Project manager + Scrum Master

Project Manager + Scrum Master

Location: Chanhassen, MN 55317 End Client: Medtronic

9-15 years minimum 5+ project management, release and delivery responsibility. Minimum 3 years in Scrum Master role. Ability to establish and maintain clear mechanisms to communicate project status to senior management and customer. Proficient in Agile Scrum methodology with an ability to adapt quickly to changing technology requirements. Understand technology, should help in identifying new technologies trends and help teams in adoption of the same. Ability to manage change, dependencies, risks, escalations and coordinate with stakeholders to manage its impact. Ability to work with teams spread across geographies to deliver projects. Experience to estimate efforts using multiple techniques. Mandatory development and technical management experience in one of the following three areas preferably in healthcare/medical/digital and cloud based projects. Manage digital healthcare software/product development projects of different sizes, utilizing management skills to enhance the level of service and quality of deliverables. Hands on experience of project development life cycle - perform project estimation, project planning, monitoring, tracking and status reporting. Develop detailed project plans using MS Project or customer specific tools. Play Scrum master role, conduct Scrum ceremonies, coordinate with cross functional teams and business stake holders. Identify project risks and derive effective mitigation plans to handle the same. Elicit requirements and technical inputs from subject matter experts and business stake holders in customer organization. Effort estimation, technical/business proposals creation and SoW creation. Communicate complex issues to stakeholders with recommendations on the path forward. Coordinate stakeholder meetings to ensure all parties understand the deliveries and milestones and the resources that are assigned. Good people management skills - manage, guide, mentor and nurture team. Effectively negotiate with team members to define the team's goals, work content and schedules. Participate in presales activities to support account growth.