Full-Time Sr Project Manager
Nava is hiring a remote Full-Time Sr Project Manager. The career level for this job opening is Senior Manager and is accepting USA based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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About Nava
Nava is a consultancy and public benefit corporation working to make government services simple, effective, and accessible to all.
Position Summary
The Senior Project Manager supports the delivery of complex projects and products using agile project management methodology.
As a liaison between client stakeholders and their project team, they will communicate transparently with stakeholders to build trust and close client relationships.
The incumbent will work with the Product Manager to define the roadmap for any given product and translate tasks into user stories.
They will lead the collaborative planning process and prioritize work against team capacity.
Will ensure all products are built to an appropriate level of quality.
Will actively share knowledge of best practices, in service of Nava's culture and mission.
What you'll do
- Facilitating communication and information exchange between external partners and the project team
- Facilitating sprint ceremonies
- Managing and facilitating the epic life cycle for a product feature
- Removing roadblocks from the team's path
- Facilitating the artifacts and documentation of an epic lifecycle
- Communicating with client stakeholders to determine project requirements
- Reporting project status to client stakeholders (budget, resources, technical issues, or user testing)
- Assessing and identifying risks and escalating concerns
- Ensuring project is staffed appropriately
- Managing the team's capacity
- Running reports to ensure project stays on track
- Meeting with direct reports
- Mentoring direct reports
Required Skills
- At least 5 years of experience as a Project Manager
- 2-3 years direct experience with agile development practices
- Experience with ticketing systems
- Managing client relationships
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Trello
- Leading complex projects
- Working with product, design, and engineering teams
- Experience using agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
- Familiarity with agile development practices
Desired Skills
- Experience with project management in a government context
Other Requirements
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
- No visa sponsorship required
- May be subject to government security investigation and meet eligibility requirements