Project Manager (Pega)

Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Hybrid (4 days) Minneapolis, MN
Duration: 12+ months
Top Skills:
1.Strong Project Management and Agile/Scrum delivery experience.
2. Experience managing Pega application development/delivery projects.
3. Good understanding of the Pega delivery lifecycle, without necessarily being a hands-on Pega developer.
Job Responsibilities:
· Manage end-to-end Pega project delivery, including project planning, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies and deliverables.
· Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review/Demo and Retrospective.
· Work closely with Pega Product Owners, BSAs, Lead/System Architects, developers and QA teams to maintain alignment between business requirements and delivery.
· Track sprint execution using metrics such as velocity, burndown, capacity utilization and delivery progress.
· Identify and facilitate resolution of impediments, cross-team dependencies and delivery risks.
· Maintain project RAID (Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions) and drive items to closure.
· Coordinate across business, development, QA and other dependent teams throughout the delivery lifecycle.
· Provide regular project status, risks, issues, accomplishments and delivery updates to stakeholders and leadership.
· Drive stakeholder communication and manage expectations related to scope, priorities, timelines and delivery commitments.
· Facilitate backlog and sprint readiness in partnership with the Product Owner/BSA, ensuring the team has sufficient clarity to execute.
· Promote Agile best practices and continuous improvement, including tracking retrospective actions through closure.
· Support project/program governance and ensure adherence to organizational delivery standards.
· Act as a bridge between the business, Pega delivery team and leadership, ensuring transparency and timely escalation.
· Coordinate production releases and delivery readiness across applicable teams.
· Support resource/capacity planning and proactively highlight delivery constraints