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job summary: Agile Project Manager - Hunt Valley, MD (Hybrid) With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors, and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility. Position Summary Our client is a leading provider of specialty insurance products and services. We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Agile Project Manager Lead to join our Travel, Accident and Health business unit to help develop and expand its platform to support existing and new business lines. In this critical role, you will be responsible for driving the successful delivery of software projects using Agile methodologies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring effective collaboration, communication, and alignment between business stakeholders and technical teams. * This position is a hybrid role at our Hunt, Valley, MD office. The ideal candidate must be able to report to the office twice a week. *   location: Hunt Valley, Maryland job type: Permanent salary: $140,000 - 150,000 per year work hours: 9am to 5pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Lead and manage cross-functional Agile team in the planning, execution, and delivery of software projects within the Accident and Health Insurance business unit.Apply Agile principles and methodologies to establish project frameworks, including defining project goals, objectives, scope, deliverables, and timelines.Facilitate Agile ceremonies, such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and alignment among team members.Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and technical teams to gather and prioritize requirements, ensuring that the product backlog is well-defined and managed.Develop and maintain project plans, including sprint backlogs, burn-down charts, and other Agile project management artifacts, to track progress and ensure project transparency.Coordinate and allocate resources, both internally and externally, to ensure that project tasks are assigned and completed on time and within budget.Collaborate with technical teams to identify and resolve impediments, bottlenecks, and risks that may impact project delivery.Monitor and report project progress, providing regular status updates to stakeholders and senior management, and escalating issues or risks as appropriate.Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the Agile teams, promoting feedback, learning, and adaptation to optimize project delivery.Collaborate with other Agile Project Managers and stakeholders to manage dependencies and ensure cross-team coordination and integration.Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to Agile project management, and proactively apply this knowledge to enhance project delivery. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.Minimum of 5 years of experience in Agile project management, preferably in the insurance or financial services industry.strong experience leading and managing cross-functional Agile teams, including providing guidance and mentorship.Solid understanding and practical application of Agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban, and proficiency in using Agile project management tools.Proven track record of successfully delivering software projects using Agile methodologies, from inception to release.Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, with attention to detail.Experience in risk management and the ability to identify and mitigate project risks.Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire team members to achieve project goals.Proficiency in stakeholder management and the ability to build positive relationships with stakeholders at all levels.Familiarity with SQL, APIs, and infrastructure, is a plus.Comfortable interacting and partnering at all levels across the organization including offshore teams.Help facilitate the flow of work in an Agile environment from product idea through design-build-test-operate for complex customer-focused, business-critical applications that use a range of cutting-edge technologies.Provide coaching and training to product owners, program managers, testers, developers and functional managers on the Agile/Lean product development process.Agile certifications, such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), are desirable but not required.   qualifications: Experience level: ExperiencedMinimum 6 years of experienceEducation: Bachelors (required)  skills: Agile Methodology (5 years of experience is required)Project Management (5 years of experience is required)SQL QueryFinancial ServiceSDLCAPIsINFRASTRUCTURE PM Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

job summary: Randstad Federal is seeking an SAP Agile Coach in support of a program at Navy.   location: BETHESDA, Maryland job type: Contract salary: $90 - 100 per hour work hours: 8am to 4pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Overview: This position serves as a professional or SME to support project management for accomplishment of a specific task, group of tasks, or small project(s). Schedules and assigns work to subordinates, ensures assigned personnel fully understand their functions, monitors progress and resolves discrepancies to ensure compliance with work/quality standards and contract/task order requirements, and prepares or provides input to management reports. Required Skills: - 5+ years agile experience (Coach, RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, etc.) - 10+ years software development/information technology experience - 2+ years federal project/program management experience - SAFe SPC4 or RTE certification - Requires knowledge of project management practices. - Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments - Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks - Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable. Working knowledge of the MS office suite - Must have SAFe Agile experience in an SAP implementation/major enhancement environment that resulted in several Epic deployments of SAP business processes and capabilities. - Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Math, Business or other related scientific or technical discipline. An additional two (2) years of demonstrated project management experience or current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree. - Federal experience required (DoD experience preferred) - DoD clearance required (must be clearable) Job Duties: - Serves as a professional or SME to support project management for accomplishment of a specific task, group of tasks, or small project(s). - Schedules and assigns work to subordinates, ensures assigned personnel fully understand their functions, monitors progress and resolves discrepancies to ensure compliance with work/quality standards and contract/task order requirements, and prepares or provides input to management reports. Preferred Skills: - Understanding of Navy ERP solution and IBM portfolio of contracts - strong oral and written communication skills - 3+ years federal government experience - PMI-ACP, CSP, CSM, or equivalent   qualifications: Experience level: ExperiencedMinimum 5 years of experienceEducation: Bachelors  skills: SAPAgile Methodology Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

job summary: Randstad Technologies is hiring and we're looking for someone like YOU to join our team! If you are seeking a new opportunity, looking to grow in your career, or you know someone who is - we want to hear from you! Take a look at the below opportunity, or feel free to visit RandstadUSA.com to view and apply to any of our open roles.   location: Charlotte, North Carolina job type: Contract salary: $56.09 - 61.09 per hour work hours: 8am to 5pm education: Bachelors   responsibilities: Financial services background with experience associated to Corporate Finance, Accounting, Balance Sheet, and/or Treasury processes. Project Management experience covering delivery of business and technology change related to regulatory reporting, internal and external financial reporting, finance data, operational accounting/business process, workflows, and senior stakeholder engagement experience. Accounting and Finance Agile (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban) and Azure DevOps Agile and Waterfall Corporate Finance Lead complex initiatives managing all activities in a project life-cycle such as initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing associated with projects that are long-term, line of business wide and medium to high risk, scope and complexity with broad impact. Act as key participant in project plans and budgets for change management. Review and initiate complex multi-business and enterprise support operations, organizational systems knowledge and navigation to anticipate change impacts. Ensure full understanding of project impacts that translate into comprehensive engagement strategies. Make decisions in end to end project management, demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end while developing and implementing program and project level processes, procedures and performance metrics . Demonstrate understanding of policy, methodology and artifact creation that influence and lead change management to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives. Collaborate and consult with executive leadership, stakeholders, project leads, executive leadership, sponsors and business partners to clarify and define project requirements. Manage a team. Required Qualifications: 5+ years of Project Management and Methodologies, Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.   qualifications: Experience level: ExperiencedMinimum 5 years of experienceEducation: Bachelors  skills: Project ManagerProject ManagementAccounting/Finance Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com. Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).