MILLENNIUM GROUP

We are seeking a Business PM/Advisor for a client in San Antonio, Texas.

For immediate consideration, email resume though this website.

Due to COVID -19, candidates will be able to work from home for the duration of the assignment.

This role will focus on driving strategy and turning it into action. Need someone who can provide solutions quickly.

Requirements

Experience scheduling, working through roadblocks

Experience identifying and leading focus groups

Strong multi-tasking skills

Experience working with high level executives

Tools

Microsoft office

Mural preferred

Job Description

Rally experience or any other Agile tool preferred

Engages in the planning, execution, and delivery of programs and projects intended to accomplish business goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets. Develops an advanced understanding of how project activities contribute to the achievement of strategic business goals and operational objectives. Collaborates with key stakeholders and project/program teams to ensure objectives are met. Guides and facilitates cross-functional teams in the strategy development and implementation of compliance solutions. Independently performs complex work assignments and problem resolution within a CoSA and enterprise-wide projects. Reviews laws and regulations for business impact and completes risk assessments. Identifies compliance opportunities and potential solutions.

We are seeking an IT Scrum Master for a client in Plano, Texas.

For immediate consideration, email resume through this website.

Due to COVID -19 this position will start as a WFH, so candidates will need to be able to work from home now and be able to work in the office once things are settled.

Scrum/SAFe/Agile methodologies experience is required. DevOps experience is a plus.

Job Description

Serves as a facilitator for product owners and development teams currently using Scrum development methodology to self-organize and make development changes quickly while delivering value to customers. Engages in Servant Leadership and manages the Scrum process through effective guidance, coaching, and education, and through removal of impediments to team progress. Supports and educates the product owner; particularly with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making. Job Duties:

• Facilitates seamless collaboration and maximizes team performance across multiple technical and/or non-technical teams to ensure rapid delivery of products and timeline achievement of goals.
• Ensures cross team coordination.
• Removes impediments to team progress whether internal to the team or organizational in nature.
• Escalates impediments to facilitate rapid resolution and supports efforts to resolve systemic impediments that continually block teams within their organization.
• Supports and educates product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.
• Ensures effective communication with Scrum teams and other cross-functional teams; schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings, and ensures appropriate status tools, radiators, and reports are produced in order to effectively provide transparency on team's (or multiple teams') progress/productivity.
• Acts as a technical resource on Agile methodology to development teams, product owners, and management.
• Participates in Scrum Master Community of practice and mentors other Scrum Masters.
• For technology related efforts, understands release-when ready, test-driven development, continuous integration, product demonstration and other technical engineering practices and guides team on leveraging them.
• Supports and educates product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.
• Ensures effective communication with Scrum teams and other cross-functional teams.
• Schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings, and ensures appropriate documentation and reports are produced in order to effectively monitor progress/productivity.
• Acts as a technical resource on Agile methodology to development teams, product owners, and management.

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree

4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Minimum Experience

6 or more years of relevant experience in process improvement, project management, or business/requirements analysis with at least 2 years as a Scrum Master or working in a similar role in a lean or Scrum environment.

Advanced knowledge of multiple agile delivery methodologies.

Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

We are seeking an IT Scrum Master for a client in San Antonio, Texas.

For immediate consideration, send resume through this website.

Due to COVID -19 this position will start as a WFH, so candidates will need to be able to work from home now, and be able to work in the office once things are settled.

Job Overview Serves as a facilitator for product owners and development teams currently using Scrum development methodology to self-organize and make development changes quickly while delivering value to customers. Engages in Servant Leadership and manages the Scrum process through effective guidance, coaching, and education, and through removal of impediments to team progress. Supports and educates the product owner particularly with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.

Requirements IT project management experience Current Scrum experience daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives

Agile Certified SAFe Is Highly Preferred Strong Communication Skills

Tools needed Jira Rally Excel PowerPoint

We are seeking a Program Manager for a client in San Antonio, Texas!

Note: Due to COVID -19 This request will be full time WFH for the duration of the assignment. This means candidates will need their own computers and high-speed Internet access as a requirement for WFH capabilities.

Looking for a Program Manager with P&C insurance experience

Requirements

P&C business experience in Underwriting, Pricing or Product Management

Program management experience of large business initiatives

Facilitating large meetings and workshops to ensure product delivery

Identifies program opportunities to deliver solutions that meet multiple business partner needs

Experienced at maintaining stakeholder engagement

Tools

Metricstream

Rally

Tableau

We are seeking a SAFe Agile Project Manager for a client in Phoenix, Arizona.

Due to COVID 19, this position will be WFH to start. Candidates are expected to be able to return to the office once things are settled down.

Requirements

• Solid IT project manager with core Agile (required) but strongly prefers SAFeAgile
• Strong Communication skills
• Experience with Customer, Risk identification, Timelines, Budgets and Delivery
• Rally & Jira - strongly preferred
• Confluence Wiki - Preferred, Not Required.
  
