
Agile Project Manager / Delivery Lead
Liventus, Inc.
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Partner with clients and internal teams to analyze, define, and refine business and product requirements.
- Lead and manage agile software delivery efforts across multiple projects and stakeholders.
- Configure, maintain, and optimize Azure DevOps Boards (or similar agile tooling) to support backlog management, planning, and reporting.
- Guide teams in applying agile principles and practices (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid approaches), focusing on continuous improvement and value delivery rather than rigid process adherence.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies as appropriate (e.g., planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), tailoring approaches to team and client needs.
- Provide delivery leadership and coaching to help teams adopt and mature agile ways of working.
- Serve as a trusted client-facing partner, communicating progress, risks, dependencies, and expectations clearly and proactively.
- Prepare and deliver regular status updates and metrics for clients and internal stakeholders.
- Identify delivery risks and roadblocks early, working collaboratively to resolve them.
- Educate and support clients on agile delivery concepts, tools, and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
- 3–5+ years of experience leading agile software development projects.
- Demonstrated success applying agile delivery techniques across different team structures and project types.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, terminology, and technical constraints.
- Hands-on experience with agile project management tools such as Azure DevOps Boards or Jira.
- Ability to lead, influence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Experience working in hybrid or traditional project delivery environments is a plus.
- Familiarity with traditional project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project) is a plus.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and mentoring abilities.
- Proven ability to remain calm, analytical, and solution-focused when navigating conflict or ambiguity.
- Highly self-motivated, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- Additional compensation through flextime and bonus
- Business expense reimbursement
- 401K and Profit Sharing
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Group life insurance
- Ongoing education
- Fitness program
- Emerging tech
- Northbrook office, West Loop office, or Work from home
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Hard Skills & Tools
agile software developmentagile delivery techniquessoftware development lifecyclesbacklog managementcontinuous improvementvalue deliveryfacilitation of agile ceremoniesrisk identificationproblem-solvingmentoring
Soft Skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsfacilitation skillsmentoring abilitiesanalytical skillssolution-focused mindsetself-motivationprioritizationcollaborationinfluence