Scrum Master

Job Title: Scrum master

Duration: 6 months contract

Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite)

5 Days Onsite, Pittsburgh - Must Be Local.

Azure DevOps experience is required.

Responsibilities:

• Manage project(s) 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; escalate concerns, and facilitate 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 Stand-up, Grooming and Planning, Demo, Retrospective/Lesson Learned session to help implement 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 lesson learned.
• Work with intra/inter-departmental Project Manages and Scrum Masters to facilitate dependencies.
• Provide concise project status report in a different form with appropriate details considering the audience (project team, stakeholders and executives) in a regular or as requested basis.
• Create and maintain ‘as is’ or ‘to be’ workflow and other system documentation for 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 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 tool(s).

Preferred Qualification:

• PPM Certification.
• PSM/CSM Certification.
• Prior Banking domain experience.