Project Manager / Scrum Master (Financial Services)

What you'll be doing:

• Provides project oversight on Actuarial Data Repository initiative that will translate strategic business objectives into actionable plans focusing on delivery and advancement of Lincoln’s Data strategy.

• Manages the delivery and execution of projects milestones to ensure business capability is realized and cost, time and quality goals are met.

• Identifies critical path items & action plan to remediate open items including due dates, etc.

• Identifies and manages risks, issues and dependencies and responsible for managing impediments to an outcome.

• Manages and reports key project status, developments, challenges to the sponsors and key stakeholders.

• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.

• Collaborate closely with Product Owner, Product Manager and Stakeholders on project roadmap development and execution.

• Manages and leads one to two application development team(s) to using agile methodology. Facilitates day-to-day project management/Agile ceremonies (Planning, Daily Stand-up, Retrospective and Backlog refinement).

• Identifies and directs the implementation of process improvements that significantly improve quality across the team, department and/or business unit.

• Identifies and recommends process improvements that significantly reduce workloads or improve quality.

Must-haves:

• 8 Years of experience as a project manager/scrum master leading multiple software development project teams to deliver high-quality software solutions using Agile techniques.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) in IT or related business field

• Thorough understanding of multiple SDLC methodologies with an emphasis on Waterfall/Agile hybrid methods.

• Experience managing multiple teams simultaneously environment, including onsite and remote team members.

• Experience managing team capacity, demand, product and requirement backlogs, and executing effectively and efficiently using a combination of traditional project management and Agile techniques such as Scrum or Kanban.

• Demonstrated experience in project management practices and principals.

• Strong experience in managing multiple custom software development efforts.

• Knowledge of enterprise Agile management tools.

• Proven ability to develop creative and collaborative approaches.

• Financial Services and/or Insurance Industry experience