VDH Project Manager 2

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About the role

The IT Project Manager II will operate as a Servant Leader and facilitator for 2-3 Agile teams, ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The successful candidate will be a strong negotiator with excellent logic and problem-solving skills, and a drive to make a difference. This individual will put the team before themselves, enforcing Scrum rules, removing impediments, promoting self-management, and driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments.
• Communicate with management, developers, product owners, and technical support specialists on product issues.
• Coach the team on best practices (maintaining a healthy backlog, developing high-quality user stories, estimating, and delivery).
• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, and other Scrum-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Maintain process documentation.
• Ensure the team practices core Agile principles: collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Assist with backlog maintenance and reviewing the quality of user stories.
• Improve transparency and radiate information through internal and external communication.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects/bugs.
• Proactively develop and maintain team working agreements, standards, and tools.
• Develop and manage team performance metrics to drive process efficiencies.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self-organize.

Requirements

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Certified Scrum Master; Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus.
• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organization's development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.

Skills

• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks.
• Team-player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.
• Collaborative in driving decisions.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.