Project Manager

Capio Group is looking for an experienced Project Manager!
Full-time employee - Sacramento
Salary: $125,000 - $135,000
About Us:
Capio Group is a California-based Information Technology Consulting firm serving the public sector since 2010. We assist the Government in delivering large, complex systems and solutions. Capio Group is a small, but quickly growing firm that mixes good ideas, with great people, to achieve extraordinary results for our clients. We offer the salary and benefits of the bigger companies, with the added bonus of a flexible workplace and a great work-life balance.
Scope of Work:
Capio Group is looking for an experienced and qualified Project Manager to work as a part of the team to provide project management services to the client in modernizing the legacy application with a single page web-based application. This role includes defining requirements and performing all necessary development activities to enhance the existing client online system. The enhancements aim to improve performance, efficiency, stability and/or user experience.
The Project Manager will be responsible for tasks including but not limited to:

• Collaborate with the Product Owner to create & prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it aligns with the overall project goals and vision. 
• Facilitate Steering committee meetings to inform the project health, risks and issues and any decisions necessary. 
• Participate in sprint planning meetings to understand the scope of work for each sprint cycle and set achievable sprint goals.
• Work with the scrum team to allocate resources appropriately based on their capacity allocated by the resource managers for the project effort. 
• Foster a collaborative and self-organizing scrum team environment, ensuring that team members are empowered and motivated to deliver high-quality work. 
• Track and monitor project progress in Azure DevOps tool using metrics such as burndown charts, velocity and sprint cycle time. 
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective meetings. 
• Encourage and facilitate continuous improvement within the team by conducting retrospective and implementing feedback. 
• Address conflicts within the team and work to resolve any impediments that may impact the team’s ability to deliver.
• Ensure that the team follows client Hybrid methodology best practices, including test-driven development, continuous integration and automated testing to maintain product quality. 
• Oversee the documentation process, ensuring that necessary documentation is created and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Promote collaboration with customers or end-users, seeking feedback and incorporating it into the development process. 
• Manage the project budget, making sure that resources are utilized efficiently and within the allocated financial constraints. 
• Embrace change and be adaptable to evolving requirements, adjusting project plans as needed to meet customer needs by submitting change requests if necessary.

1. Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum of five (5) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible Project Manager project experience applying project management principles, methods, techniques, and tools.
2. Within the last ten (10) years, must have at least three (3) years of broad, extensive and increasingly responsible Project Manager project experience applying project management principles, methods, techniques, and tools in a lead capacity.
3. Must possess a bachelors degree. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. A copy of the degree must be provided upon request.
4. Must possess a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification issued by the Project Management Institute. A copy of the certification must be provided upon request. The PMP certification is required and may not be substituted with additional experience.
5. Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum seven (7) years FTE experience performing as IT Project Manager and IT software development projects.
6. Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum three (3) years FTE experience performing as IT Project Manager in an Agile IT software development project.
7. Within the last ten (10) years, must have a minimum three (3) years FTE experience performing duties as an Agile Scrum Master.
8. Must be able to provide end client references (manager/supervisor level) for each applicable project from previous engagements performed within the last ten (10) years providing services that are similar in nature and scope, and type of service.