Ability to navigate within a fast-paced dynamic environment with high degrees of ambiguity to deliver large and complex projects
Ability to maneuver through tough political situations
Ability to lead geographically distributed development teams
Establishes collaborative relationships with business and technology partners at various levels in the organization
Superior communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate to diverse audiences and all levels of the organization, able to bridge communication gaps between technology and business users, and able to foster open team communication.
Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build cross-functional project teams and protect valuable team resources
Ability to identify and voice concerns and project issues in a timely and effective manner
Ability to flex leadership style to accommodate a wide variety of team member styles and leverage team diversity
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong negotiation skills
Demonstrates familiarity with software development lifecycles and the ability to facilitate decision making that balances business needs and technical priorities
Understands integration tools and methods
Demonstrates knowledge of system testing and test plan development
Knowledge of basic business principles and company goals and objectives
Working knowledge of software engineering, retail technologies, SharePoint, Web, Mobile, API, and Service-Oriented Architectures.
Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Microsoft project & Microsoft
Skilled at reporting on sprint status, burn down charts, summarizing results, and taking corrective action.
Daily Responsibilities:
Apply scrum/agile iterative development processes to lead on-time delivery of product backlog user stories.
Leverage risk and issue management, leadership courage and proactive / timely communications to safeguard project resources and direct corrective measures to ensure project success
Bridge communication between technology and the business through targeted communications and fostering open dialog with team members
Provide team members with clear communication and direction – including appropriate governance and decision making.
Identify resource gaps and inform the program and project manager to support and enable resource managers for outsourced services as needed.
Direct completion of applicable lifecycle deliverables in compliance with established company standards, practices and policies.
Negotiate across multiple functions to resolve impediments and competing priorities.