Who would not claim this ability?
Ability to learn and understand software applications quickly
Project Manager/Scrum Master, Boulder, CO
Posted by: "ITT VIS Jobs" jobs@ittvis.com
Project Manager/Scrum Master
The Engineering Project Manager facilitates the execution of one or more
software projects in the role of Scrum Master, performing a variety of
project support tasks such as updating burndown charts, metrics
reporting and facilitating meetings. The Scrum Master is responsible
for the integrity of the Scrum Agile process. He or she facilitates
scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives,
and coordinates/communicates across groups to provide on-time, quality
deliverables that meet customer expectations. A key activity of the
scrum master is guiding team activity through leadership and support
toward project/team goals.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
* Sprint Execution and Reporting
* Responsible for time-boxed (2-4 week) sprint planning and
execution
* Anticipation and proactive
tracking/recording/removal/escalation of
* impediments
* Facilitate the team in identifying and managing interactivity
dependencies
* within product development
* Facilitate the estimation of Product Backlog Items and other
Scrum
activities
* Project Leadership
* Serves as a mentor and coach for agile methodologies to
members of the scrum team,
* product owner and other agile project managers
* Proactively resolves conflicts between people and, if needed,
escalates appropriately
* Enables close cooperation across roles and functions, and
removes barriers
* Shields team from external interferences during sprints
Minimum Skills and Qualifications:
* Excellent communication, organizational, oral, written and
presentation skills
* Strong interpersonal and cross-team coordination skills
* Experience coaching and mentoring teams/individuals is required
as well as good relationship-building skills
* 1-3 years' experience as a software Project Manager using Agile
techniques within a technical environment
* Must have experience as a Scrum Master facilitating multiple
scrum teams; Scrum Master Certification preferred
* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
required
* Ability to learn and understand software applications quickly
