Project Manager II - Agile Champion

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Location: Phoenix, AZ
Duration: Ongoing Contract

CTG is seeking a Project Manager II – Agile Champion to support our client’s Engineering teams by driving Agile best practices and enabling high-performing delivery within a scaled Agile environment. This role focuses on coaching teams, facilitating Agile ceremonies, managing dependencies, and ensuring successful delivery across Program Increments (PI).

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies and team events to support incremental and iterative delivery.

• Drive the Engineering team’s contribution during Program Increments (PI) through coaching and facilitation.

• Partner with Product Owners on backlog refinement, backlog readiness, and writing effective user stories.

• Support Agile Release Train (ART) coordination and collaboration with Release Train Engineers (RTE).

• Identify, track, and resolve impediments, risks, and cross-team dependencies.

• Monitor delivery metrics and continuously improve team performance and maturity.

• Promote Agile mindset, Lean-Agile principles, and a culture of continuous improvement.

• Ensure compliance with SDLC standards and maintain accurate data within Agile management tools.

• Influence teams and stakeholders without direct authority to drive Agile adoption and delivery success.

Required Skills

• Agile Project Management

• JIRA and Rally

• Incident Management

• Release Management

• Microsoft Office Suite, OneDrive, and SharePoint

• Agile coaching and facilitation

• Dependency and risk management

• SDLC practices and governance

Qualifications

• Experience facilitating Agile teams within complex product development environments.

• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and Agile at Scale frameworks.

• Proven ability to coach teams and Product Owners on Agile practices.

• Experience working with Agile project management tools such as JIRA or Rally .

• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational change management skills.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field preferred, or equivalent experience.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply:
To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. For additional information, please contact JoAnn Abramo at [email protected] . Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!