Job Description

Role Description Junior Project Manager / Scrum Lead

Outline of the Role:

We are looking to hire a dynamic Junior Project Manager / Scrum Lead to perform as Scrum Master for 2 3 teams and collaborate with business stakeholders on processes and procedures and more. The Junior-level project Manager is expected to have 3-5 years of experience.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs Scrum Master duties for 2 to 3 scrum teams.

• Coordinate sprints and the associated scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint review/demo and retrospectives).

• Coaches the team in scrum framework and in self-management and cross-functionality.

• Facilitates internal communication and effective collaboration utilizing JIRA, Confluence and MS Teams.

• Works with product owners and business analysts to ensure the backlog is in a perpetual ready state and prioritized to cover 2 to 3 sprints of work.

• Removes impediments to the Scrum Team's progress and escalates issues and risks to the Program Manager, Product Owner, and Technology Manager.

• Ensures deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.

• Maintains key metrics and monitors the team's performance for each sprint.

• Creates and delivers workstream reports for business and Tech stakeholders.

• Supports the product owner with the quarterly planning process.

• Acts as Scrum evangelist and mentor, ensuring that the Scrum principles are properly and consistently practiced by the teams. Guides the teams to higher scrum maturity.

• Manages conflict resolution within the teams.

• Support development and maintenance of relevant process documentation.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience:

• Strong experience working in an Agile environment and performing the Scrum Master role (3 to 5 years)

• Ability to coach multiple teams in scrum framework, self-management, and cross-functionality (3 to 5 years)

• Strong knowledge of JIRA and Confluence (3 to 5 years)

Qualifications, Skills, Experience and Personal Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Project Management, or related discipline.

• Ability to understand and navigate complex processes.

• Familiarity with project management processes and tools.

• Strong experience working in an Agile environment.

• Excellent knowledge of the scrum framework and artifacts with the ability to effectively apply them to maintain high performance teams.

• Ability to coordinate people and projects across 2 to 3 scrum teams concurrently.

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence software is required.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities

• Strong analytical, problem solving and root cause identification skills.

• Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal.

• Excellent listening and facilitation skills; the ability to sense organizational vibrations.

• Coaching and mentoring skills, especially influencing others to move toward a common goal or vision.

• Entrepreneurship and resourcefulness an initiative-taker.

• Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement.

• Must be a collaborator and able to work with and through others.

• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

• Experience with MS Teams software is preferred.

• Experience working with directly with multiple Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Development teams.

• Demonstrated ability to build constructive business and IT relationships and gain the trust of others in a cross-functional environment.

• Scrum master certification and/or a PMP certification is a plus

• Keen understanding of the culture.

Additional Manager Comments:

• Good awareness of culture/core values.

• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.

• Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same.

• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve impressive results.

• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships

Required Skills : Scrum Master

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills :

This is a high PRIORITY requisition. This is a PROACTIVE requisition

Background Check : No

Drug Screen : No

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