Remote Software Developer Kroger Jobs in Lexington, KY

Job Overview:

Requirement/Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing large-scale Information Technology projects.
• Minimum of 7 years of Business Analysis experience supporting enterprise software development projects.
• Experience managing Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid software development projects.
• Experience facilitating business requirements sessions with executive leadership and business users.
• Experience writing Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements, Use Cases, User Stories, and Process Flow diagrams.
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and change management.
• Experience coordinating User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
• Experience managing software vendors and contractual deliverables.
• Experience reviewing technical and functional documentation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Project, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, or similar project management and work management tools.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with business and technical teams.
• Experience working with executive leadership and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, coordinating, organizing, and managing all phases of the project.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, resource assignments, and budgets.
• Manage project scope, schedule, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change requests.
• Coordinate project activities among business stakeholders, vendors, technical teams, infrastructure, security, and executive leadership.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering committee meetings, status meetings, and executive briefings.
• Monitor vendor performance and ensure contractual deliverables are completed on time and meet quality expectations.
• Track project budget, invoices, procurement activities, and contract deliverables.
• Prepare weekly and monthly project status reports and communicate project health to management.
• Ensure compliance with project management standards and SDLC processes.
• Coordinate release planning, testing activities, production deployments, and post-implementation support.
• Proactively identify and mitigate project risks and resolve issues before they impact the project schedule.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business processes, operational needs, and project objectives.
• Facilitate business requirements gathering sessions, workshops, and stakeholder interviews.
• Document Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements, Use Cases, User Stories, Process Flows, and Business Process Models.
• Analyze existing business processes and recommend opportunities for process improvement and automation.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional requirements for technical teams and vendors.
• Review vendor deliverables to ensure they satisfy approved business requirements and contractual obligations.
• Manage requirements traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, test case development, defect tracking, and business signoff.
• Assist with data migration planning, data validation, and business readiness activities.
• Develop user documentation, training materials, and facilitate end-user training sessions.
• Coordinate change management and organizational readiness activities to support successful implementation.
• Serve as the liaison between business stakeholders, vendors, and technical teams to ensure successful solution delivery.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Pages, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse).
• Experience supporting Microsoft Azure cloud projects.
• Experience managing Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Experience implementing Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes.
• Experience with business process reengineering and workflow automation.
• Experience with grants management, financial management, or regulatory systems.
• Prior experience supporting public health or healthcare information systems.
• Experience managing projects involving vendor-developed cloud solutions.