Position: Scrum Master with Strong Azure DevOps || Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite) Local only
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Onsite) Local only
Duration: 5-6 Months
Visa: USC Only
Job Description
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.