Senior Project Manager

Team Sparq is committed to creating high-quality tech careers while helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey. We are committed to being an inclusive workplace, maintaining a culture of equitable, diverse employment and advancement company-wide.

Why you will enjoy Mondays again:

• Opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues in a fun, creative environment

• Progressive career journey and opportunity for advancement

• Continuous development through training and mentorship programs

• Exposure to modern technologies across various industries in an agile environment

• Remote work

A Day in the Life:

• Collaborates with Sparq and client management, and provides internal feedback regarding the performance of individual colleagues and the development team as a whole
  
• Manages Sparq engagement management colleagues as assigned; responsible for direct report(s) annual review (s), performance feedback, and support; guides professional development
  
• Provides an engaging and consultative approach to client delivery and project outcomes
  
• Leads Scrum ceremonies and oversees small or medium scale client project teams (Sprint
  
• Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective); assists on large scale client engagements as assigned
  
• Coordinates and provides leadership in development of project plans, analysis, design, and development of project implementation with minimal oversight; ability to manage more than one project team/and or client engagement simultaneously
  
• Provides coaching and guidance to the project team regarding all aspects of the project, while ensuring the team understands the tasks fully and can act on them efficiently; discusses specifics of role assignments and provides feedback as needed
  
• Ensures that project team colleagues have support and appropriate resources; acts as an escalation point for colleague and project success
  
• Effectively communicates with internal Sparq partners, development team, and clients regarding project needs and goals; begins to exercise sound judgement and maintains professional internal and external communication
  
• Professionally resolves colleague and client issues in a timely and respectful manner; has an awareness of the requirements, timelines and deliverables and advises on areas of risk, raises issues early and provides work-in-progress status
  
• Possesses understanding of various ticketing systems and frameworks (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
  
• Administers financial aspects of project--manages invoices, materials, project control books
  
• Communicates with Client Executive and Delivery Executive for SOW changes and Colleague Quality Executive for performance/HR issues
  
• Participates in the interview process for engagement management and provides feedback on candidate qualifications
  
• Performs other related duties as assigned
  

What it takes:

• Ability to lead, mentor and motivate those around them

• Consultative approach to successfully interact with clients

• Ability to perform project oversight and execution of deliverables

• Flexibility to adapt within a high-growth organization

• Hunger for continuous learning and professional development

• Problem solving skills to tackle business challenges

• Intellectual curiosity to provide creative solutions

• Full understanding of the software development life cycle

• Ability to positively impact members in the development center and local communities through effective leadership, presentations, coaching, etc. 

• Desire to work in a team environment

• Good interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Sparq is proud to offer equal employment opportunity without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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