Crossfire Consulting · 9 hours ago
AGILE PROJECT MANAGER (Scrum Master)
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelCrossfire Consulting is seeking an Agile Project Manager to support their IT Business Systems Delivery department. The role involves managing project operations, facilitating communication between teams, and ensuring adherence to project standards while delivering enhancements based on business requirements.
ConsultingInformation TechnologySoftwareStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Ensure that the project team adheres to project operational standards and follow processes for reporting tasks, defects and time
Organize and lead project status, working meetings and scrum ceremonies if applicable (such as daily standup, backlog grooming session and sprint retrospectives)
Prepare and distribute progress reports, meeting minutes, release notes, and deployment plans
Create new, update, and maintain Microsoft Azure DevOps dashboards
With help from the team, implement, and maintain the project or work plan
Collaborate with the Product Owner to coordinate project schedules
Ensure that the project team follows all quality assurance processes, including periodic reviews and knowledge transitions with minimum impact on project delivery
Ensure that all requirements, project plans, and changes to commitment are communicated to all affected stakeholders and updated in Microsoft Azure DevOps
Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
Define release scope and schedule, with focus on regular and timely delivery of value
Collaborate with team to identify impediments and help facilitate resolution
Seek management help to remove impediments being faced by the team
Represent the project team at meetings
Create project and work plans for assigned program work streams
Balance scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks. Make adjustments as necessary
Measure and monitor progress at clearly defined points in the process and take corrective actions to deliver the project on time, within budget
Obtain buy-in from senior management for all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, quality assurance plans, budget, schedule, and scope changes
Help define team member roles and expectations and ensure project resources are used effectively
Assist in team development, while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work
Assist in leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work
Help manage relationships with all suppliers and subcontractors. Monitor their progress and adherence to the contract
Promote a customer-focused team that maintains high work and ethical standards
Have a relentless focus on delivering a +1 customer experience
Qualification
Required
Agile Scrum Master
Azure Devops
Demonstrated strong communication skills
Executive Communications
IT Software Cloud Technology Stack
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, etc
SLDC
Strong presentation skills
Strong project management experience
Strong project management skills
Strong knowledge of project management and software development methodology and tools: Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, SDLC, Azure DevOps, SaFE
Experience leading and mentoring IT project teams
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to quickly react/produce in an Agile project atmosphere
Ability to document and communicate the status of project progress against plans, taking corrective action as necessary
Ability to manage the success of metrics defined by the project and the organization
Ability to manage stakeholder relationships
Ability to define, implement, and maintain project process guidance (e.g., project plan and subordinate plans), tailoring organizational processes as needed in collaboration with Scrum Master
Ability to ensure team's adherence to project processes and best practices identified in collaboration with Scrum Master
Ability to identify, clarify, and resolve issues and risks, escalating them as needed
Ability to negotiate changes to commitments/requirements
Ability to review ongoing and proposed projects to identify opportunities for reuse and process improvement
Preferred
Agile Scrum Master Certification
Reporting Development
Company
Crossfire Consulting
Crossfire Consulting is an IT company that provides IT staffing and software development services.
Founded in 2000
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase