Strategic Project Leader & Agile Scrum Master

Stenger & Stenger Pc; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stenger & Stenger Pc in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Project Manager / Agile Scrum Master to plan, coordinate, and execute complex initiatives using a hybrid PM and Agile approach. You will lead sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives, while maintaining clear scopes, schedules, and risk logs to keep projects aligned with business goals.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, and operations, facilitate ceremonies, groom backlogs with product owners,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3-5+ years of project management and/or Scrum Master experience.
• Experience in both PM and Agile Scrum Master disciplines is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in the absence of established processes.
• Strong organizational, facilitation, and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities concurrently.
• Agile and Waterfall familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource requirements for assigned projects.
• Track and document risks, issues, dependencies, and action items, and follow up to ensure timely resolution.
• Facilitate project meetings, ensuring decisions, owners, and deadlines are clearly documented and communicated.
• Manage scope changes for assigned projects and escalates concerns to the appropriate stakeholder or manager.
• Coordinate communication on testing, training, documentation, and transition-to-support activities for project go-lives.
• Conduct post-project reviews and document lessons learned for future initiatives.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives) for assigned teams.
• Maintain and help groom backlogs in partnership with product owners and business stakeholders.
• Remove day-to-day impediments blocking team progress and escalates larger obstacles as needed.
• Track and report sprint and team metrics, such as velocity and burndown.
• Coach team members on Agile principles and practices and support consistent use of Agile ceremonies.

Skills

Project management

Scrum Master

Agile methodologies

Communication

Facilitation

Risk management

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Jira

Jira Service Management

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

Stenger & Stenger Pc in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Project Manager / Agile Scrum Master to plan, coordinate, and execute complex initiatives using a hybrid PM and Agile approach. You will lead sprint planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives, while maintaining clear scopes, schedules, and risk logs to keep projects aligned with business goals.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, technology teams, and operations, facilitate ceremonies, groom backlogs with product owners,