Project Manager, IT - Scrum Master

About Gartner IT :

Join a world-class team of skilled associates who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients.  We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.  Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.  
 

About the role:

Gartner is looking for a well-rounded Project Manager who can provide project leadership supporting Product Delivery. The candidate will be responsible for project management of key initiatives needed to build and run Gartner’s customer facing websites, mobile applications and vendor integrations. These include Gartner Product Portal sites, Gartner Public sites, Community applications, Mobile applications and integration with back office applications. The candidate will be responsible for project deliverables, project schedule Relationship Management and day to day management of the project. The ideal candidate will be someone who has worked in an Agile/SCRUM environment, has worked closely with business partners, has played a key role in supporting a customer-facing website, and has demonstrable experience managing relationships/expectations of the business and development teams.

What you’ll do:

• Ensures Agile/Scrum process is implemented effectively and provides coaching at the team level to maximize its benefits.
• Ability to run projects using the Agile Scrum methodologies, from small teams to large, with multiple outside dependencies and 3rd party project team members.
• Proactively facilitate discussions that lead to the resolution of project issues and development impediments.
• Report project progress to management and executive level stakeholders
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of release management, including but not limited to, release planning, impact assessment, change management, and release communication.
• Champion and facilitate adoption of agile standards, tools, and best practices.
• Utilize team feedback and metrics identify areas of opportunity and work with the team to continuously improve.
• Communicate with leaders across the organization to ensure transparency into delivery progress, challenges, and risks.
• Coach the team to improve collaboration and self-management, promoting healthy interactions both within the team and with external stakeholders.

What you’ll need:

2 to 4 years of experience working in an Agile Scrum environment as a Project Manager. The candidate should have strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

        Must Have:

• Working knowledge and understanding of Agile Software Development Methodology and incremental delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing.
• Self-starter, with a demonstrated ability to learn beyond formal training with a strong aptitude for delivering quality products.
• Excellent people and project management skills.
• Coaching skills and ability to motivate teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Who you are

• 4-year degree (Computer Science, Information Systems, or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
• Owns success – Takes responsibility for the successful delivery of the solutions.
• Strong desire to improve upon their skills in tools and technologies

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.

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Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? 

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer? 

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. 

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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