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Lean/Agile Project Manager

This position will support our joint venture with partner company, ATI, Inc. DGI-ATI (JV) has a current need for a full-timeLean/Agile Project Manager.

Great pay and benefits for a Lean/Agile Project Manager:

• Competitive salary; $98,000 - $115,000/year depending on experience
• 11 annual paid holidays and minimum 13 days of paid leave;
• Employee and family medical, dental, vision, and prescription insurance with 75% of the premiums paid by the company;
• Employer paid short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan immediately vesting withup to4% employer match; and
• Professional development assistance including memberships, professional licenses, and tuition reimbursements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Duties may include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Works with both technology-focused and business-focused agile teams and agile release trains (teams of teams) in planning and executing work delivering value to the organization. Key functions include supporting clear and objective prioritization of work items, aligning work with high priority strategic goals, decomposing, and clarifying business value for technical work, as well as developing and using metrics to improve team and train performance.
• Supports the intake of taskers and Archibus program work into teams, ensuring alignment on tools and process and between the business processes and technology providers.
• Serves as Scrum Master to teams and/or Release Train Engineer to train as described by agile and scaled agile methodologies.
• Provides coaching to teams and team members to clarify roles/expectations and to resolve blockers.
• Works with Product Owners and Product Managers to ensure backlog is refined and demos/user acceptance is completed; identifies input and output criteria for accepting completed work and determines value has been delivered (definition of done, value statement/metrics).
• Assists teams in capturing and breaking down delivery of more complex requests that require coordination between teams. This is done through managing dependencies and by decomposing features to stories, splitting/slicing stories, identifying tasks.
• Facilitates team retrospectives and supports, trains, inspects, and adapts practices for continuous improvement.
• Gathers and analyzes performance metrics, such as team velocity, to forecast capacity so realistic commitments can be established to deliver on priorities.
• Facilitates and prepares for team and trains level ceremonies, such as sprint/iteration planning, backlog refinement, sprint/iteration review, team standups, team retrospectives, Quarterly PI Planning, and Scrum of Scrums Meetings.
• Communicates release planning objectives after release planning week (for the teams and the train).
• Communicate with stakeholders at several levels on team progress toward objectives and to resolve blockers.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 3-5 years experience with a bachelors degree; or minimum of 5-7 years experience without a bachelors degree.
• 3-5 years minimum experience in an execution role on an agile team (e.g., Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer or Product Owner).
• Proven track record of success executing in an Agile environment and scaled agile implementation at a med/large organization (SAFe preferred, LeSS or DAD also accepted).
• Ability to communicate with all levels of the organization and the ability to deliver sensitive/difficult information tactfully.
• Client-success oriented mindset.
• Ability to assess problems and solve them with a sense of urgency.
• Ability to motivate a team to work together in the most efficient manner.
• Ability to effectively analyze data and apply solutions.
• High level of comfort with the role of a change agent within an organization.
• Passion and curiosity for understanding the business process for the supported release
• team/train.
• Ability to develop a general working knowledge of the technical domain to effectively
• support technical risks that may arise.
• Experience with the following types of tools:
  • Task and backlog management tools (Kanban or Scrum boards)
  • Reporting and analytics (agile dashboards and progress reports)
  • Team collaboration tools (communicating updates, shared task lists, feedback, and assignments)
• Candidates must be US Citizensand eligible to obtain and maintain clearance; Candidate must be able to work independently in a secure or sensitive environment.

Job Type:Full-time

Pay Range:$98,000 - $115,000/year depending on experience

Location: Washington, DC

Working Hours:Normal Work Hours Monday Friday (anticipate 40 per week).

About DGI

Dayton Group, Inc.(DGI) is an 8(a), EDWOSB, and HUBZone certified small business, established in 2012 and headquartered in Maryland. We deliver high-quality services to federal agencies, specializing in working at secure federal facilities worldwide. Our core offerings include facility management & operation, construction management, program management, and environmental/EHS services. DGI is committed to the highest standards of security and compliance. Our employees rise to new challenges and reach new heights every day. DGI rewards outstanding performance with great opportunity, compensation, and recognition.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Selected candidate may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

DGI-ATI JV provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, including protected groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. DGI-ATI complies with applicable local, state and federal laws governing nondiscrimination in employment at each location the Company operates. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We are an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We will provide reasonable accommodations with the application process upon your request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process, please let your recruiter know.