HRFS Project Manager III

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Facilitate successful Agile and SAFe team events.

• Guide teams on practical Agile practices that enhance ownership, collaboration, transparency, and delivery flow.

• Assist in PI Planning and release planning by clarifying team capacity, objectives, risks, dependencies, and readiness requirements.

• Implement project management discipline to aid planning, milestone awareness, action item follow-up, decision tracking, and execution alignment.

• Coordinate with teams and partners on priorities, scope, handoffs, dependencies, timing, and delivery commitments.

• Collaborate with business teams to comprehend measurable business benefits and effectively communicate them to HRFS teams.

• Provide objective, regular, and accurate project status updates to stakeholders.

• Facilitate meetings and enhance communication across all organizational levels.

• Deliver updates on progress, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and next steps.

• Advocate for high-quality Jira and reporting data for transparency into work, capacity, delivery health, and trends.

• Convert team-level delivery information into stakeholder communications.

• Identify, monitor, escalate, and assist in resolving impediments, risks, issues, and cross-team dependencies.

• Support release readiness through checkpoints, demonstrations, testing readiness, follow-ups, and delivery communications.

• Collaborate with Product Owners, Project Managers, Engineering, Quality, Business, Application Leadership, vendors, and technology teams.

• Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and data-driven changes.

• Influence without direct authority by building trust, creating clarity, and guiding teams from discussion to resolution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in a Scrum Lead, Agile Delivery Lead, Project Manager, or a similar technology delivery role.

• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and SAFe methodologies.

• Proficient in using Jira or comparable Agile work management tools.

• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business partners, vendors, and senior-level stakeholders.

• Exceptional facilitation, organization, problem-solving, prioritization, and influencing skills.

• Agile certification such as CSM, PSM, SSM, SASM, or an equivalent credential.

• Experience in a scaled Agile environment, including PI Planning and managing cross-team dependencies.

• Background in supporting enterprise applications, modernization initiatives, HR or Finance technology, cloud platforms, data platforms, or shared service solutions.

• General knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, AWS, or contemporary application delivery concepts.

• Successful completion of a background check is required as a condition of employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Eligibility to enroll in the company 401(k) plan.