Scrum Master
Role : Scrum Master
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Duration: 12 Months
MOI : Telephonic & Video
++Primary Skills:++ SCRUM, Project Management, ALM, VSTS, Jira, or Version One
Need Candidates with a Minimum of 7 Years of Experience. This is 5 Days Onsite. Need Locals or within a 50-mile radius only.
Candidates must have Azure DevOps experience, which is a Must.
++Responsibilities:++
- Manage projects utilizing standard project management tools and techniques
- Serve as Scrum Master for multiple projects
- Establish and utilize a comprehensive project plan to monitor and report project deliverables
- Coordinate in resolving issues, addressing risks, escalating concerns, and facilitating decision-making
- Develop and implement key metrics to measure/report the progress and value of the project
- Conduct/Steer different Scrum events such as Daily Standup, Grooming and Planning, Demo, Retrospective/Lesson Learned session to help implement the departmental vision of Agile
- Nurture an environment where project issues can be raised without any fear of blame or being judged
- Work with management to achieve efficiencies across multiple projects and to implement lessons learned
- Work with intra/inter-departmental Project Managers and Scrum Masters to facilitate dependencies
- Provide a concise project status report in a different form with appropriate details, considering the audience (project team, stakeholders, and executives) on a regular or as requested basis
- Create and maintain as is or to be workflow and other system documentation for the ongoing project
- Proactively identify trends in project implementation and recommend process improvement
- Other responsibilities as assigned by department management
++Required Qualification:++
- IT Project Management experience (3 years)
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development methodology (3 years)
- Hands-on Scrum Master experience (2 years)
- Experience working with tools such as VSTS, ALM, Jira, or Version One
- Strong ability to partner with cross-functional teams to deliver project goals
- Diplomatic, flexible, and easy to work with personality
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to perform planning for multiple initiatives/projects, managing all tasks required to provide services to meet business needs within the timeline and the budget
- Ability to effectively manage project scope and communicate with partners in IT, business, and vendors
- Good computer skills, including experience in tools like MS Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, and others
- Hands-on experience with any agile collaboration tools
++Qualification: ALL OR ANYONE IS REQUIRED.++
- PPM Certification
- PSM/CSM Certification
- Prior Banking domain experience.