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Senior Project Manager
Company | Pacific Life |
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Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA |
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Salary | $148230 – $181170 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years of project management experience in hybrid Agile environments (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or mixed models)
- Strong facilitation and communication skills, with a proven ability to lead through ambiguity
- Experience managing delivery in environments with both iterative and milestone-driven work
- Ability to track and manage progress across multiple teams and technologies without heavy overhead
- Familiarity with project and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and coordinate across stakeholder groups
Responsibilities
- Lead medium to large-scale initiatives across business and technology teams using a combination of Agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery methods
- Establish and maintain pragmatic delivery plans, adjusting based on team feedback, stakeholder input, and shifting priorities
- Facilitate clear communication across teams and stakeholders, ensuring timely decision-making and progress transparency
- Identify risks early, manage trade-offs, and escalate when appropriate to maintain delivery momentum
- Partner with product managers, business owners, and delivery leads to ensure scope, timing, and outcomes are aligned
- Monitor work in progress and ensure dependencies, impediments, and delivery constraints are actively managed
- Provide delivery leadership that keeps teams focused, stakeholders engaged, and objectives on track
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
- SAFe® Scrum Master (SSM) or SAFe® Agilist (SA)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)®
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow or Green Belt (a plus)