SOVA- 804755-VDH Project Manager 2

Goodfit; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodfit is seeking an IT Project Manager II to serve as a servant leader and Scrum Master for 2–3 Agile teams, ensuring Scrum and Kanban practices are followed and impediments are removed to drive continuous improvement.

The candidate will negotiate effectively, demonstrate strong problem‑solving skills, and focus on team success. A Certified Scrum Master and SAFe exposure are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus.
• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments and communicate product issues to management, developers and support staff.
• Coach the team on backlog health, high-quality user stories, estimation and on-time delivery.
• Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies and track velocity, progress, and releases.
• Maintain process documentation and ensure agile principles like collaboration and visibility.
• Participate in backlog maintenance, defect prioritization, and incident resolution.
• Develop and maintain team working agreements, standards, and tooling; empower self-organization.
• Drive performance metrics and remove impediments to improve efficiency.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and cross-team coordination.

Skills

Certified Scrum Master

SAFe experience

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Team leadership

Education

Four-year degree in computer science or related field

10+ years equivalent work experience

Job description

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 Scrum Master 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.

Liaison & Communication

• 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)

Development

• 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.

Application Support

• 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.

Management

• Participate 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.
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master,
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus

Knowledge & Experience

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

Personal Attributes

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

Required/Desired Skills

Skill

Required /Desired

Amount

of Experience

Candidate years of exp

Last used (Year)

• 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