IT Project Manager - Agile
$84,000–$125,000 year
On-siteRolling Meadows, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, for Business Intelligence and Salesforce deployment teams. Own sprint backlogs, burndown charts, and velocity metrics while championing continuous integration practices and Work-In-Progress limits. Identify and drive resolution of impediments that threaten sprint or release commitments. Coordinate with Directors of Business Intelligence, ERP, and Infrastructure to align sprint priorities with data roadmaps, deployment sequencing, and environment availability. Coach cross-functional teams on agile principles and facilitate retrospectives to produce actionable process improvements. Maintain accurate project dashboards and status reporting for IT leadership, tracking metrics such as cycle time and defect rates.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of experience working as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager on software development or enterprise systems projects
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) certification, or the ability to obtain within 12 months of hire
- Demonstrated experience facilitating agile delivery for data/analytics (BI) projects and/or Salesforce implementation or deployment projects
- Hands-on proficiency with agile project management tooling (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally), including experience building dashboards and reporting frameworks to track team metrics
- Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business audiences
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a manufacturing or transportation/logistics environment
- Familiarity with Salesforce release management and deployment practices (e.g., sandboxes, change sets, CI/CD for Salesforce)
- Working knowledge of BI/analytics platforms and data pipeline concepts (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, ETL processes)
- Exposure to ERP project delivery cycles and how they intersect with BI and CRM initiatives
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or other scaled-agile certification
- Experience establishing new agile teams, Centers of Excellence, or cross-team agile councils to scale best practices across an organization
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