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IT Project Manager III

Apolis
  • Cleveland, OH
  • $1–$78 Per Hour
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3 days ago

Job Description

Job Title:- IT Project Manager/Sr Agile Project Manager
Duration:- 6 months
Location:- Cleaveland OH
Pay rate: 
$65-70/HR. on W2

Job Description:-
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager III / Senior Agile Project Manager to support the planning, execution, and delivery of software development projects. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Agile project management, hybrid Agile/Waterfall methodologies, and cross-functional team collaboration.
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, QA teams, and other technical teams to deliver high-quality applications and software solutions while ensuring project timelines, budgets, scope, and quality standards are met.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of software development projects using Agile and hybrid Agile/Waterfall methodologies.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery milestones.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, project estimation, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Collaborate with Agile Project Managers, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, priorities, and deliverables.
  • Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, and resource constraints to ensure successful delivery.
  • Work with technical teams to ensure requirements, acceptance criteria, Definition of Ready, and Definition of Done are clearly established and met.
  • Use Jira for project tracking, workflow management, sprint execution, and release planning.
  • Monitor project progress, analyze delivery metrics, and communicate status updates to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Promote Agile best practices, continuous improvement, collaboration, and effective project governance.
  • Support teams transitioning between Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies as needed.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field. Candidates without a degree should have at least 7 years of relevant Project Management or IT experience.
  • At least 4 years of IT and/or business experience, including hands-on management of Agile IT projects.
  • Demonstrated experience managing software development projects using Agile methodologies.
  • Previous leadership experience as an IT Project Manager, Agile Project Manager, Scrum Master, Team Lead, or Product Owner.
  • Strong knowledge of Agile principles, Scrum practices, sprint planning, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
  • Hands-on experience with Jira for project tracking and release planning.
  • Experience working with hybrid Agile/Waterfall teams and software development life cycle (SDLC) processes.
  • Strong project planning, risk management, scope management, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).
  • PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification or experience.

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Numbers & Facts

LocationCleveland, OH
IndustryComputer/IT Services
Salary$1–$78 Per Hour
Company Size500 to 999 employees
Websitehttps://www.apolisrises.com/

Benefits

Paid Sick Days, Employee Referral Program, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans

About Company

Since 1996, RJT has provided successful SAP, Oracle, and IT consulting solutions and staffing services to clients around the world. The new Apolis brings you the same personalized service fortified with a greater array of IT solutions, global expertise, and cost-management strategies.

We are a global IT consultancy that seamlessly integrates experts and leading-edge solutions into your organization so you can focus on what really matters.

Skills

  • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Business Administrationunmatched
  • Calendar Managementunmatched
  • Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Information Systems/Technology IS/IT Administrationunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Management of Information Systems/Technology (MIS)unmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Project Estimatesunmatched
  • Project Planningunmatched
  • Project Scheduleunmatched
  • Project Trackingunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Quality Assuranceunmatched
  • Quality Metricsunmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
  • ScrumMasterunmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)unmatched
  • Sprint Planningunmatched
  • Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
  • Standup Meetingsunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Technical Deliveryunmatched
  • Waterfall Model of Software Developmentunmatched
  • Writing Skillsunmatched

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