(1113579) Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master

Diversified Services Network, Inc.

Peoria (IL)

Hybrid

USD 100,000 - 112,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Diversified Services Network, Inc. is hiring a full-time Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead delivery for an enterprise ERP transformation across Chicago, Peoria, IL, and Dallas, TX in a hybrid setting.

The role blends project management with Scrum mastery, facilitating ceremonies, managing dependencies, and driving delivery commitments with Azure DevOps. You will partner with product managers and engineers to ensure clear stories, metrics, and transparent status reporting to leadership.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master, with 5+ years in Agile PM/Scrum Master roles.
Degree not required; extensive PM/SM experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
Coach teams on Agile principles and Scrum practices; drive continuous improvement
Decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps; maintain a healthy backlog aligned to delivery commitments
Define user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies clearly
Remove impediments and escalate risks as needed
Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability
Support PI Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities
Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards and reports for progress visibility
Communicate delivery status and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership
Foster collaboration and accountability across business, product, engineering, and vendor teams

Skills

Azure DevOps

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Servant leadership

MS Teams

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master

DSN is seeking a full-time Agile Project Manager / Scrum Master to join our team in their choice of our Chicago, IL, Peoria, IL or Dallas, TX office locations. We offer a hybrid work model, requiring onsite work when needed, benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you’re looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company – let’s talk!

Position Overview

This role serves as a hybrid Project Manager and Scrum Master supporting delivery teams across an enterprise ERP transformation program. The individual will facilitate Agile ceremonies, drive work decomposition, backlog refinement, and prioritization in Azure DevOps, manage dependencies and milestones, coordinate stakeholder communications, and help ensure delivery commitments are met.

This role is critical to maintaining alignment across teams, improving delivery predictability, and providing transparency into program progress, risks, and outcomes across complex, enterprise-scale workstreams.

Key Contributions & Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile ceremonies including Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives
Coach teams on Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement
Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and technical teams to decompose and prioritize work in Azure DevOps, ensuring a healthy, execution-ready backlog aligned to delivery commitments
Ensure user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and dependencies are clearly defined and understood
Remove impediments, resolve blockers, and escalated risks and issues as needed
Coordinate execution across multiple teams and workstreams to drive alignment and delivery predictability
Facilitate cross-team dependency identification, management, and resolution
Support Program Increment (PI) Planning, sprint planning, and release planning activities
Manage and track project milestones, delivery commitments, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID)
Coordinate release readiness activities, deployment planning, and execution support across teams
Develop and maintain Azure DevOps dashboards, metrics, and reporting to provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes
Prepare and communicate delivery status, milestones, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders and leadership
Foster collaboration, accountability, and effective communication across business, product, engineering, and vendor teams
Drive adherence to Agile standards, delivery best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure successful delivery of ERP capabilities

Candidate Requirements

Education & Experience

No degree required with 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master, including 5+ years in an Agile PM/Scrum Master capacity; OR
Degree preferred with 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master, including 3+ years in an Agile PM/Scrum Master capacity

Required Technical Skills

Azure DevOps expertise, including backlog management, work item decomposition, sprint planning, tracking, dashboards, and reporting
Strong Agile and Scrum knowledge with experience facilitating Agile ceremonies and coaching teams; SAFe experience a plus
Project and program management experience, including milestone tracking, dependency management, RAID management, and stakeholder communications
Experience coordinating work across multiple teams and managing delivery against commitments
Technical understanding of the software product development lifecycle and digital product delivery practices
Proficiency with Microsoft collaboration tools, including Teams, SharePoint, and Microsoft 365
Miro experience (nice to have)

Soft Skills