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**Job Description:** AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) seeks an experienced (mid-level) Agile Project Manager to provide essential support and facilitation to an open source software development project for the public media archival community. The position will begin on July 1, 2012 and continue through October 2013, with the possibility of extension. The project manager will both play a critical leadership role in the Agile development process as well act as primary liaison for clients and stakeholders. This position is full time, based at our office in New York City. No reimbursement for relocation costs will be provided. **Responsibilities** * Oversee the entire project, including overall project planning, project coordination and software development * Oversee Agile development of the application * Develop and document comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones and deliverables * Manage the complete software development lifecycle * Lead the development and management of project requirements, system features, and user stories * Carefully track and coordinate project progress, ensuring the timely completion of deliverables * Continually prioritize and organize project goals in a way that is clearly accessible to all stakeholders * Manage and track project progress through web-based collaboration tools * Organize and facilitate regular project meetings, including iteration and release planning, daily stand-up meetings, demos, and reviews * Be the primary point of contact for all stakeholders, including clients, developers, stakeholders and AVPS team members. Answer questions, and field inquiries to appropriate team members as needed * Develop documentation and guidelines for software * Help train users of the application * Supervise hand off of application to product owners upon completion of contract * Travel to meetings as needed (10%) **Desired Skills and Experience** * At least three years in a project management role * Demonstrated experience with Agile software development coordination, using frameworks such as Scrum or Feature Driven Development (FDD) * Demonstrated leadership skills, with the ability to manage distributed, remote teams * Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills * Extremely organized, responsive, and detail oriented * Experience managing projects with project tracking, issue tracking, and collaboration software such as JIRA and Confluence * Excellent MS Office skills on Mac and PC platforms, Google Docs, diagramming skills using a variety software such as OmniGraffle * Certified Scrum Master and/or PMP Certification a plus * Knowledge of library and information science, video and audio production, and/or public media a plus AudioVisual Preservation Solutions (AVPS) is a full service audiovisual preservation and information management consulting firm serving the educational, broadcasting, government, non-profit, and corporate sectors. With a strong focus on professional standards and best practices, open communication, efficient workflows, and the innovative use and development of technological resources, AVPS brings a broad knowledge base and extensive experience to efficiently and effectively meeting the challenges faced in the preservation and access of digital content. To Apply please submit resume and cover letter (including salary requirements if applicable) in PDF format to [log in to unmask] by June 22, 2012. Brought to you by code4lib jobs: http://jobs.code4lib.org/job/1003/