Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master

Eliassen Group; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 8,954,000 - 10,332,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master to drive complex, cross-functional technology initiatives on a contract basis. This remote role coordinates engineering, product, vendors, and leadership to align on delivery goals, with governance and strong communication as core requirements.

The position requires leading Agile ceremonies, managing dependencies, and overseeing delivery roadmaps across digital platforms, while ensuring stabilization post-launch in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in digital project management for consumer-facing products.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery models.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies and act as main contact for sprint activities.
• Translate business requirements for technical partners and communicate constraints to stakeholders.
• Identify and manage dependencies to keep projects on track.
• Lead enterprise-scale digital initiatives from initiation through stabilization.
• Develop and maintain detailed plans, timelines, and delivery roadmaps.

Skills

Agile & Scrum

Cross-functional leadership

Jira & Asana

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning

Tools

Jira

Asana

Job description

Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Program/Project Management

Industry: Other

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -092026-108548

Date Posted: 09/09/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/7jys7W

Description

Remote

Our client seeks a Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master to lead complex, cross-functional technology initiatives within DevOps organizations on a contract basis. The role drives delivery across digital platforms and process optimization from planning through deployment and stabilization. The individual will coordinate engineering, product, internal finance partners, vendors, and executive leadership to align on delivery goals. The role requires clear communication, governance discipline, and organizational leadership in fast-paced environments.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

JN -092026-108548

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies and serve as main point of contact for sprint activities, velocity tracking, and cross-team dependencies.
• Translate business requirements for technical partners and communicate technical constraints to business stakeholders.
• Identify and manage dependencies and capacity constraints to keep projects on track.
• Anticipate roadblocks and implement real-time solutions.
• Partner with Product Management to prioritize and maintain the product backlog with clear acceptance criteria, definition of ready, and definition of done.
• Oversee ticket refinement to ensure work items are actionable and measurable for capacity and velocity per sprint and program increment.
• Lead enterprise-scale digital initiatives from initiation through post-launch stabilization.
• Manage cross-functional programs with engineering teams, third-party partners, and internal clients.
• Develop and maintain detailed plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams across internal teams and vendors.
• Maintain PMO governance standards, frameworks, status reporting, and change management processes.
• Drive portfolio transparency with executive dashboards, planning reports, and milestone tracking.
• Facilitate risk identification, mitigation planning, escalation management, and dependency coordination.
• Serve as liaison among business leadership, technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders, leading status reviews and decision forums.
• Translate technical initiatives into business-aligned outcomes and actionable plans, building alignment across product, engineering, and operations.
• Coordinate deployment planning, migration sequencing, operational readiness, and stabilization activities.
• Support Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies as required.
• Demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication.

Experience Requirements

• 5 to 8 years in digital project management for consumer-facing products.
• Background supporting media, entertainment, sports, or consumer technology organizations.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and hybrid delivery models.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise with Jira and Asana, and familiarity with Agile/CSM, Lean, and planning tools.
• Proven management of cross-functional teams in fast-paced enterprise environments.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Attention to detail with ability to lead multiple sub-projects concurrently.
• Experience developing requirement roadmaps and aligning teams on digital transformation efforts and best practices.

About Eliassen Group

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affi

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