Job Title Scrum Master/ Project Manager
Location Indianapolis IN
Duration 6 months /Contract To Hire
Mode of Interview Skype
USC GC Only
Please also note that the title is Scrum Master/ Project Manager Role.
We are going to be looking for a hybrid person
– someone with both scrum master and project management experience.
We do want scrum master experience, not just someone who has agile experience
Must pass a drug test and background check once offered position*
Projects the candidate will be working on:
- This role will be serving as a dual scrum master / project manager for the App Ops teams supporting the UHOne business.
- There are multiple teams supporting UHOne each with a myriad of initiatives that need to be planned and monitored. This is considered a full-time role and we consider this a contract-to-hire position and not a temporary position.
Ideal Background:
- Background in IT infrastructure / DevOps roles; looking for someone with both project management and scrum master/SAFe agilest experience to aid in the planning and execution of work of kanban teams.
Team and Team size:
- These are operational teams made up of engineers, systems administrators, and a variety of other technical skills.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a buffer between the software development teams and any distracting influences
- Safeguard the quality of the products
- Ensure that the Scrum process is used as intended and continually improved. Enforce the rules of Scrum, facilitate key meetings, and challenge the teams to innovate
- Help the team with the planning of the Sprints, prioritization of the sprint backlog, coordinate the development process, identify and eliminate obstacles that prevent the team from achieving their goals, prepare burndown charts, and ensure crystal clear communication among everyone involved in the project.
Primary Qualifications:
- Minimum of three years of ScrumMaster experience
- Demonstrated solid understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
- Experienced with leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Must be self-motivated, positive, energetic, confident, and ethical with a strong drive for results
- Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, and knowledge transfer skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working individually and in a multidisciplinary team
- Bachelors degree (or greater) in Computer Science or related field
Competencies:
- Servant Leader - Must be able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done
- Communicative and social - Must be able to communicate well with teams
- Facilitative - Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
- Assertive - Must be able to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls
- Situational Awareness - Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management
- Enthusiastic - Must be high-energy
- Continual improvement - Must continually be growing ones craft learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and a team
- Conflict resolution - Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
- Attitude of empowerment - Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
- Attitude of transparency - Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
- Quick learner - Must be able to quickly gain a high level understanding of the technical and business domains of the Scrum teams
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- ScrumMaster, CSPO or other Scrum certifications.
- Background in Kanban and other Agile processes
- Experience working with more than one team
- Experience with offshore and otherwise distributed teams.
- Previous software product development experience
- Previous experience as a team lead
- Configuration Management experience
- Working knowledge of Rally
Monika Krishnam
Technical Resource Specialist
InTime Infotech Inc
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39962 Cedar Blvd., Ste 185, Newark CA 94560
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