Project Manager 2

Richmond, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title: Project Manager 2

Location: Richmond VA

Terms: 12 Months Contract

Job Details:

Summary:

The IT Project Manager II will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles.
The Scrum Master will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The successful candidate will be a strong negotiator have excellent logic and problem-solving skills and drive to make a difference. We need an individual that puts the team before themselves. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum removing impediments from their team while promoting self-management and consistently driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Liaison & Communication

Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
Communicate with other management developers product owners and technical support specialists on product issues.
Coach the team on best practices (maintaining a healthy backlog develop high quality user stories estimating and delivery)

Development

Organize and facilitate project planning daily stand-up meetings reviews retrospectives sprint and release planning demos and other Scrum-related meetings.
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
Maintain process documentation.
Ensure the team members are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration prioritization team accountability and visibility.

Application Support

Assist as needed with backlog maintenance and reviewing quality of user stories.
Assist with internal and external communication improving transparency and radiating information.
Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.

Management

Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team working agreement standards and tools.
Develop and manage Team performance metrics leverage to drive efficiencies in the process.
Identify and remove impediments prevents distractions.
Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
Empower the team to self-organize.

Position Requirements

Formal Education & Certification

Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
Must be a Certified Scrum Master
Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus

Knowledge & Experience

Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
Understanding of agile software development methodologies values and procedures.
Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
Understanding of organizations development platform and languages.
Ability to understand technical issues.

Personal Attributes

Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills ability to work with diverse personality types.
Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex time-critical problems.
Collaborative in driving decisions.
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.

Skills	Required	Amount Of Experience
Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.	Required	4
Must be a Certified Scrum Master	Required	5
Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus	Required	3
Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.	Highly desired	4
Understanding of agile software development methodologies values and procedures.	Highly desired	4
Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.	Highly desired	4
Understanding of organizations development platform and languages.	Highly desired	4
Ability to understand technical issues.	Highly desired	4
Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.	Required	4
Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.	Required	4
Excellent interpersonal skills ability to work with diverse personality types.	Required	4
Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.	Required	4
Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex time-critical problems.	Required	4
Collaborative in driving decisions.	Required	4
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.	Required	4
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.	Required	4

Title: Project Manager 2 Location: Richmond VA Terms: 12 Months Contract Job Details: Summary: The IT Project Manager II will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The Scrum Master ...