Job Description
Title: Technical Project Manager & Scrum Master combination role
Work Location: Pittsburgh, PA / Lake Mary, FL (Hybrid Role - 3 Days Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months Contract to hire
We can work on W2 only and consider US Citizen and Green Card holder
Job Description:
- Manages multiple medium to large projects, being primary contact for clients and other groups within the organization.
- Guides the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
- Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
- Develops a deep understanding of the technical aspects of the projects being managed.
- Takes hands-on approach for the end-to-end project management activities such as project level reporting, planning, issue/risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, client management, relationship management and other documentation.
- Ensure that technical projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues.
- Manages client expectations and ensures project delivery is in conformance with Program/Project Best Practices methodologies and standards.
- Serves as a liaison between clients and internal technical groups to ensure delivery of medium to large scale projects on time, within budget, and is in conformance with company methodologies and standards.
- Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues.
- Conducts status meetings and facilitates risk mitigation and resolution of more complex issues.
- Contributes to and responsible for multiple teams' goals & objectives.
- Recommends enhancements to project management tools/techniques and company methodologies.
Must Require Skills/ Experience:
- 7+ years of related Technical Project Management experience.
- Experience working in a hybrid model of project execution including Waterfall, Agile, and combination of both.
- Project execution including Waterfall, Agile, and combination of both
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
- Industry experience within operations, technology, or financial services
- Required Software/ Technology: Jira, Confluence and Excel
- Required Education: Bachelor's degree in business management, engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent work experience)
- Certification: PMP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent
Other Required Skills & Experience:
- Experience with planning of multiple large projects in terms of scheduling, LOE/estimation techniques, stakeholder coordination, managing budget, and end-to-end execution.
- Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous burndown techniques, numerous retrospective formats, handling defects, etc.)
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games, etc.
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
- Experience with deriving and managing project metrics, statistics and reporting the same at different levels.
- Experience with Agile practice, project management and working in hybrid methodologies.
- Experience with issues resolution and conflict management.
- Previous experience as a manager.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience managing relationships with clients, stakeholders, and partnes.
- Experience working in technology/development role earlier in the career.
- Exposure to cloud environment and large distributed, client-facing apps is a big plus.
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