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Project Manager - Agile

* Country:US
* State:NORTH CAROLINA
* City:Research Triangle Park
* Category:Project Management
* Required Education:Bachelor's Degree
* Position Type:Professional
* Employment Type:Full-Time
* Contract Type:Regular
* Company:(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
* Req ID:345909BR
* Travel Required:No Travel
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* Location:Research Triangle Park, NC US

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Introduction
At IBM, our Project Managers excel by leading and coordinating a project teams overall performance, scope, cost, and deliverables. Our clients rely on timely and efficient status reports, and as Project Manager, you will drive the charge with project direction, metric definition, and performance management. If you are ready to help our clients and project teams succeed, we would love to meet you!

Your Role and Responsibilities
Do you have a passion for inspiring high performing teams to deliver break-thru experiences? Do you have a knack for fostering trust and collaboration? Are you fearless at the thought of change? Are you a fast learner? If so, read on.

We are seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to join the Distributed Software (DSW) Quote to Cash team. We are made up of small agile development teams that come together to deliver big changes that improve the software BUY experience. As the Agile Project Manager (APM), you will choreograph the work across those teams identifying key dependencies, mitigating risks, and removing roadblocks, all while keeping key stakeholders in the loop on progress and challenges.

Job Duties

* Lead. Manage all aspects of complex, enterprise projects that span business and technical teams and divisions, often 30-50 participants globally. Bring clarity to those projects, create open dialogue across the team, identify and remove blockers, encourage collaboration.
* Facilitate. Conduct project and agile ceremonies that include scrum-of-scrum status meetings, showcases, project read-outs, and retrospectives. Lead multi-day face-to-face and virtual solutioning or planning workshops.
* Organize: Leverage Jira as primary tool to assemble progress reports & dashboards; and manage project risks and issues. Develop project outlooks with clear interdependency maps, milestone outlooks and achievements.
* Coach. Promote team empowerment. Encourage sustainable pace. Hold teams accountable for commitments and provide feedback. Champion Agile best practices to continuously deliver business value.
* Balance: Blend traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach to fit complex, enterprise-level projects that ensures the right harmony of agility and predictability.
* Learn: Become well versed in the IBM BUY business models and the systems and processes that support them.
* Communication: use your developed cross functional communications skills to interact with all business and IT stakeholders including executives.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for these positions now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise
* Solid understanding of software development life cycle models
* Demonstrated ability to translate complex ideas and articulate trade-offs and challenges for teams and stakeholders
* A proven track record of successfully implementing software or web development projects using Agile methodologies, including 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager managing global complex projects in a high-tech development environment with multi-function teams.
* Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred
* Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the big picture view
* Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
* Proficiency in using general office and PM tools: Mural, Trello, Jira, Microsoft Project, Visio, and Office

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
* PMP preferred

About Business Unit
The Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) owns IBMs IT strategy and provides the tools, workstations, devices, and infrastructure that IBMers use to do their jobs every day. Put simply, our mission is to create a productive environment for IBM's 365,000 worldwide employees. Join us as we lead with design to drive simplicity and ease of use, engineering the systems that run the business, and innovating to transform the business.

Your Life @ IBM
What matters to you when youre looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.

About IBM
IBMs greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.

Location Statement
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

IBM intends this job to be performed entirely outside of Colorado.

Being You @ IBM
IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.