Senior Vice President, Scrum Lead/Project Manager

BNY • New York, NY

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About The Position

Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues. Manages client expectations and ensures project delivery is in conformance with Program/Project Best Practices methodologies and standards. Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues. Contributes to and responsible for multiple teams' goals & objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business management, engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent work experience).
• Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP), CSM, or SAFe (or equivalent).
• 15+ years of related technical Project management/ Scrum master experience.
• Experience working in a hybrid model of project execution including Waterfall, Agile, and combination of both.
• Experience playing the Scrum Master role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
• Experience with operations, technology, and the financial services industry.
• Knowledge of numerous well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous burndown techniques, numerous retrospective formats, handling defects, etc.)
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games, etc.
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
• Experience with Agile practice, project management and working in hybrid methodologies.
• Previous experience as a manager.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in technology/development role earlier in the career.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to cloud environment and large distributed, client facing apps is a big plus.

Responsibilities

• Manages communication with the business at a detailed functional level and discusses/resolves issues.
• Manages client expectations and ensures project delivery is in conformance with Program/Project Best Practices methodologies and standards.
• Contributes to and responsible for multiple teams' goals & objectives.
• Experience with planning of multiple large projects in terms of scheduling, LOE/estimation techniques, stakeholder coordination, managing budget, and end-to-end execution.
• Experience with deriving and managing project metrics, statistics and reporting the same at different levels.
• Experience with issues resolution and conflict management.
• Experience managing relationships with clients, stakeholders, and partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level