Project Coordinator / SCRUM Master

Nationwide IT Services

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Nationwide IT Services, NIS, is seeking a Project Manager/Scrum Master for a potential opportunity to develop, maintain, and deliver accurate project status reports (e.g., Monthly Status Reports - MSRs) for the Program Manager and Government stakeholders (COR/KO) by tracking and reporting key metrics, including schedule, budget burn rate, and resource utilization. Primary Objectives: Assist in the Discovery Phase activities of gathering user requirements, business analysis, legacy system analysis, Epic/Story creation, external data integration planning, and product backlog management. Maintain the official project record, ensuring all artifacts are current, centralized (often in SharePoint or Confluence), and compliant with the Document Management Plan (DMP). Manage the Risk, Assumption, Issue, and Dependency (RAID) Log and ensure timely follow-up on action items. Schedule and facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are time-boxed, productive, and focused on the Sprint Goal. Work closely with the Product Owner to ensure the Product Backlog is refined, prioritized, understood, and contains clear, testable User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, maintaining "Backlog Readiness." Maintain and update the team's visual management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) to ensure high visibility of progress, dependencies, and impediments to all stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Active Secret Clearance (preferred)
Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and deliver accurate project status reports (e.g., Monthly Status Reports - MSRs) for the Program Manager and Government stakeholders (COR/KO) by tracking and reporting key metrics, including schedule, budget burn rate, and resource utilization.
Assist in the Discovery Phase activities of gathering user requirements, business analysis, legacy system analysis, Epic/Story creation, external data integration planning, and product backlog management.
Maintain the official project record, ensuring all artifacts are current, centralized (often in SharePoint or Confluence), and compliant with the Document Management Plan (DMP).
Manage the Risk, Assumption, Issue, and Dependency (RAID) Log and ensure timely follow-up on action items.
Schedule and facilitate all core Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospectives, ensuring they are time-boxed, productive, and focused on the Sprint Goal.
Work closely with the Product Owner to ensure the Product Backlog is refined, prioritized, understood, and contains clear, testable User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, maintaining "Backlog Readiness."
Maintain and update the team's visual management tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) to ensure high visibility of progress, dependencies, and impediments to all stakeholders.