[Remote] Project Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking a Project Manager with Scrum Master responsibilities and a strong data-analytics background. The role focuses on converting project data into actionable insights, managing Jira and Excel reporting, monitoring delivery risks, and facilitating Scrum ceremonies while improving team productivity and transparency.
Responsibilities
- Designing, configuring, and maintaining Jira Structures to surface real‐time performance metrics
- Building and automating sophisticated Excel reports using visuals such as pivot tables for resource utilization, risk registers, and variance analysis
- Analyzing extensive Jira and IMS data to produce concise, data‐rich status reports, forecasts, and executive summaries that translate technical metrics into strategic business recommendations
- Developing automated monitoring mechanisms, to flag schedule slippage, resource constraints, and quality deviations for timely intervention
- Leading daily stand‐ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives while coaching the team on Scrum principles
- Acting as the primary liaison between the Scrum team and project management
- Continuously identifying opportunities to streamline Scrum and reporting processes using analytics, thereby increasing productivity and transparency
Skills
- Strong data‐analytics background
- Experience with designing, configuring, and maintaining Jira Structures
- Ability to build and automate sophisticated Excel reports using visuals such as pivot tables
- Experience in analyzing extensive Jira and IMS data
- Ability to produce concise, data‐rich status reports, forecasts, and executive summaries
- Experience in translating technical metrics into strategic business recommendations
- Ability to develop automated monitoring mechanisms to flag schedule slippage, resource constraints, and quality deviations
- Experience leading daily stand‐ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Ability to coach the team on Scrum principles
- Experience acting as the primary liaison between the Scrum team and project management
- Ability to identify opportunities to streamline Scrum and reporting processes using analytics
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