Leidos · 1 day ago
Scrum Master / Project Manager
Reston, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $237K/yr
12+ years expLeidos is a leading technology company focused on innovation and efficiency in the defense sector. They are seeking a Scrum Master and Project Manager to lead Digital Engineering initiatives, improve team performance, and foster Agile practices within the organization.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Guide teams through a maturity journey starting with the foundations outlined in the Scrum Guide, understand and experience why the framework works and ultimately how and when to change their own processes to suit their needs while still achieving the principles of the Agile Manifesto. Encourage best engineering practice like Definition of Done, Coding standards and compliance, automation, pair programming, as appropriate
Partner with the Product Owner to be mindful of short- and long-term goals and applying approaches to help focus on solving the right problems at the right time then building solutions with iterative, experimental, customer-centric and data-driven activities
Help formal leaders and stakeholders understand and enact empirical approaches for complex work
Engage with other Scrum Masters to elevate larger organizational issues and patterns impacting collective organizational performance
Facilitate the team’s progress towards team’s goals: Continuously challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity. Help the team focus on daily and iteration goals
Build a high-performing team: Focusing on ever-improving team dynamics and performance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline with minimum of 12 years of relevant professional experience (Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
3+ years of experience running Agile Scrum - experience with Scrum event facilitation – Planning, Standup, Sprint Review, and Retrospective
Certified Scrum Master required (Candidates without certs will be considered if they have several years of experience above basic qualifications)
Experience with backlog management tools, such as ADO, JIRA, etc. or similar
Proven soft skills in working with various personality types
Preferred
Experience in SM role using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Working knowledge of backlog prioritization techniques (RICE, Kano, MoSCoW, etc.)
Software skills highly desired
Working knowledge of Leidos Software Engineering practices desired
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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