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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Agile IT Project Manager - **Company:** Columbia Insurance Company - **Location:** Columbia, MO, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Automation of Tests, Continuous Integration, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Atlassian Tools - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=89dfb709c1e87bdb ## About the Role * Extensive knowledge of Agile approaches, including Kanban and Scrum, with hands-on experience applying Agile practices within delivery teams * Thorough knowledge and experience with Agile techniques, such as user stories, backlog refinement, continuous integration, automated testing, and iterative delivery. * Previous experience in project work, either as a project manager, scrum master and/or key contributor, with a strong understanding of project management fundamentals and delivery best practice * Atlassian (Jira and Confluence) administration experience * Ability to effectively communicate and manage project expectations to leaders, owners, sponsors, team members, and other stakeholders at the team and project level, in a clear and concise fashion in both written and verbal communications * Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and selectively apply appropriate techniques to provide value to teams and organization * Strong organization, prioritization, and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams or competing priorities * Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-function, matrixed team environment * Ability to learn, understand and apply new technologies and tools in support of effective delivery, * Bachelor's degree strongly preferred, * 3-5+ years of project, Agile, or delivery management experience * Project Management certification (PMP) * Certified Scrum Master (CSM) * Experienced in a Scrum Master role for 1-2+ years for a software development team * Experience in the Commercial P&C Insurance industry or other regulated environments * Strong presentation skills, including the ability to convey delivery status, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders * Strong visual communication and creative communication skills, including the use of dashboards, boards, or visual artifacts to support transparency and alignment ## Description Plan and lead IT project teams to successful delivery by facilitating Agile practices, coordinating work, and ensuring adherence to IT project management standards and delivery expectations., * Run and facilitate daily, weekly and monthly agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives) and organize workstream team(s) efficiently, ensuring adherence to Agile practices ad team commitments. * Assist with backlog maintenance, prioritization, and documentation, and develop and maintain teams' standards, tools and best practices in alignment with PMO and enterprise deliver frameworks. * Contribute to determining / maintaining strategic IT project roadmaps and programs by providing delivery input, sequencing recommendations, and capacity insights, in accordance with the mission and goals of the business. * Support clear, effective, and timely visual communication and creative communication activities that enable stakeholder understanding, transparency, and team alignment. * Support IT PMO Leader by managing assigned project financials, resource assignment and allocation, ongoing milestone/delivery tracking boards, communication and key performance metrics. Prepare clear, accurate, and timely status reports for leadership and governance bodies as needed. * Work with appropriate internal customers to develop IT project scope of work documents and project plans, including defined objectives, assumptions, dependencies, cost/benefit analysis, project charters, measurable outcomes, and related risk. * Assist with change management and knowledge building across the organization related to Agile and scrum, including supporting adoption, readiness, and continuous learning at the team level * Promote continuous improvement across the organization, while continually growing and learning about new tools and techniques to manage the team(s). * Administration of Atlassian products (JIRA and Confluence) to ensure efficient, scalable, and well-governed collaboration and workflow management across the organization. * Other duties as required. ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [The Future of Developer Experience with GenAI: Driving Engineering Excellence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1107-the-future-of-developer-experience-with-genai-driving-engineering-excellence) - [Coffee with Developers - Cassidy Williams - ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/912-coffee-with-developers-cassidy-williams) - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [Diversity as a Growth and Happiness Factor in Agile Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/862-diversity-as-a-growth-and-happiness-factor-in-agile-development) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [7 Important Tips That Every Software Developer Should Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/101-7-important-tips-that-every-software-developer-should-know) - [Velocity with Guardrails: How Technical Teams Can Move Fast Without Losing Decision Integrity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/747-velocity-with-guardrails-how-technical-teams-can-move-fast-without-losing-decision-integrity) - [How to Write a CV and Interview if You Don't Fully Qualify For The Job](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/183-how-to-write-a-cv-and-interview-if-you-don-t-fully-qualify-for-the-job) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development)