Role: Agile Project Manager

Location: Torrance, CA (Hybrid 3x week on-site)

Contract: W2 only, No corp to corp applicants

Duration: 12 months

• Delivery of business value through utilization of both Scrum framework and traditional Project Management practices.
• Facilitate medium to high complexity agile initiatives from initiation through release, providing oversight to ensure alignment with Scrum framework.
• Coordinate and lead monthly release management activities.
• Manage risk to delivery by identifying and removing impediments and external interruptions that distract the team from delivering highest business value.
• Create and/or maintain product documentation to support delivery, collaboration, and governance.
• Remain up to date with emerging technologies, understanding existing systems, data, and processes.
• Enable the team’s efficacy:
• Facilitate and support all Scrum events, including but not limited to Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Examine and drive team performance leveraging metrics such as capacity, burn down, velocity, etc., and ensure accurate and timely feedback to the team and transparency to
• Product Owner and executive stakeholders.
• Support and empower the Consumer Applications delivery teams and/or Product Owners to make appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Guide the team towards self-organization and cross-functionality; encourage, support, and enable the team to reach their full potential and abilities.
• Support the Product Owner’s partnership with other teams and stakeholders:
• Collaborate with the Product Owner to define and prioritize the product backlog, as well as ensure that it is visible, transparent, and understood by the development team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, QA engineers, and stakeholders, to ensure successful delivery of product features.
• Negotiate with external stakeholders, other product teams, partner resources to facilitate the removal of impediments.
• Support the Product Owner with meetings, building connections, building innovative solutions that contribute towards stakeholder business objectives.
• Work with other Scrum Master’s to ensure consistency in Agile practices across multiple teams.
• Identify and act on opportunities for continuous improvement to improve agile maturity.

What will this person be working on

• The PM/Scrum Master’s primary role is to help delivery teams work more effectively. With a focus on continuous improvement, the Scrum Master will work closely with the Product Owners and Project delivery teams, leading Agile practices related to customer- and dealer-facing digital products.
• This position requires extensive collaboration and cross-functional communication with IT, Honda associates, consultants, and vendors with varying levels of Agile maturity to define product goals, backlogs and roadmaps leading to successful delivery.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations
• Responsible for assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing, and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality reviews; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and adjusting project plans and/or resources.
• Responsible for the management of one or more medium to large?sized, moderately to highly complex projects.

Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business or other related field.
• Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum.
• Scrum Master certification (e.g., CSM, PSM, etc.)

Required Experience

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience as a Scrum Master, or Project Manager, preferably working in a digital product environment.
• Expert understanding of Scrum framework, or other related Agile methodologies.
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally with staff, IT staff, and 3rd party vendor staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interface with all levels of management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal/external customers, and non-technical/technical personnel.
• Proficiency with Jira/Confluence, or similar agile management tools.
• Ability to oversee and manage large, complex, and strategic projects that impact the organization.
• Understanding and ability to manage complex program and project budgets.
• Advanced ability in implementing program and project plans, monitoring progress, resource usage and quality.
• Knowledge in conducting risk assessments and developing plans for eliminating or mitigating risks.