Project Manager / Scrum Master

Keystone Consulting•Madison, WI

About The Position

Our client has an immediate opening for a Project Manager / Scrum Master. The team is responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance. This position will work on a small, collaborative team that uses agile practices to deliver value to our client’s business partners. The person in this role must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and identify innovative solutions. The candidate must have strong technical knowledge in data management.

Requirements

Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple agile teams using Scrum/agile methodologies.
Must have experience leading projects for business intelligence and data warehousing.
Knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
Experience defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports; managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
Experience assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
Provide leadership for release management.
Managing team progress/status through JIRA.
Ability to coordinate data management software upgrades and provide appropriate communication to impacted stakeholders.
Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals at all levels.
Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.
Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

Responsibilities

Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple agile teams using Scrum/agile methodologies.
Must have experience leading projects for business intelligence and data warehousing.
Knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
Experience defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports; managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
Experience assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
Provide leadership for release management.
Managing team progress/status through JIRA.
Ability to coordinate data management software upgrades and provide appropriate communication to impacted stakeholders.
Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals at all levels.
Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.
Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or equivalent.