Senior Project Manager
Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.
We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!
The Mission
We are seeking a talented Senior Project Manager to join our growing Cloud Project Management team. The right candidate is someone who is empathic, customer obsessed and organized.Your mission will be to work collaboratively with engineering teams and with customer stakeholders to ensure project goals and engagement expectations are met. You must be able to act as a Scrum Master on engagements in order to deliver quality solutions to our customers using a consultative approach. As a Senior Engagement Manager, you will be expected to contribute to best practice sharing and mentoring of new team members.
Your Assignment
- Oversee all assigned engagements, including setting goals between clients and delivery teams, planning and execution of projects, conducting regular touch-points and coordinating account-related activities as needed
- Act as Scrum Master to manage and track sprint progress against overall project timeline
- Schedule and facilitate short Daily Stand-Up meetings with the delivery team to track progress
- Facilitate agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Sprint Demos and Sprint Retrospectives
- Collaborate with client Product Owners and Caylent Architects to author technical User Stories
- Review and approve weekly time submissions and monthly invoices
- Work closely with the team to ensure forecasting accuracy and budget management against deliverables
- Report on engagement scope and budget against Statements of Work (SOWs) weekly
- Proactively identify and resolve engagement issues and roadblocks
- Champion engagement experience through excellent communication and relationship building amongst our customer stakeholders and Caylent’s delivery, sales and leadership teams
- Mentor new team members through the onboarding process
- Assist in identifying best practices or gaps in process and work to implement changes as needed
- Experience leading projects in an Agile/Scrum environment using Agile tool sets (e.g. Jira)
- Managed technical engagements that consist of 5 or more people and over $500,000 budget
- Experience in forecasting and budgeting management to drive accuracy in revenue projections to realization
- At least 3 years of experience in a client-facing PM/Scrum type of role in the technical industry
- Ability to interact with clients at both a business and technical level
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present to executives
- Ability to develop processes, templates and standards around engagement management best practices
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks, manage engagements and ensure they are executed with excellence
- Ability to act as a mentor to new team members as part of onboarding or provide coaching to peers as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with infrastructure modernization, application development and/or data engineering disciplines
- Extensive knowledge of project management disciplines, methodologies and tools
- Experience working in consulting or professional services
- Experience leading Agile transformations or designing the best project management approach for Clients
- Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
- 401k plan with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
- Competitive phantom equity
- Company issued laptop
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Term Disability Insurance
- Term Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- 10 Paid Holidays
NOTE: We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position.
Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].