Project Manager II

Role: Project Manager II
Location: San Ramon, CA (Remote)
Duration: 6+ months
Summary: We are seeking a results-driven IT Project Manager II / Scrum Master with a strong analytical and data-oriented mindset. The ideal candidate should be highly comfortable working with numbers, manual calculations, Excel, Pivot Tables, project reporting, capacity planning, and estimation.
The candidate will manage end-to-end project delivery while using data to track project performance, capacity, budgets, schedules, risks, and overall delivery progress.
Must-Have: Excel, Pivot Tables, JIRA, MS Project, Project Planning & Scheduling, Capacity & Estimation Planning
Key Responsibilities:

·         Manage end-to-end delivery of projects across multiple teams, issues, and technology platforms.

·         Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues.

·         Perform capacity planning and estimation planning based on team resources, workload, priorities, and project requirements.

·         Work extensively with Excel and Pivot Tables to perform calculations, analyze project data, and create management reports.

·         Perform manual calculations and numerical analysis to validate project estimates, capacity, budgets, actuals, and delivery metrics.

·         Create and maintain Excel-based project reports, trackers, dashboards, and status reports.

·         Maintain and regularly update JIRA boards and backlogs, ensuring tasks, priorities, status, ownership, and timelines are accurate.

·         Track project progress against plan and proactively identify capacity, schedule, budget, and resource concerns.

·         Maintain budget and actuals tracking and identify variances requiring attention.

·         Analyze project data and provide actionable insights to support project decisions and prioritization.

·         Coordinate project meetings, track action items, and facilitate communication across teams and stakeholders.

·         Identify, analyze, escalate, and facilitate resolution of project risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints.

·         Adjust project plans and resources as needed to maintain forward progress and meet delivery commitments.

·         Support project implementation, testing, production readiness, and post-implementation activities.

·         Provide accurate and timely project status reporting to stakeholders and leadership.

 
Required Qualifications:

·         7+ years of IT experience, including 4+ years of Project Management experience.

·         Strong experience with project planning, scheduling, estimation, capacity planning, and delivery management.

·         Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to calculate and validate numbers manually.

·         Extensive hands-on experience with Microsoft Excel and Pivot Tables.

·         Experience creating Excel-based reports and project tracking reports.

·         Experience maintaining JIRA boards and managing/updating backlogs.

·         Strong experience with budget and actuals tracking.

·         Strong risk, issue, dependency, stakeholder, and matrix management skills.

·         Experience incorporating the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) into project plans.

·         Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

·         General knowledge of IT applications and infrastructure environments.

 
Preferred Qualifications:

·         Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

·         CaPM or comparable Project Management certification.

·         Experience with Visio.

·         Scrum/Agile experience.

·         Experience managing multiple projects with competing priorities and resources.