Project Manager

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.
• Coordinates 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.
• Supports 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.