IT Agile Project Manager II

What We Can Achieve Together: The Information Technology (IT) Agile Project Manager II leads medium-scale, moderately complex IT projects with minimal oversight in an increasingly Agile environment. In this role, the IT Agile Project Manager II is accountable for end-to-end delivery management-including planning, forecasting, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, and delivery outcomes. They apply Agile principles pragmatically, leveraging Agile events, practices, and mindsets to manage scope, quality, and timelines. The role will require managing projects across Agile teams in IT, occasional non-Agile teams in IT, and/or business teams with varying degrees of Agile familiarity. Within this context, the successful candidate will produce project-appropriate monitoring, conduct corrective action as necessary, communicate project status information to all stakeholders, perform risk management, issue resolution and conflict management, and ensure full alignment on project scope and quality. They are accountable for ensuring that project information and summaries are provided for portfolio level reporting and metrics. This role operates with significant autonomy, regularly collaborates across IT and business units, and contributes to the maturation of Agile practices across the organization. This can be a fully remote role (pending country rules regarding remote work) that can be located anywhere that TNC is registered to work with strong preference to Central, North, and South America. These include the following countries: Latin America (Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru); North America (Canada- Only Alberta, Ontario and Northwest Territories, United States) RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE Manage Agile and hybrid IT projects from initiation through closeout Establish and maintain integrated project plans, roadmaps, schedules, and forecasts Coordinate with IT teams via Agile events, Jira boards, and project artifacts to ensure effective team execution and continuous improvement Collaborate with business sponsors, IT team members, IT team leads, and IT and business leadership to continually align scope, priorities, dependencies, and schedule commitments Proactively identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, and schedule tradeoffs, tracking them to give visibility to teams and stakeholders Provide clear, concise status reporting and recommendations to stakeholders and leaders Coordinate delivery across multiple IT teams, vendors, and business partners Ensure compliance with TNC IT standards, governance checkpoints, and delivery frameworks Support release planning, change management, and adoption readiness Contribute to Agile, project management, and portfolio process improvements Partner with the Agile Center of Excellence to identify opportunities for growing agility in project management methods, in line with organizational needs We're Looking for You: Have you ever asked yourself, "How can I make a difference?", but you don't know where to go or have the time to do it? Welcome to The Nature Conservancy. You have found the solution and now you can pointedly make a difference every day! We're looking for an individual with Agile project management experience who wants to make a difference for nature and people. TNC is a global conservation leader needs your help in keeping our systems operating effectively! The ideal candidate will have all or some of the qualifications. If you don't have all of them, please apply anyway and tell us about your skills and experience: Agile or project management certification (CSM®, PMIACP®, PMP®,' or equivalent) Experience managing the delivery of SaaS, COTS, or enterprise IT solutions Experience of operating in a large, decentralized, or global organization Ability to guide teams toward improved Agile maturity and management disciplines Experience managing budgets, estimates, forecasts, or vendor deliverables Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated What You'll Bring: Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, and 3 years of progressive experience in an IT environment, including project management experience, or equivalent combination. 3 years of progressively respons Remote Skills: Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Atlassian JIRA, Budget Management, Change Management, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Computer Science, Conflict Resolution, Conservation, Continuous Improvement, Corrective Action, Delivery Management, Forecasting, IT Governance, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Project Management Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Planning, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Quality Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Software as a Service (SaaS), System Operations, Technical Leadership, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Work From Home undefined: USA The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of our more than 1 million members, we’ve built a tremendous record of success since our founding in 1951: We've protected more than 119 million acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally. We work in all 50 states and more than 72 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia. We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands. Company Size: 2,500 to 4,999 employees Industry: Nonprofit Charitable Organizations undefined: 1951 Website: http://www.nature.org