IT Project Manager
St. Louis (Earth City), MO
Full Time
IT Project Management
Experienced
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We are excited to invite applications for the role of IT Project Manager in our IT department at our St. Louis office. As an IT Project Manager, you’ll play a key role in the modernization and ongoing development of CTS/O, a critical company application. You’ll be responsible for driving the transition from a waterfall to an agile development methodology, working closely with the Application Development Manager and other IT Project Managers to ensure alignment across teams.
This position is hands-on, requiring direct involvement in project execution, requirements gathering, testing, troubleshooting, and collaboration with in-house and external development teams. The Project Manager will ensure that CTS/O and other supported web-based applications—hosted on Azure IaS and IIS on virtual machines—continue to evolve, meet business needs, and maintain high performance and reliability.
Success in this role requires strong project management skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors. The Project Manager will be instrumental in shaping CTS/O’s modernization efforts, fostering agility, and improving the software development process to deliver high-quality solutions.
In this role, you will provide:
Embrace the CCA Way: We thrive on our core values and approach success with dedication and innovation. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and invite you to be part of our success story.
Ready to make a difference? Say YES, and we’ll say WELCOME HOME!
We are excited to invite applications for the role of IT Project Manager in our IT department at our St. Louis office. As an IT Project Manager, you’ll play a key role in the modernization and ongoing development of CTS/O, a critical company application. You’ll be responsible for driving the transition from a waterfall to an agile development methodology, working closely with the Application Development Manager and other IT Project Managers to ensure alignment across teams.
This position is hands-on, requiring direct involvement in project execution, requirements gathering, testing, troubleshooting, and collaboration with in-house and external development teams. The Project Manager will ensure that CTS/O and other supported web-based applications—hosted on Azure IaS and IIS on virtual machines—continue to evolve, meet business needs, and maintain high performance and reliability.
Success in this role requires strong project management skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors. The Project Manager will be instrumental in shaping CTS/O’s modernization efforts, fostering agility, and improving the software development process to deliver high-quality solutions.
In this role, you will provide:
- Project Management Execution
- Lead software development projects while ensuring alignment with business goals and technical best practices.
- Oversee project execution by managing timelines, budgets, scopes, and resource allocation.
- Collaborate closely with Application Development Manager and identify and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Agile Process Implementation & Continuous Improvement
- Lead agile ceremonies including spring planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
- Drive adoption of agile best practices, analyze project metrics, and support Development Manager in refining development workflows and delivery strategies.
- Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to refine functional and technical requirements, develop process workflows, help define the future state of CTS/O and act as a bridge between business users and technical teams.
- Testing, Quality Assurance & Troubleshooting
- Assist in developing test plans and test cases, perform hands-on testing for new features, bugs and enhancements, work with end users on UAT and troubleshoot technical issues and defects.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Communication
- Work closely with other IT project managers to ensure cross-project coordination and minimize conflicts, engage with business stakeholders to define priorities, scope and success metrics, and communicate between internal teams, external vendors, and third-party development partners
- Support & Maintenance of CTS/O and Other Applications
- Oversee ongoing support and enhancement of CTS/O and other assigned web-based applications, coordinate deployments and releases, and ensure issues and defects are documented, prioritized, and resolved in a timely manner.
- 3+ years of experience in software project management, ideally in a small to mid-sized IT environment where PMs take on multiple roles beyond project coordination.
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, with the ability to practically apply agile principles rather than just facilitate ceremonies.
- Hands-on experience gathering requirements, writing user stories, testing, and troubleshooting issues in addition to managing project timelines.
- Experience querying relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL, or PostgreSQL) for troubleshooting, analysis, and data validation.
- Prior experience working closely with developers, QA teams, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable development work.
- Ability to proactively identify and troubleshoot project and technical issues, working closely with technical teams to ensure timely resolution.
- Knowledge of web-based applications and hosting environments, particularly Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaS) and IIS on virtual machines.
- Comfortable working with both in-house and near-shore development teams to ensure seamless project execution.
- Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions.
- Self-sufficient problem solver who thrives in an environment where processes and roles may not always be rigidly defined.
- Experience in modernizing legacy applications or managing large system upgrades is a plus but not required.
- We provide YOU the ability to collaborate with a passionate group of leaders, peers, and amazing Members.
- We recognize YOU for your accomplishments and contributions through development, growth and compensation!
- We care about you AND your family. We want to make your life better and easier. Our benefits exist so you are well taken care of, and we support you and your loved ones through life’s various stages and situations.
Embrace the CCA Way: We thrive on our core values and approach success with dedication and innovation. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and invite you to be part of our success story.
Ready to make a difference? Say YES, and we’ll say WELCOME HOME!
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