Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pomeroy is seeking an experienced Project Manager / Scrum Master to join their Retail PMO organization. This long-term contract role focuses on managing multiple mid-sized technology initiatives, supporting Agile teams, and coordinating cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent technology projects from initiation through successful delivery and closure
- Manage approximately 3–4 mid-sized projects with typical durations of 8–12 months
- Oversee projects with budgets generally ranging from $400K to $2M
- Support approximately 2–3 Agile teams and facilitate effective cross-team coordination
- Create and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, roadmaps, and governance artifacts
- Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, resources, and change control
- Drive execution across business, technology, and cross-functional teams
- Partner with internal teams and external vendor delivery partners to ensure successful outcomes
- Lead project governance meetings and provide clear, concise status reporting to leadership and executive stakeholders
- Facilitate release planning, deployment planning, and successful project implementation
- Identify and resolve project risks, issues, dependencies, and roadblocks
- Drive stakeholder alignment, accountability, and timely decision-making
- Bring structure, organization, and clarity to complex or ambiguous initiatives
- Manage vendor relationships and delivery expectations
- Ensure project execution remains aligned with business objectives and desired outcomes
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Facilitate Kanban ceremonies and support effective flow of work
- Support Agile planning at multiple levels, including annual planning, product roadmap planning, quarterly planning, and sprint/iteration planning
- Facilitate backlog refinement and prioritization
- Identify and manage cross-team dependencies
- Utilize Agile metrics to monitor team performance, delivery, risks, and trends
- Identify risks and impediments through Agile delivery practices
- Drive continuous improvement and help teams improve their delivery effectiveness
- Coach Agile teams through maturity assessments, development planning, and team effectiveness initiatives
- Support coordination across multiple Agile teams and stakeholder groups
- Help teams and stakeholders successfully operate within a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment
- Manage competing priorities and stakeholder expectations effectively
- Communicate effectively with executive leadership, business stakeholders, project teams, technology teams, and vendors
- Deliver clear, concise, and accurate project status updates
- Create and present executive-level project reporting and presentations
- Facilitate meetings and discussions involving diverse stakeholder groups
- Build trusted partnerships across business and technology organizations
- Develop strong working relationships with vendors and external delivery partners
- Influence decisions and facilitate stakeholder alignment
- Manage conflict constructively and maintain productive relationships in complex environments
- Earn credibility quickly and operate effectively with senior stakeholders
Skills
- Senior-level Project Manager experience
- Senior-level Scrum Master experience
- Demonstrated experience leading Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid technology initiatives
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Experience managing complex technology projects from initiation through closure
- Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience driving strategic technology initiatives
- Ability to work independently, ramp up quickly, and operate with minimal direction
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority
- Experience supporting retail technology or retail in-store applications
- PMP certification
- Agile or Scrum certification
- Experience with Agile-at-Scale frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum at Scale
- Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, and/or Clarity
Benefits
- 100% Remote
- Little to No Travel Required
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