[Remote] Project Manager- Agile Specialist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Orion Group is recruiting a Project Manager III / Agile Specialist for a global pharmaceutical organization. The role leads Agile delivery across technical software development and engineering initiatives, coordinating plans, priorities, dependencies, metrics, and stakeholders across Engineering, Product, PMO, Data Engineering, and AI/ML Engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies across multiple engineering teams, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
• Drive continuous planning and maintain visibility into rolling quarterly plans, priorities, milestones, and delivery expectations
• Maintain engineering team schedules and support resource planning by translating estimates into key milestone and delivery dates
• Track project milestones, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and timelines to ensure programs remain on track
• Identify and remove roadblocks that may impact engineering team progress or delivery
• Coordinate communication and alignment across Engineering, Product, PMO, and other business stakeholders
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to manage, prioritize, and refine product backlogs
• Ensure engineering teams have the appropriate product requirements, UX designs, and supporting information needed to meet delivery timelines
• Serve as a key liaison between software development teams and external/business stakeholders
• Manage and maintain team workflows within Jira, Confluence, and related Atlassian tools
• Develop and monitor Agile performance metrics, including burndown charts, velocity, sprint progress, and delivery metrics
• Use project and Agile metrics to identify risks, capacity concerns, bottlenecks, and opportunities to improve team performance
• Promote Agile best practices and help teams continuously improve processes, productivity, and delivery
• Support technical projects involving data engineering, AI/ML engineering, and software development

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience working in an Agile environment, utilizing methodologies such as Scrum and/or Kanban
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Agile/Scrum ceremonies for multiple teams
• Strong technical project management experience supporting mid- to large-scale software development or technology initiatives
• Prior experience partnering with Data Engineering and/or AI/ML Engineering teams throughout software development and delivery
• Advanced proficiency with Atlassian tools, particularly Jira and Confluence
• Experience managing project plans, engineering schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and competing priorities
• Experience with backlog management, sprint planning, resource planning, and Agile delivery metrics
• Strong understanding of software development and technical delivery processes
• Excellent organizational, communication, stakeholder-management, and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
• Ability to work independently while coordinating across technical and business teams
• Must be able to consistently work Pacific Time hours
• Hands-on experience with AI development/productivity tools such as Claude Code and/or Microsoft Copilot
• Experience supporting AI/ML initiatives or AI-enabled software products
• Experience working across multiple Agile engineering teams simultaneously
• Familiarity with software engineering dependencies, technical requirements, UX/design handoffs, and product development workflows
• More technical than a traditional non-IT project manager
• Understands how software engineering teams operate
• Confidently work with developers, data engineers, AI/ML engineers, Product, and PMO stakeholders

Benefits

• 100% remote – U.S.

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