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INSPYR Solutions · 2 days ago

Agile PM / Scrum Master Lead

Vienna, VA

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$60/hr - $80/hr

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Responsibilities

Project and Scrum Master Leadership

Manages the full life cycle of Agile projects

Leads cross-functionally Agile project teams through the software delivery lifecycle.

Acts as a mentor and continually guides project team(s) to adhere to Agile/Scrum best practices and values

Guides scrum teams to implement Lean processes in order to increase quality output

Facilitates all scrum ceremonies (daily stand-up, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demo's)

Applies work effort estimation techniques to forecast and report project performance

Identifies, removes and escalates impediments

Works well in cross functional teams consisting of on-site, remote and matrixed project team members

Applies project management skills and best practices/tools to define and execute:

Scope Management

Schedule Management

Cost Management

Resource Management

Issue/Risk Management

Procurement Management

Communications Management

Change Management

Quality Management

Change Leadership - Manages the transition to ensure adoption of change, builds strong partnerships and communication plans with all project stakeholders and project team members

Adheres to the project delivery controls and processes and actively prepares for/participates in all structured project reviews

Functions independently under broad guidelines from a resource manager

Leading Projects

Leads and engages single or cross-functional project teams, which are accountable for design, development and implementation of BPA solutions

Ensures alignment of all project roles and responsibilities and they are articulated to each team member, modified as required, and accomplished throughout the project

Provides clear feedback - both routine feedback (ad hoc discussions based on project activities) and formal feedback (reviews at key phases of the project or related to Performance Reviews and Development Plans

Monitors and measures staff / resource assignment results against project / task goals and accountabilities

Capability Development

Evaluates emerging methods, industry best practices and lessons learned to develop most current and innovative project delivery practices and standards

Drives continuous improvements to improve speed to production release(s)

Builds a community for growing the capability within ISD through personal development, mentoring and teaching opportunities with ISD team

May participate in the interview process and engages in successful onboarding of new employees or contractors

Acts as a mentor to less senior employees or contractors

Communication

Provides consistent, concise, relevant, reliable and timely information to all appropriate internal and external audiences/stakeholders through a variety of media

Ensures accuracy of information to enable effective business decisions

Frames communications in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience

Seeks input from audience; confirms understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualification

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Required

Previous project leadership and execution, including initiatives with technology, processes, cross-functional teams and external partner team members

Experience with cross-functional teams that include third party expertise. Aptitude to build strategic and execution-focused plans and alliances with partner leadership

Demonstrated ability to apply Project Management industry best practice processes and tools regarding effective management of projects, including, but not limited to, scope, schedule, cost, risk, resource, and issue management

Experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff

Bachelor's Degree in a related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

Strong problem solving and negotiation skills

Ability to exercise initiative, produce desired results and achieve objectives

Ability to work and collaborate with all levels of management, staff and vendors

Ability to present findings and conclusions clearly and concisely

Clear understanding of the Systems Development

Ability to apply Project Management industry best practices, processes, and tools to effectively lead projects

Clear understanding of the systems development life cycle

Ability to exercise initiative, produced desired results, and achieve objectives

Possesses good relationship, team building and facilitation skills

Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Ability to work and collaborate with all levels of management, staff, and vendors

Works with resource managers and external staffing vendors to ensure steady availability of high quality resources from vendors

Ability to present project status, issues, and risks clearly and concisely to a varied audience (stakeholders, senior management, and resource managers)

Ability to negotiate project scope with stakeholders, governance committees, and senior management

Experience leading, guiding, and coaching professional staff

Partners with the BPA Service Manager and business area to plan the scope and timeline of the project.