Project Manager

• 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 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.

• 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

• 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.      

• 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.

• 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 - Required 4 Years
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master - Required 5 Years
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus - Required 3 Years

• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred - Highly Desired 4 Years
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures - Highly Desired 4 Years
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle - Highly Desired 4 Years
• Understanding of organization’s development platform and languages - Highly Desired 4 Years
• Ability to understand technical issues - Highly Desired 4 Years

• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated - Required 4 Years
• Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment - Required 4 Years
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types - Required 4 Years
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential - Required 4 Years
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems - Required 4 Years
• Collaborative in driving decisions - Required 4 Years
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines - Required 4 Years
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail - Required 4 Years