitate daily stand-up meetings with project team members
Ability to perform any of the three traditional Scrum roles
Help the team achieve a high level of performance and quality, holding teams accountable for their work, removing obstacles, and mentoring less experienced team members
Define the project’s schedule and scope while balancing this with timely and regular value deliveries and organizing and leading working and project status meetings.
Deliver Agile projects that offer outstanding business value to the users
Support the product owner in managing communications with stakeholders, managing customers’ expectations for deliverables, and implementing an effective project governance system
Promote team empowerment through team-building techniques, ensuring each team member is making a meaningful contribution and fully engaged in the project
Work with stakeholders to define project objectives and requirements
Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders
Ensure project teams follow Agile methodology and best practices
Manage changes to the project scope and timeline
Develop and maintain project documentation
Provide direction and guidance to project team members
Manage customer expectations and relationships
Identify and mitigate risks to the project
Facilitate complex Agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Agile/Scrum practices, including but not limited to, project kick-off, product backlog planning, sprints, release, and deployment/commercialization planning
Accountable alongside the scrum team for the achievement of release objectives
Facilitate discussion leading to collective decision-making, goal setting and conflict resolution within the team
Create and maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication within the scrum team (e.g., tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
Continuously seek to improve team performance by promoting joint accountability for results and solving productivity issues
Facilitate and engage in business analysis, user experience and communications across functional groups and multiple levels of influence ensuring transparency of progress and outcomes
Provide proactive coaching to the team and recommend continuous improvement of processes to optimize team productivity, drive change and influence with an agile mindset
(Do not remove this bullet point) Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education:

Bachelor of Business, Engineering or equivalent.

Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of project management-related experience is required
Prior experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies preferred
Sufficient technical background to provide highly credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
Ability to provide leadership to business analysts and collaborate with product portfolio leadership and support strategies and solutions of high business value

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

MSOffice, ERP experience a plus
Excellent written and verbal skills
Must have excellent problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task and negotiation skills required
Outstanding organizational skills, especially the ability to prioritize.
Excellent communication skills, essential for collaborating with teams and talking with management and other non-team stakeholders and contributors
The ability to work well with others
Superior critical thinking capabilities, including the ability to think on their feet.
Showing comfort with quickly changing priorities, plus a highly developed adaptability and flexibility.
A strong familiarity with various Agile and Scrum elements, including Agile planning and Agile project management with Scrum.
Follow the four key values of Agile methodology described in the Agile Manifesto

Licenses and/or Certifications:

Project Management Certification desirable

Travel:

Ability to travel up to 25%

Parkson Corporation does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas, for this role.

Benefits include health care (medical, dental, vision) with coverage starting on first day of employment as well as 401(k) with company match and holiday pay.

Parkson Corporation is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Parkson Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.