Senior Project Manager - Scrum Master
Information Technology company
Information Technology company
Jacksonville, FL 32256
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Jacksonville, FL 32256
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Manage projects with internal and external dependencies, moderate scope, risk of moderate severity & impact, integration within functional capabilities, moderate cost and typically longer duration within more than one team of resources.

  • Identify & resolve discrepancies in planned costs versus actual cost and overall financial management for assigned projects.
  • Responsible for developing and reviewing/validating multiple project plans and approving plans.
  • May mentor IT Project Managers.
  • Understands the need for Business Case/ROI and ensures its completion.
  • Participates in change initiatives including tasks and initiatives outside of specific job duties such as BRM workgroups.
  • Responsible for developing and reviewing detailed project plans and tracking financial information.
  • Communicate project status to project team, stakeholders’ leadership and Program Managers associated with other projects.
  • Advise project team, customers, and staff on tactical solutions to dealing with barriers within a project.
  • Accountable for active facilitation of project issue resolution, change, risk and dependency management.
  • Accountable for project delivery including meeting time, budget and quality standards and customer expectations.
  • Leads project meetings.
  • Creates and maintains relationships with stakeholders and team members in order to achieve mutual goals.

Requirements:

  • 5 or more years of work experience as a Project Manager or equivalent combination of transferrable experience and education.
  • Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or equivalent work experience
  • Ability to manage tasks independently and take ownership of responsibilities.
  • Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback.
  • Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately.
  • Ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
  • Advanced proficiency in the use of labor, cost management and project tracking and management tools such as MS Project.
  • Advanced proficiency of SDLC disciplines and Agile methodology disciplines.
  • Thorough understanding of the concepts, theories and processes of the Project Management Methodology (PMM).
  • Thorough understanding of business processes, functions and architectures.
  • High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy.
  • Broad knowledge of IT functions.
  • Ability to Lead/Facilitate Core team or Steering meetings to obtain schedule, issues, risk , and dependency updates.
  • Ability to document meeting minutes, action items from project status meetings.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize workload.
  • PMP certification required or ability to obtain within one year.

Preferred:

  • Agile Scrum Master experience
  • Experience using Agile methodology
  • Yellow belt on Lean Six Sigma principles
Skills
Skill Proficiency Years Experience Percent Used
Project Management
Any100%
Scrum Master
Any100%
Agile Methodology
Any75%
Six Sigma
Any50%
Budget Management
Any25%
Certifications
PMP Preferred
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