Project Manager II - Agile Champion

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)., * 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.

• 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, * 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, a Cegeka company, is at the forefront of digital transformation, providing IT and business solutions that accelerate project momentum and deliver desired value. Over nearly 60 years, we have earned a reputation as a faster and more reliable, results-driven partner. Our vision is to be an indispensable partner to our clients and the preferred career destination for digital and technology experts. CTG leverages the expertise of over 9,000 team members in 19 countries to provide innovative solutions. Together, we operate across the Americas, Europe, and India, working in close cooperation with over 3,000 clients in many of today's highest-growth industries. For more information, visit www.ctg.com . Our culture is a direct result of the people who work at CTG, the values we hold, and the actions we take. In other words, our people define our culture. It's a living, breathing thing that is renewed every day through the ways we engage with each other, our clients, and our communities. Part of our mission is to cultivate a workplace that attracts and develops the best people. CTG will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws. CTG is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CTG will assure equal opportunity and consideration to all applicants and employees in recruitment, selection, placement, training, benefits, compensation, promotion, transfer, and release of individuals without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, age, disability, marital or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other discriminatory factors as required by law. CTG is fully committed to promoting employment opportunities for members of protected classes.