Lead and manage enterprise software projects for payments clients using Agile/Scrum and SDLC methodologies. Plan, estimate, track, and report project status; facilitate sprint and release planning, retrospectives, and demos; coordinate with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, BAs, and technical teams; produce project plans, effort estimates, and deliverables; resolve conflicts and ensure teams follow core agile principles to meet milestones and client expectations.
Summary
Join Aperia Solutions, a leader in SaaS solutions for the Payments and Compliance industries. Aperia is a Texas-based fintech and managed consultancy firm that creates custom SaaS applications and other software-based solutions for the payments, banking, and processing industry. Founded in 1999, Aperia offers business intelligence, risk management, compliance, and customer intelligence platforms. With offices in Dallas, Washington DC, and Vietnam, Aperia is a fast-paced, global organization that strives to improve efficiency in compliance, risk, and customer service operations. Aperia’s clients include banks, processors, payment facilitators, merchant service providers, independent sales organizations, and government entities. A career at Aperia promises a great challenge, culture, and opportunities to forge your own path.
Job Description
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, tracking, and managing enterprise projects for a key client is the payments space.
Responsibilities
- Organize and facilitate project planning, host and attend daily stand-up meetings, participate in sprint reviews, lead and play an active role in lessons-learned and retrospectives, active participation and evaluation of sprint and release planning towards delivery of a cohesive project schedule, participate in demos and other Scrum-related meetings
- Conduct routine planning sessions with the Scrum Master, Client Engagement Manger, and Product Owner for alignment on project plan and roadmap
- Evaluate sprint/release progress as relative to the project plan
- Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility
- Leads Projects assigned with ability to properly initiate, plan, execute, control and close work to meet outlined success criteria.
- Produces Project Plans, Estimates, and Deliverables consistent with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- Monitor and report on Project Status, Project Milestones and Issues
- Prepare estimates of Effort (EOE) and evaluate Estimates to Complete (ETC)
- Interfaces with internal Business Analysts, Technical Personnel, and Management to assess and determine resource requirements and resolve conflicts
- Defines standards for Project Management documentation, measurements, and reporting
- Supports project team with project deliverables as necessary
- Interfaces with Aperia Solutions clients as necessary regarding project status and issues
Qualifications
- 5+ years’ experience in project management in an Agile environment
- Experience in delivery of technical software solutions using SDLC methodologies that support Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile models
- Familiarity with Project Management concepts, deliverables, and techniques
- Demonstrated experience in producing project tracking documentation
- Experience in conflict resolution
- Process orientation with emphasis on measurement and feedback
- Ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Demonstrated leadership in motivating teams to high performance
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills at the business and technical level
- Strong work ethic, commitment and teamwork
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Able to work flexible hours, especially during critical project schedules
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
- BA or BS Degree preferred
Eligibility Requirements
- Must be willing to submit to a background investigation and drug test as part of the selection process.
- This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
Job Type
- Full-time
Schedule
- Monday to Friday
Work Location
- Omaha, NE
- Alpharetta, GA
- Dallas, TX
- Coral Springs, FL
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Disability insurance
- Childcare assistance
- Education reimbursement
- Fitness membership
- Volunteer time off
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by their immediate supervisor or management. Principals only.
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