VDH Project Manager 2

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, have excellent logic and problem-solving skills and drive to make a difference. We need an individual that puts the team before themselves. They will be responsible for enforcing the rules of Scrum, removing impediments from their team, while promoting self-management and consistently driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between technical and non-technical departments
• Communicate with other 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-up meetings, 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 members are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance and reviewing quality of user stories
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs
• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team working agreement, standards, and tools
• Develop and manage team performance metrics, leverage to drive efficiencies in the process
• Identify and remove impediments, prevents distractions
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
• Empower the team to self-organize

Qualifications

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience
• Must be a 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 as delegated
• 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