Infra Project Manager

Job Description

Infra Project Manager

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification required.
• 3+ years experience in the Scrum Master role in a software development environment.
• Experience working with multiple Scrum Teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.)
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in Scrum (retrospective formats, handling bugs, tech debt, etc.)
• Knowledge of other approaches used in teams, such as XP, Kanban, etc.
• Desirable but not essential - knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.

Roles & Responsibilities
• Facilitate Progress Toward Team Goals - Continuously challenge the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity.
• Continuous Improvement - Help the team improve and take responsibility for their actions. Teach problem-solving techniques and help the team become better problem-solvers for themselves.
• Team Self-Management/Cross-Functionality - Coach the team members in self-management and cross-functionality.
• Estimation - Guide the team in establishing normalized estimates and help the team understand how to estimate their work.
• Support the Product Owner - Help and coach the Product Owner in their efforts to manage the backlog and guide the team while facilitating a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope.
• Help Build a High-Performance Team - Help the team manage interpersonal conflicts, challenges, and opportunities for growth. Escalate to management if/when internal team processes have failed to resolve the issue.
• Communication - Communicate effectively across all parts of the enterprise, including with senior leadership. Represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums and coordinate with other teams.
• Scrum Ceremonies - Ensure that all Scrum events take place and are positive, productive, and kept within the timebox.
• Agile Release Train (ART) Ceremonies - Facilitate preparation and readiness for ART events including Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demos, and Inspect and Adapt.
• Impediments - Help the Scrum Team avoid and remove impediments to their progress.
• Reporting - Create a variety of reports using effective business language to highlight successes, challenges and issues within each iteration and end of PI.
• Support the Release Train Engineer with cross-team impediments, dependency management, and general communication.


Participate in our Agile Com munity of Practice - Working with our Agile community of practice to guide, support and further enhance the understanding of agile within the company.