  
  
  
• Participates in the planning, execution and delivery of moderately complex to complex business projects under minimal supervision.
• Manages risk by using established project management processes to address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and cost.
• Leads and manages projects to achieve strategic business goals and operational objectives.
• Serves as a resource to less experienced team members on escalated issues of a routine nature.

Job Duties

• Acquires and applies proficient knowledge of the business, its products and processes.
• Gathers information, analyzes data trends, identifies root causes and develops work products.
• Defines low to medium risk project plans and aligns to project deliverables.
• Manages budgets on the low to medium range of project budgets.
• Uses tools and techniques that may include process engineering and software delivery methods to increase overall project success.
• Seeks creative alternatives to project challenges.
• Facilitates development of project plans related to schedule, budget, scope and resources.
• Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value.
• Understands each project's critical path activities and proactively manages those to project's benefit.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Minimum Experience

• 4 or more years relevant business support and/or general analysis experience.
• Proficient knowledge of project management methodology and/or working knowledge of technical software delivery life cycle. 

We are seeking a Program Manager for a client in San Antonio Texas.

Due to COVID 19, this position will be WFH to start, but candidates are expected to be able to return to the office once things settle down.

Job Description

• Engages in the planning, execution, and delivery of programs and projects intended to accomplish business goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets.
• Develops an advanced understanding of how project activities contribute to the achievement of strategic business goals and operational objectives.
• ollaborates with key stakeholders and project/program teams to ensure objectives are met.

Job Duties:

• Drives implementation of multiple, complex project/program initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams and resources to achieve multiple program and project milestones within established timeframes.
• Plans, directs, and coordinates activities for complex programs and projects through the development of project plans intended to accomplish goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets.
• Ensures consistent visibility for program and project teams by monitoring and reporting business objectives, program/project achievements, and key indicators.
• Communicates with project stakeholders and executive/senior management and provides insight on issues through root cause analyses.
• Facilitates collaboration on creative alternatives to project challenges with subject matter experts.
• Removes obstacles and impediments to ensure business and operational objectives are met.
• Drives adoption and challenges standards.
• Identifies and applies best practices and needed process improvements.
• Establishes advanced capabilities in program and project design where possible.
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Minimum Experience

• 6 or more years of relevant experience in project or program management.
• Advanced knowledge of project management tools and methodologies.

We are seeking Scrum Masters for a client in Phoenix, Arizona.

Due to COVID 19, this position will be WFH to start, but candidates are expected to be able to work in the office once things settle down.

Job Description

• Serves as a facilitator for product owners and development teams currently using Scrum development methodology to self-organize and make development changes quickly while delivering value to customers.
• Engages in Servant Leadership and manages the Scrum process through effective guidance, coaching, and education, and through removal of impediments to team progress.
• Supports and educates the product owner; particularly with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.

Job Duties

• Facilitates seamless collaboration and maximizes team performance within assigned technical and/or non-technical teams to ensure rapid delivery of products and timeline achievement of goals.
• Removes impediments to team progress whether internal to the team or organizational in nature. When necessary, escalates impediments to facilitate rapid resolution.
• Supports product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog and decision making.
• Ensures effective communication with Scrum teams and other cross-functional teams.
• Influences and facilitates the empowerment of a self-organizing team.
• Schedules and facilitates cross-functional meetings.
• Ensures appropriate status tools, radiators, and reports are produced in order to effectively provide transparency on team's progress/productivity.
• Acts as Agile methodology SME to technology teams, product owners, and management.
• For technology related efforts, understands release-when ready, test-driven development, continuous integration, product demonstration and other technical engineering practices and encourages teams to leverage them.
• Supports and educates product owners, especially with respect to refining and managing the product backlog, release plan maintenance, and decision making.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

Minimum Experience

• 4 or more years of relevant experience in process improvement, project management, or business/requirements analysis.
• Proficient work experience with Agile/Scrum.
• Proficient working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

We are seeking a SAFe Agile Project Manager for a client in San Antonio, Texas.

Due to COVID 19, this position will be WFH to start. Candidates are expected to be able to return to the office once things are settled down.

Requirements

• Solid IT project manager with core Agile (required) but SAFeAgile* is preferred
• Strong Communication skills
• Experience with Customer, Risk identification, Timelines, Budgets and Delivery Rally & Jira – strongly preferred

Description

Confluence Wiki – preferred, not required.

• Participates in the planning, execution and delivery of moderately complex to complex business projects under minimal supervision.
• Manages risk by using established project management processes to address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and cost.
• Leads and manages projects to achieve strategic business goals and operational objectives.
• Serves as a resource to less experienced team members on escalated issues of a routine nature.

