Scrum Master 62

Ariel Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Ariel Partners is seeking qualified candidates for a project management and Agile role in New York. The position involves leading Scrum teams, planning sprints, and coordinating software development efforts to meet business needs.

The candidate will coach teams in Agile methodologies, ensure alignment with project goals, and facilitate Scrum events while maintaining clear communication with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of experience in project management and agile development.
• Experience with SCRUM framework.
• Experience in functional business analysis.
• Ability to plan sprint delivery and manage backlogs.

Responsibilities

• Lead Sprint Planning and manage multidisciplinary development teams.
• Ensure team understands project goals and scope.
• Plan and implement applications; participate in design/testing.
• Define missions, goals, tasks and resource requirements.
• Resolve conflicts within and between projects or functional areas.
• Assist in maintaining the product backlog with the product owner.
• Facilitate Scrum events (daily standups, etc.) as needed.
• Develop methods to monitor progress and provide corrective supervision.
• Prioritize and organize user stories into weekly sprints and conduct daily Scrums.
• Provide weekly status updates to the PMO and stakeholders.
• Coach the development team in self-organization and remove obstacles.

Skills

Project Management

Agile Development Methodologies

SCRUM

Functional Business Analysis

Sprint Planning

Job description

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

ITS serves all DSS program areas to fulfill their IT needs. To meet the business needs and ITS' workload, ITS is seeking qualified candidates in the areas of Database design, architecture, and development, including base definition, structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines, and protection. Ensures accuracy and completeness of data in master files and various support tools, such as base dictionaries. Establishes and maintains security and integrity controls. Formulates and monitors policies, procedures and standards relating to database management. Proposes and implements enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of various systems that ITS supports across DSS program areas.

Tasks & Duties

• Performs Sprint Planning and implementation. Leads a multi-disciplinary team in application development and deployment. Provides management reporting and information dissemination
• Making sure everyone on the team understands the project’s goals and scope.
• Lead planning and/or implementation of applications & participate in the design and/or testing phases.
• Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements.
• Assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas
• Helping the product owner maintain the product backlog.
• Facilitating Scrum events (daily standups, other meetings) as needed.
• Develop methods to monitor project or area progress; and provide corrective supervision if necessary
• Prioritize and organize the user stories into weekly sprints and conduct daily Scrums to track progress
• Provide weekly status to the PMO and all relevant stakeholders.
• Serves the development team by: Coaching the development team in self-organization. Helping to remove obstacles to the developers’ progress
• Serves the entire organization by: Encouraging the organization to adopt the Scrum and Agile development methodologies in their workflow. Coaching the organization on the transition to a Scrum working framework. Keeping the organization, particularly the project’s stakeholders, up to date on the progress of the scrum team’s projects.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

Note: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• A minimum of 4 years of experience with the following skill sets:
• Project Management and Agile Development Methodologies
• SCRUM methodology
• Functional Business Analysis
• Planning sprint delivery

If you are interested in getting more information about this opportunity, please contact Irina Rozenberg

[e-mail] your earliest convenience.

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges, we are on their short list. We are looking for team members who share our values of: Integrity to do the right thing even when it hurts; Commitment to the long-term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners; Courage to take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.