IT Project Management Advisor

IT Project Management Advisor

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job summary:

Agile Scrum Master/Coach


JOB DESCRIPTION


Agile Project Manager/Coach within a transformative agile environment focused on Data Analytics and Management. The successful candidate will be a self-starter that can drive efficient improvements in alignment with Scaled Agile for Enterprise (SAFe) framework principles within a new or existing Scrum team. This role reports into the IT Project Management Office and is matrixed to the Data Management Services organization.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as story grooming, sprint planning, release planning, sprint retrospective, demo, and product backlog review.
• Coordinate all aspects of the sprint delivery, including analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
• Define and implement structured release plan, including forecasting, tracking, and reporting.
• Drive all committed user stories through completion during the sprint.
• Maintain and share relevant metrics that give teams and stakeholders visibility into their performance.
• Drive the Scrum team and stakeholders to collaboratively negotiate scope and delivery schedule.
• Ensure the current state of the sprint/release is accurately and clearly represented in TFS/Rally/Jira, and provides status updates to business and IT stakeholders.
• Eliminate impediments making sure the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the sprint.
• Monitor daily issues impacting the team; facilitate resolutions and escalation as necessary.
• Work with Product Owner to effectively manage product backlog.
• Ensure that improvements identified during sprint retrospective are being executed.
• Coach and help the team self-organize and work cross-functionally.
• Manage interdependencies with other teams in the ART (Agile Release Train).
• Partner with Release Train Engineers to drive continuous improvement in alignment with SAFe principles within a release train
• Quickly learn and apply organizational and SAFe Scrum knowledge to drive effective, efficient delivery
• Aptitude to identify and act upon coachable moments in the spirit of Agile transformation is integral to this role

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years of related work experience as a project manager and scrum master in a transforming organization
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification and 3+ years of formal scrum master experience required, SAFe 5.0 highly preferred
• Knowledge of and hands-on experience with the SAFe Agile Scrum framework required
• Experience working in a highly matrixed environment
• Able to lead a team to make realistic and achievable delivery commitments
• Able to demonstrate experience leading teams and increasing effectiveness
• Able to network across a large organization to facilitate team needs
• strong leadership, time management, and conflict resolution skills
• Experience using TFS/Jira/Rally strongly preferred

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field required

location: Nashville, Tennessee

job type: Contract

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as story grooming, sprint planning, release planning, sprint retrospective, demo, and product backlog review.
• Coordinate all aspects of the sprint delivery, including analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment activities.
• Define and implement structured release plan, including forecasting, tracking, and reporting.
• Drive all committed user stories through completion during the sprint.
• Maintain and share relevant metrics that give teams and stakeholders visibility into their performance.
• Drive the Scrum team and stakeholders to collaboratively negotiate scope and delivery schedule.
• Ensure the current state of the sprint/release is accurately and clearly represented in TFS/Rally/Jira, and provides status updates to business and IT stakeholders.
• Eliminate impediments making sure the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the sprint.
• Monitor daily issues impacting the team; facilitate resolutions and escalation as necessary.
• Work with Product Owner to effectively manage product backlog.
• Ensure that improvements identified during sprint retrospective are being executed.
• Coach and help the team self-organize and work cross-functionally.
• Manage interdependencies with other teams in the ART (Agile Release Train).
• Partner with Release Train Engineers to drive continuous improvement in alignment with SAFe principles within a release train
• Quickly learn and apply organizational and SAFe Scrum knowledge to drive effective, efficient delivery
• Aptitude to identify and act upon coachable moments in the spirit of Agile transformation is integral to this role

qualifications:

• Experience level: Manager
• Education: Bachelors

skills:

• Project Management

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