Scrum Master 64

Ariel Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ariel Partners is seeking a seasoned Project Manager with strong Agile and Scrum experience in a dynamic IT environment in New York. The role requires leading cross-functional teams, planning and delivering sprints, coaching teams on Agile principles, and ensuring alignment with stakeholders and the PMO.

Candidates should have at least 4 years of experience in project management and Agile methodologies, plus solid business analysis and backlog management skills.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in project management and agile development
• Experience with SCRUM methodology
• Ability to perform functional business analysis
• Experience planning sprint delivery

Responsibilities

• Lead sprint planning and implementation for multiple projects
• Facilitate Scrum events and daily standups
• Maintain product backlog with product owner and deliver weekly status
• Coach team on self-organization and removal of obstacles
• Coordinate with PMO and stakeholders on progress and metrics
• Define goals, tasks, and resource needs for projects

Skills

Project management

Agile development

Scrum

Business analysis

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.

TASK & DUTIES:

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

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

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‐time success and happiness ...?