Job Description :
Position: Project Manager
Location: Houston,TX
Duration:6+Months
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Certified Scrum Master or a strong consulting / delivery background in Agile methods
Proven leadership and team management skills achieving successful software product delivery
Domain experience of Financial Services - Insurance is plus
Can-do attitude and demonstrable leadership with highly collaborative approach to guide people without controlling them but employing authority when the situation requires Should have experience in JIRA (MUST) Solid working experience on Agile/Scrum Methodology
Responsibilities
Ensure the Scrum process is followed
Facilitate the team’s Scrum ceremonies, i.e. Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective
Ensure ceremonies are effective and productive
Liaise with Product Owner and assist them in managing and grooming the product backlog
Liaise with the Product Owner and the Business Analysts in order to ensure completeness and clarity of user stories and acceptance criteria
Remove impediments to the team’s progress
Work with people outside of the team to resolve external dependencies and roadblocks that are blocking the team
Promote visibility and transparency, particularly by keeping information radiators up to date (white boards, Greenhopper boards, etc and reminding the team to update tasks
Liaise with outside teams to help plan and coordinate activities like deployments, website setups, UAT activities, and Go Live
Ensure that the Scrum team verifies against the Done Definition, ensure the Done Definition upholds Pinpoint’s quality standards
Coach/mentor team on the Agile Scrum methodology in order to constantly improve the Scrum team’s standards of work
Encourage teamwork within the Scrum team
Assist business teams with understanding the existing system capabilities, and features being delivered in a project as and when possible
Guide individual team members on areas of improvements
Should have good coordination and multitasking skills
Good verbal and written communication skills