Scrum Master/PM

Title: Scrum Master/PM

Location: Atlanta, GA 30308 (Hybrid: 3x/Week Onsite)

Duration: 12 Months, Long-term.

Industry: Rail Transportation.

Department/Group: IT App Dev

Summary:

Manages the entire project lifecycle from project definition through implementation. Accountable for meeting agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality measures. Develops project plan and drives project milestones. Establishes effective communication plan with project team and key stakeholders. Provides day-to-day direction to project resources. Ensures effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project. Responsible for preparation of documentation, status reports and budgets. Role requires excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills. specialized knowledge of MS Project, Visio, Excel, Word.

Job Description:

Client Corporation is currently seeking an IT Project Manager within our Atlanta, GA location. The project manager will be responsible for managing multiple projects with a primary focus on managing scope, timelines, cost, risks/issues and communications in accordance with the Client Corporations project management framework. This is a 12 month position.

Primary Responsibilities and Activities:

• Manage scope, requirements, timeline, cost, quality, human resources, communications and integration
• Identify and manage risks / issues and development of mitigation plans
• Lead meetings for status reporting, scheduling, requirements, resource assignments and deliverables
• Maintain document control and track project activities and team communications
• Prepare project reports and dashboards as required by the management team
• Ensure project repository is built and maintained
• Develop and review project status with project team and create weekly reports
• Manage outsourced teams (off-site) including vendor engagements
• Develop and publish communications to project teams, management and project stakeholders
• Provide guidance on process and deliverables to the project team
• Lead project teams in strategic meetings and follow up with meeting notes

Job Requirements:

• Strong project planning skills using appropriate PM tools: MS Project, MS Office, Jira etc.
• Facilitate cross-functional, intra-department, and inter-department communications and cooperation
• Understands Business and System Requirements as they map to a traceability matrix
• Ability to facilitate large meetings with all management levels in attendance
• Ability to take ownership of issues to resolution
• Ability to influence others to move to a common goal
• Attributes
• Strong Leadership and effective team player
• Ability to take direction and work well under limited supervision
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Analytical, problem-solver with decisive and timely decision making capabilities
• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly motivated and self-directed with the ability to see the long term vision

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, business administration, engineering or a related discipline with an information technology focus; M.B.A. degree desirable
• Active PMP or pursuing certification
• 8 years of IT Project Management experience including management of multiple concurrent projects
• Demonstrated understanding of project management concepts
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and SDLC Methodologies (Waterfall, Agile etc….)
• IT System Implementation and Integration experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint and Project
• Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool experience
• Experience with Jira
• Experience preparing and presenting effective presentations to Executive Leadership

Additional Notes:

The IT Project Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams and work with internal IT subject matter experts as well as business partners and external vendors. The candidate must be able to coordinate activities across multiple areas. The IT Project Manager will work with key stakeholders to define the project scope, timelines, objectives and track budget, deliverables, risks/issues and project status.

Candidates must demonstrate:

• Prior experience managing application development projects
• Prior experience managing projects for mainframe applications and experience managing projects transitioning from mainframe to other technology solutions (client/server, SAAS etc…)
• Experience transitioning from Waterfall to Agile paired with strong Agile background specifically SCRUM
• At least 6 years of proven experience as a Scrum Master leading a software development team diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory, and knowledge of additional Agile approaches (Scaled Agile, Kanban, Release Train Engineer, etc.)
• Advanced experience with Jira
• Must have capability to flex across Scrum Master, Project Manager and Program Manager roles
• Prior experience managing transportation, logistics or asset management projects preferred
• Prior Railroad or transportation industry experience preferred but not required