Project Manager 2

Job Title: Project Manager 2
Location: Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
Duration: 03+ Months

Job Description:
The Scrum Master will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams, ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The successful candidate will be a strong negotiator, have excellent logic and problem-solving skills and drive to make a difference. We need an individual that puts the team before themselves.

They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team, while promoting self-management and consistently driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Liaison & Communication:

• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicate with other management, developers, product owners and technical support specialists on product issues.
• Coach the team on best practices (maintaining a healthy backlog, develop high quality user stories, estimating and delivery)
• Development
• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Maintain process documentation.
• Ensure the team members are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Application Support
• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance and reviewing quality of user stories.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.
• Management
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team working agreement, standards, and tools.
• Develop and manage Team performance metrics, leverage to drive efficiencies in the process.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self-organize.

Position Requirements:
Formal Education & Certification

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master,
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus

Knowledge & Experience:

• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organizations development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.

Personal Attributes:

• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
• Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Collaborative in driving decisions.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

Skill Matrix: Skill Required Amount of Experience Experience Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience. Required 4 Years Must be a Certified Scrum Master, Required 5 Years Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus Required 3 Years Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred. Highly desired 4 Years Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures. Highly desired 4 Years Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle. Highly desired 4 Years Understanding of organizations development platform and languages. Highly desired 4 Years Ability to understand technical issues. Highly desired 4 Years Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated. Required 4 Years Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment. Required 4 Years Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types. Required 4 Years Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential. Required 4 Years Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems. Required 4 Years Collaborative in driving decisions. Required 4 Years Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines. Required 4 Years Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail. Required 4 Years

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