Project Manager II

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• Provide agile project management services in a SCRUM format working in meetings with the development team to ensure timely success of assigned projects.
• Lead all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and backlog refinement sessions.
• Elicit, analyze, and document functional and non-functional requirements from GARFO subject matter experts, fishery managers, permit staff, and external stakeholders across the commercial fishing industry, science centers, and Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils.
• Translate Greater Atlantic fishery business rules and federal regulations into well-formed user stories, acceptance criteria, and epics in JIRA.
• Build and maintain the product backlog, sprint boards, burndown charts, and velocity reports in JIRA, surfacing risks and blockers to the GARFO Project Management Branch and IBSS leadership.
• Author and curate project documentation in Confluence, including project charters, technical decision records, sprint summaries, and stakeholder communications.
• Facilitate collaborative design and process-mapping sessions using MIRO, capturing data flows, user journeys, and architecture decisions visible to the team and GARFO product owners.
• Maintain integrated project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource loading in Smartsheet, reporting status to the COR on a cadence agreed upon at kickoff.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with end users, including marine biologists and commercial fishing industry representatives, and triage post-go-live defects with the development team.
• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact between the IBSS delivery team and GARFO's Technology and Data Management Division (TDM), aligning with the Software and Database Development Branch and the Project Management Branch.
• Execute project front-end and back-end activities outside core technical sprints, including discovery, requirements baselining, project closeout, lessons-learned, and final deliverable handoff.
• Identify and escalate scope, schedule, or budget risks early, and propose mitigation options before they trigger the optional surge support clause.

• B.S/B.A and 5+ yrs professional experience leading software development projects in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency administering JIRA boards, backlogs, workflows, and reporting dashboards for active development teams.
• Working experience facilitating visual collaboration in MIRO or equivalent whiteboarding tools
• Working experience building and maintaining project schedules and resource plans in Smartsheet or equivalent (MS Project, ServiceNow PPM)
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Detail oriented and organized with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated success working in a team environment that includes flexibility working with a team in an organization that is dispersed; coordinating with the work of others; facilitating interactions among team members with diverse skill sets.

• Active PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Active Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or SAFe Scrum Master certification
• Prior experience supporting NOAA Fisheries, NMFS, or another federal natural resource agency
• Familiarity with Greater Atlantic fishery management regulations, commercial catch reporting, and the Greater Atlantic Fish Online (GARFO Fish Online) application
• Experience working with Oracle PL/SQL development teams and React/USWDS front-end teams
• Familiarity with React development
• Working knowledge of hybrid on-premise/cloud Oracle environments

About IBSS Corp.

Since 1992, IBSS, a woman-owned small business, has provided transformational consulting services to the Federal defense, civilian, and commercial sectors. Our services include cybersecurity and enterprise information technology, environmental science and engineering (including oceans, coasts, climate, and weather), and professional management services.

Our approach is to serve our employees by investing in their growth and development. As a result, our employees bring greater capabilities and provide exceptional service to our clients. In addition to creating career development opportunities for our employees, IBSS is passionate about giving back to the community and serving the environment. We strive to leave something better behind for the next generation.

We measure our success by the positive impact we have on our employees, clients, partners, and the communities we serve. Our tagline, Powered by Excellence, is a recognition of the employees that make up IBSS and ensures we deliver results with quality, applying industry best practices and certifications.

IBSS offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage with a company-paid deductible, paid time off, federal holidays, a matching 401K plan, tuition/professional development reimbursement, and Flex-Spending (FSA)/Dependent Care Account (DCA) options.

IBSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Click https://www.eeoc.gov/poster to see that the EEO is the law. Please direct any inquiries to the HR Department email at HR@ibsscorp.com.

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