Job Duties: 

• Acquires and applies proficient knowledge of the business, its products and processes.
• Gathers information, analyzes data trends, identifies root causes and develops work products.
• Defines low to medium risk project plans and aligns to project deliverables.
• Manages budgets on the low to medium range of project budgets.
• Uses tools and techniques that may include process engineering and software delivery methods to increase overall project success.
• Seeks creative alternatives to project challenges.
• Facilitates development of project plans related to schedule, budget, scope and resources.
• Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value.
• Understands each project's critical path activities and proactively manages those to project's benefit.

We are seeking a Product Marketing Manager to oversee banking credit card projects. This position will be located in San Antonio, Texas!

Note: Due to COVID -19 This request will be full time WFH for the duration of the assignment. This means candidates will need their own computers and high-speed Internet access as a requirement for WFH capabilities.

Job Overview

The responsibility of this PPM will be to manage the work for credit card marketing between the product team and marketing organization to ensure that we are hitting timelines and have all inputs together. This role will work with the marketing execution teams, marketing capabilities and platforms to ensure that we have a roadmap and timelines established.

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, OR related discipline or 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted in lieu of a degree.

5+ years relevant industry experience in Marketing, Program management OR 2+ or more years direct product management experience.

Strong communication skills

Preferred

Credit card product management experience

Salesforce

Job Title - Network Project Manager

Location –Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Duration – Contract

Rate - W2 - $480 daily

Job Duties:

·               Create & maintain detailed project schedule

·               Manage equipment orders, staging & inventory

·               Conduct weekly meetings, and document via weekly Status Reports that include the following content: Team Accomplishments, Agenda, Key Point / Minutes from Last Meeting, 2 week Look-Ahead, Actions, Red/Amber/Green Issue Tracking Summary, Network Change Request Summary

·               Provide detailed and timely regular and ad-hoc updates to management

·               Ensure timely and accurate publication of all project deliverables owed by Deployment Engineers

·               Manage project delivery

·               Escalate project issues to management

·               Support project closure activities

·               Work with Deployment and Firewall Engineers in creating, and participate actively in the creation of, the following mandatory network deliverables.

·               Act as primary liaison between implementation team and internal groups including IT Facilities, Application Connectivity, UNIX / Wintel when necessary, business /client and peer resources. and external groups including collocation providers and any 3rd party equipment staging partners

·               Coordinate appropriate updates with NMS Team as devices are productionized and ensure all network devices are properly inventoried in data base when required.

·               Secure appropriate signoff for all deliverables produced or updated during a project

·               Oversee and manage day to day activities of firewall Engineers and deployment staff

·               Ensure all networking systems are delivered based upon internal network standards

·               Ensure compliance with Client’s standard network deployment practices during implementation

·               Create, or work with Deployment Engineers and firewall engineers to create Change Requests.

·               Secure approval for change requests.

·               Attend weekly change control meetings to present, or support presentation by Deployment Engineers, and leads across network changes

·               Host testing bridge conference calls for any changes involving disruption to service or activities

·               Coordinate next business day support for changes

·               Issue notifications for all change events

·               Turn-over all documentation created or updated during this project to Operations team. 

Expected Skillset:

Required – Technical

­          Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing network implementation projects

­          Background in the financial services industry

­          Aptitude for managing technical staff in a dynamic matrix working environment

­          Aptitude for managing demanding clients, and managing/resolving conflicts

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Required – Project Management

­          Understanding of L2 frame & L3 packet concepts

­          Understanding of TCP/IP addressing & behaviour and the OSI Model

­          Understanding of routing protocols (OSPF, BGP), ip multicast, quality-of-service

­          Familiarity with Arista and Cisco Nexus platforms

­          Understanding of PMI project methodologies and proficient in MS Project, Excel & PowerPoint.

Creospan is a growing tech collective of makers, shakers, and problem solvers, offering solutions today that will propel businesses into a better tomorrow. “Tomorrow’s ideas, built today!” In addition to being able to work alongside equally brilliant and motivated developers, our consultants appreciate the opportunity to learn and apply new skills and methodologies throughout different clients and industries.

Position: Program Manager

Location: Remote

Required

1. 10+ years of Program Management experience leading large enterprise programs with budgets over $2M. Experience of 3+ years as a Scrum Master running tech teams.
2. Director level candidate with polished communication and able to manage a diverse set of stakeholder groups from developers thru VPs.
3. Retail experience preferred. Have to be an engineer or product manager in their early career.
4. Local Oregon candidates preferred but not a must.
5. high emotional intelligence to navigate political landscape
6. Experience in SafE agile methodology a MUST.
7. Experience with Planview, Clarity and Aha! is a must have requirement.

Thanks!

Nicholas O’Connor

Sr.Technical Recruiter

Mobile: 847-281-5933

Creospan, Inc.

Address: 1515 E., Woodfield Road, Suite 350, Schaumburg, IL 60173

Office Phone: +1 (847) 598 – 1101

Website: www.creospan.com