Agile Project Manager

AGILE PROJECT MANAGER

Corra is the global digital agency that B2B and B2C  brands trust to accelerate their growth. Working at the intersection of commerce technology and customer experience strategy, we are known for our unmatched ability to deliver comprehensive digital solutions to leading B2C and B2B retailers. In recent years, Corra has taken a leadership position with all things Headless and PWA within the commerce space and has launched more PWA/Headless builds than any other agency within our space.

Over the past 15+ years, we have helped merchants enable and scale their commerce vision, channeling our expertise and passion in the Magento Commerce, Adobe Experience Cloud, Shopify Plus, commercetools, fabric and Contentful platforms along with many vetted technology partners.

Winner of multiple Best Places to Work awards, we offer exciting and challenging projects with industry leading companies, competitive health benefits, flexible work arrangements, ongoing career development, company outings and tons of other bonuses.

Corra is seeking an Agile Project Manager to join our fast growing team. This role is responsible for leading and managing a cross-functional (including account, creative, strategy and technology) and cross-geographies team that designs and implements ecommerce websites following the Agile methodology (mostly the Scrum framework). The Agile Project Manager will also lead the execution of multiple programs such as our managed services offerings (post-launch support, ongoing enhancements), optimization & creative services.

This position requires technical depth, understanding of the ecommerce ecosystem, software engineering and partnership skills. The Agile Project Manager acts as a true Servant Leader Scrum Master while ensuring that projects stay on time, on budget, and at the high standards of quality for which Corra is known. The person will be a self-starter and team player that possesses the ability to facilitate, exert influence to eliminate roadblocks and drive to delivering value with a high performing team.

You put the needs of your team first and help them achieve their maximum potential. You clarify complex problems and break them into understandable small parts. You make others around you better and enjoy learning in return. You are an agent of change.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Foster a strong Agile culture and regularly assess the team's maturity, health, efficiency and composition
• Foster and develop strong relationships with your clients and between the members of your team relentlessly striving for high performance
• Manage multiple ecommerce development and other technical projects/programs simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Drive toward continuous improvement through the analysis of data, and inspect & adapt practices defined in Corra’s delivery process to suit your clients’ specific situation
• Collaborate with all teams to align on big picture / strategic vision definition and creation of objectives and KPIs 
• Lead day to day execution to meet the objectives and KPIs  
• Manage, report on, and forecast project budgets and managed services engagement budgets
• Own and track profitability metrics and balance them with client satisfaction
• Make resource allocation decisions to meet our clients’ needs, and department managers’ resource allocation goals
• Conduct periodic project reviews with key client leadership teams to provide progress updates and plan to key milestones, manage key decisions, and mitigate risks
• Effectively facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective)

QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluent in—and avid advocate of— Agile best practices and mindset
• Successfully led teams for 3+ years using Scrum
• A motivational mentor: you keep teams focused on results, growth and actionable feedback
• Certified CSM/Agile Coach preferred
• 3+ years of experience implementing enterprise-level software platforms such as eCommerce, CMS, ERP, DXP/CX
• Experience with eCommerce platforms (e.g. Adobe Commerce, Shopify, etc.) a plus
• Headless implementation experience a plus
• Experience managing and leading design centric initiatives a plus
• Strong command of budget, risk & change management processes
• Experience managing resource allocation
• Experience planning & coordinating with multiple third party vendors
• Strong leadership, communication, and team building skills
• Must be able to quickly learn, understand and apply new technologies
• Capable of maintaining a consistent and calm presence for the team during periods of high or low intensity on the project
• Detail oriented, self-organizing and highly skilled in time management to facilitate involvement in multiple workstreams
• Comfortable working in an ever changing environment
• Experience working with remote teams across time zones
• Fluency in use of Jira and Confluence and familiarity with Project Management tools such as Mavenlink
• MS Office / Google Suite proficiency required

Corra provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, parental status, national origin, disability status, genetic information (including family medical history), protected veteran status or military service, citizenship or immigration status, political affiliation, or other non-merit-based factors and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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