Data Project Managers at Mass Digital

As a Mass Digital project manager, you will lead cross-functional teams to deliver large-scale data and analytics projects using agile methodologies, while building capacity for innovation in government.

Our Data PMs are:

• PMs who can manage at both a big-picture level, and detailed scrum board level, to manage day-to-day project work and ensure alignment with project objectives
• Strategic thinkers who generate strong project plans, build buy-in across stakeholders, and design and implement measurable strategies to achieve project goals
• Leaders who know how to motivate cross-functional teams to build the right thing

Specifically, they:

• Create and maintain project strategies, roadmaps, and budgets, and develop communications strategies to support project goals
• Manage project work within one or more cross-functional teams on an organized, up-to-date project board (e.g. JIRA) using agile methodologies
• Work with business and technology partners to solicit and document business requirements and translate them into technical requirements to build project scopes and plans
• Anticipate and manage risks to timelines and budgets to eliminate obstacles and ensure timely completion of deliverables
• Develop and document technical standards, practices, and policies
• Facilitate technical support, including architectural and compliance reviews
• Lead internal team meetings and engagement meetings with managers, leadership, and other stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 2+ years as a project manager, preferably in a data or IT related field
• 2+ years working in an Agile environment; strong, demonstrated project organization skills, including with PM software tools
• Experience managing project ‘boards,’ leading team stand-ups and slating/grooming/demo sessions
• Adept at evaluating and addressing project obstacles and drawing on the right resources at the right time to solve problems
• Experience creating and implementing project plans and schedules that meet project objectives
• Able to build agile project budgets and timelines and deliver within them
• Working, up-to-date knowledge of data tools and technologies
• Excellent human relations skills; able to work effectively with leadership, business managers, technical resources, and varied stakeholders to meet project objectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical, user experience, and project management trade-offs; enthusiastic communicator
• Strong bias towards action; ability to step up into team gaps and ambiguous situations to structure the team’s action plan
• An adaptive, empathetic, collaborative, and positive mindset

Distinguished Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of data analysis and development processes and problems
• Working familiarity with cloud-based processing platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Demonstrated interest public-sector work; experience delivering projects to government clients
• Experience delivering large-scale data analytics or engineering projects, particularly involving multiple and diverse clients
• Agile certifications

Executive Order #595 requires Executive Department employees to have received COVID-19 vaccination or to have been approved for exemption as a condition of employment. Finalists will be given details about how to demonstrate receipt of vaccination or request an exemption due to a sincerely held religious belief or if the vaccine is medically contraindicated.