Scrum Master/Project Manager

The Scrum Master / Project Manager will work a hybrid schedule (1-2 days per week in the office) and plays a key role in client's execution of an agile like software development methodology. Candidates are expected to exhibit strong knowledge and background in Information Technology, particularly in Agile SDLC methods and application development management. The Scrum Master / Project Manager must be able to play a dual role:• In a Scrum Master capacity: lead dedicated teams to deliver business functionality through development and quality assurance execution provided by subject matter experts on their teams. The Scrum Master works with Product Managers to ensure timely delivery of prioritized requests generated by the Radian Business entities.• In a Project Manager capacity: responsible for managing strategic business initiative scope, time, costs, quality, communications, resources, and risk. Candidate must have strong communications skills, be well organized, exhibit strong follow-up and follow-through skills, and have an track record of driving delivery within a complex matrixed Agile organization.

• Understand fundamentals of iterative development, software development processes and procedures, the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team, incremental delivery, and the value of metrics.
• Understand common Agile practices, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, and task definition.
• Strong knowledge of Project Management fundamentals as defined by the Project Management Institute in the Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Ability to work with the Scrum teams to develop project plans, roadmaps and manage Feature backlog. Communicate team plans, report impediments for escalation, identify risks/concerns to relevant stakeholders to help resolve.
• Knowledge in the project schedule building process, including techniques for estimation, developing contingency and management reserve, PERT, critical chain, and Agile Feature backlog grooming.
• Ability to build and manage a team of people for the purpose of effectively managing a project, and coordinate deliverables/tasks across multiple Scrum teams.
• Experience relevant to the target project space should include knowledge of at least one but preferably more of the following: software development, software quality assurance testing, software technical specification development, data center build out, IT disaster recovery, high availability architecture implementation, data warehouse development, packaged software implementation.
• Strong organization skills with ability to negotiate and build a culture of continuous improvement.
• Advanced problem solving abilities and capabilities of handling multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and communicate with multiple levels, ability to build consensus on key strategic initiatives.
• Basic knowledge of resource management, resource acquisition, resource effort estimation, resource leveling and project resource cost planning and tracking.
• Key Attributes: Confidentiality, Honest, Integrity, Open and Approachable, Flexible, Self Confident, Self Aware, Team Player oriented.

• Must be a servant leader, able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done.
• Must be assertive to ensure Agile/Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls.
• Experience in planning, organizing, leading, and facilitating cross-functional, matrix organized teams.
• Technical certifications (PMI’s PMP, SEI’s CMM, Six Sigma, Microsoft’s MSF, Java, BEA WebLogic, SAFe) a plus.
• Experience in both Agile and Waterfall environments preferred.
• Excellent skills with MS Project, MS Excel for the use of planning, tracking project details and presenting data to stakeholders, MS PowerPoint for the purpose of communicating project information in presentation format.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent organization, follow-up and follow-through skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile tools (JIRA or CA Agile Central/Rally - JIRA is preferred). Knowledge and experience with an enterprise project portfolio management tool (Daptiv, Clarity, Microsoft EPM).
• Experience using and complying with a formal set of project management standards, templates and processes.