Project Manager (Agile / Scrum Master / Traditional PM)

Title: Project Manager (Agile / Scrum Master / Traditional PM)

Duration: Initial contract term: three (3) years. The contract may, at its sole discretion, be extended up to two (2) additional years; total contract term shall not exceed five (5) years.

FullTime / PartTime: Full Time Contract

Work: Onsite

Location: Sacramento, CA

Interview: In-person, Need Local Candidates

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management services and oversight for one or more projects.
• Support project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and closeout activities.
• Facilitate coordination and collaboration among divisions, business areas, project teams, stakeholders, vendors, and other impacted parties.
• Manage project scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and action items to support successful project delivery.
• Lead or facilitate project meetings, workshops, status meetings, stakeholder discussions, sprint ceremonies, release planning sessions, and other related activities, as applicable to the project methodology.
• Support Agile delivery activities, including backlog development and refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, release planning, and related coordination activities, where applicable.
• Develop, maintain, and update project management plans, schedules, dashboards, status reports, risk and issue logs, and other project documentation and artifacts, as required.
• Identify, document, monitor, escalate, and assist in the resolution of project risks, issues, impediments, and interdependencies.
• Promote effective communication, transparency, and alignment across divisions, teams, and stakeholders to support timely decisions and successful outcomes.
• Support compliance with applicable operational, programmatic, state, and federal requirements, as relevant to the services performed.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen collaboration, delivery effectiveness, and overall project performance.
• Perform other related project management services as requested and set forth in an executed Work Order.

Mandatory Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, public administration, information technology, organizational leadership, or a related field. Equivalent additional qualifying experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• At least seven (7) years of experience within the past ten (10) years providing project management services for complex business or technology initiatives.
• At least seven (7) years of experience within the past ten (10) years leading cross-functional project teams and coordinating activities across business, technical, and vendor stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining core project management deliverables, including project charters, work plans, schedules, status reports, risk and issue logs, meeting materials, and action item trackers.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring project scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables, and escalating concerns in a timely manner.
• Experience facilitating meetings, documenting decisions, tracking follow-up actions, and communicating project status clearly to leadership and stakeholders.
• Experience preparing executive-level briefings, dashboards, status summaries, and decision-support materials.
• Experience working in health care environments that use structured project management practices and, where applicable, Agile or hybrid delivery methods.
• Working knowledge of Agile principles and the ability to coordinate with Scrum Masters, product owners, technical teams, and business stakeholders as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments, adapt to changing priorities, and maintain quality and timeliness of deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear, concise, and professional documentation.
• Ability to provide services in compliance with direction, timelines, approval requirements, and deliverable review processes.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and drive decisions without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project management experience supporting California state government or another public-sector entity.
• Current Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or comparable industry-recognized certification.
• Experience managing projects involving enterprise applications, digital services, business process improvement, organizational change, procurement support, or vendor coordination.
• Experience supporting projects that require coordination across executive leadership, program areas, operations teams, and information technology teams.
• Experience using Agile, hybrid, or iterative delivery approaches to plan work, manage priorities, and support incremental delivery.
• Experience identifying process gaps, recommending practical improvements, and helping teams implement more efficient project controls or governance practices.
• Experience onboarding quickly into a new project environment and becoming effective with minimal ramp-up time.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, exercise sound judgment, and maintain professionalism in sensitive or high-visibility assignments.
• Familiarity with public benefits, consumer-facing service environments, or other programs with complex policy, operational, and stakeholder considerations.

Primary Skills:

• Project Management
• Agile
• Scrum Master
• Traditional Project Management
• Business Process Management
• Project Planning
• Project Execution
• Project Monitoring
• Risk and Issue Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Project Governance
• Executive Reporting

Secondary Skills:

• Sprint Planning
• Backlog Refinement
• Sprint Reviews
• Retrospectives
• Release Planning
• Project Charters
• Work Plans
• Status Reports
• Risk and Issue Logs
• Action Item Tracking
• Executive Briefings
• Dashboards
• Decision Support
• Vendor Coordination
• Business Process Improvement
• Organizational Change
• Enterprise Applications
• Digital Services
• Procurement Support
• Healthcare Projects
• Public Sector
• PMP
• CSM
• PSM
• Communication
• Leadership
• Facilitation