Apply on Employer Site

Hays · 7 hours ago

Project Manager Scrum Master

Washington, DC

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$50/hr - $60/hr

7+ years exp

Hays is a recruitment company seeking a Project Manager Scrum Master with extensive experience in IT project management. The role involves managing project activities, leading teams, and ensuring successful delivery of projects while adhering to best practices in project management.

Information ServicesRecruitingStaffing Agency

No H1B

Responsibilities

Liaise with Business, Scrum teams and Technical Stakeholders

Strong communicator to various levels of management

PM/Scrum Master on dedicated team

Manage project activities through all life cycles (utilizing Service Now, Sharepoint, proprietary software, etc.) to ensure the best quality product is delivered

Report on project activities

Provide input to Annual Financial Plan (budget)

Mainframe project management experience - is desired

Experience with Service Now is desired

Experience with Azure Dev Ops is Nice to Have

Manages the full life cycle of the project following SDLC

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

Scope Management

Schedule Management

Issue/Risk Management

Procurement Management

Communications Management

Change Management

Quality Management

Vendor Management

Contract Management

Uses tools to manage ongoing team efforts, updating release schedules, staffing profiles, roadmaps, applications docs, and monthly reports

Ensures on-time and on-budget delivery of projects through organizing, developing and routinely forecasting project plans and project budget to ensure

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 PM processes and actively prepares for / participates in all structured project reviews

Lead as a PM/Scrum Master on a dedicated team supporting IT infrastructure upgrades and facilities upgrades

Leads and engages small to medium projects simultaneously focused on a portfolio of applications, all components of a larger business solution

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

Takes initiative to improve processes, team organization, and reporting

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

Develop and maintain effective rapport with vendors, experience reviewing invoices and overseeing work/deliverables

Proactively 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

A Project Manager ensures that the work scope is completed in a quality manner, within budget, and on time by providing leadership in planning, organizing, and controlling the work effort

Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, and budgeting

Excellent leadership and team coordination abilities

Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Knowledge of risk management and process improvement techniques

Qualification

PMPCSMSAFe experienceFinancial industry experienceProject ManagementCommunicatorRisk management knowledgeLeadership abilitiesProblem-solving skills

Required

7-10 years combined PM and scrum master experience

PMP Certification is required

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – is required

Proven experience as both a Project Manager and Scrum Master

Strong focus on delivery and actively turns lessons learned into better and faster ways to deliver. (Courageous servant leadership)

Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Excel, Service Now

Must be local to either Vienna, Virginia, Winchester Virginia or Pensacola Florida

Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, and budgeting

Excellent leadership and team coordination abilities

Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

Knowledge of risk management and process improvement techniques

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorship is not available

Preferred

Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) – Nice to Have

Mainframe project management experience - is desired

Experience with Service Now is desired

Experience with Azure Dev Ops is Nice to Have

Benefits

Full medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K

Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit)

Company

Hays

Glassdoor3.5

Hays is a leading global professional recruiting group, they are expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide. It is a sub-organization of Hays plc.

Founded in 2000

Munich, Bayern, DEU

5001-10000 employees