Project / Program Management Senior #1020208
Job Description:

• Work closely with Leadership for Budget/Forecast, prepare reports, manage headcount for the portfolio
• Work closely with the Product Managers, Engineering Managers to establish and/or contribute to the product roadmap.
• Initiate or translate the product road map into manageable product features in the backlog through release / iteration planning sessions.
• Provide thought leadership development, structure, technology, and tools.
• Work hands-on with the product team to prioritize, plan, and deliver the product.
• Lead all agile ceremonies and product discussions.

 
Skills Required:

• Prepare and process purchase orders for team resources while ensuring compliance with company procurement policies.
• Track and reconcile purchase orders with invoices, maintaining accurate records and resolving vendor discrepancies.
• Create and distribute regular financial and operational reports to stakeholders including budget utilization, project progress, and team performance
• Prepare executive summaries highlighting financial trends, risks, and opportunities
• Monitor team composition and utilization across projects Collaborate with HR to manage hiring processes for new team members
• Forecast staffing needs based on product roadmap and upcoming initiatives
• Maintain documentation of team roles, responsibilities, and allocated project time
• Develop and maintain annual budget for product development activities while tracking actual spending against projections.
• Create financial forecasts aligned with product roadmap priorities and identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality.
• Coordinates and facilitates the team’s flow load, working within and across teams to align work and capacity.
• Facilitates conversations to achieve user story completion, while ensuring customer acceptance criteria is actionable.
• Works with cross-product teams to identify and orchestrate dependency resolution.
• Understand business, technical, security priorities and technical feasibility to build the product backlog and manage risks.
• Ensures the backlog is populated with enough prioritized user stories that are ready to be estimated for the next two iterations.
• Closely work with product managers / leads of the upstream and downstream systems to align on any new feature / enhancement / system improvements and prioritization.

 
Experience Required:

• 5+ years with progressive responsibilities in IT and Agile Processes

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• Master’s degree desirable

 
Education Preferred:

• test

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
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