[Hiring] Agile Project Manager / Delivery Lead @Liventus - US

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager / Delivery Lead with a strong background in leading agile delivery initiatives across multiple teams and clients, with particular emphasis on Sparkflow™, Liventus's proprietary analytics, data engineering, and AI platform.

• Focus on semantic data modeling, data engineering pipelines, and AI-assisted analysis and reporting.
• Blend agile delivery leadership, product thinking, and client consulting to drive successful outcomes in complex, data-driven environments.
• Coordinate client-hosted environment access and data source availability.
• Drive validation of business logic and metric definitions with client stakeholders before they ship into reporting.
• Evolve, coach, and scale agile ways of working while supporting hybrid or traditional (waterfall) delivery models when required.
• Hands-on experience with agile planning and tracking tools such as Azure DevOps Boards or Jira.
• Identify, communicate, and help remove technical and delivery impediments.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered productivity and collaboration tools to improve team efficiency and communication.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing data analytics and data engineering projects.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience leading agile software development projects.
• Experience in a client consulting or professional services environment is a plus.
• 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, including distributed onshore/offshore 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.
• Familiarity with modern BI/analytics platforms and semantic modeling concepts 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.

Requirements

• Partner with clients and internal teams to analyze, define, and refine business and product requirements.
• Lead and manage agile delivery efforts across multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Configure, maintain, and optimize Azure DevOps Boards (or similar agile tooling).
• Guide teams in applying agile principles and practices (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid approaches).
• Facilitate agile ceremonies as appropriate (e.g., planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives).
• Provide delivery leadership and coaching to help teams adopt and mature agile ways of working.
• Partner with clients on reporting and analytics roadmap prioritization.
• 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.
• Own and manage delivery scope against signed statements of work (SOWs).
• Coordinate delivery across blended onshore/offshore team members.

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