Description:
Sandata Technologies LLC was founded in 1978 and is undergoing rapid recent growth as the leader in web-based information technologies serving home healthcare providers, social service agencies and managed care organizations. With increasing demand for real time information “on demand,” Sandata is uniquely positioned to serve its customers with its unique suite of integrated products delivered 24/7. In the world of health and human services, our web-based information technology solutions combine improved managerial control over the business of care, combined with improving both the cost and the quality of care delivered.
Duties:
As Scrum Master:
Work collaboratively with Product Owners (PO), technical leads, cross-functional development and test teams, QA, Implementation Management and Network Services.
Facilitate requirements gathering (user story creation), prioritization, acceptance criteria definition, use case development and product backlog grooming.
Act as gatekeeper to ensure that all milestone deliverables meet with defined standards. Deliverables include product briefs, requirement definitions, functional specifications, architecture design, technical specifications, release notes, and installation guides. Organize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, release and sprint planning, demos, development status and other related activities.
Coordinate dependencies between teams with other Scrum Masters engaging in Scrum of Scrums as required helping to resolve and/or escalate impediments.
Work with Development Managers to track and report team velocity and resource capacity.
Coordinate, lead and/or participate in technology engineering efforts and meetings to determine optimal approach, design, risk mitigation, defect resolution, etc.
Ensure development team is working efficiently towards Sprint goal.
Coach and help the development teams practice core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
As Technical Project Manager:
Manage and guide software development projects from request management (intake) thru post-deployment support using appropriate PMLC frameworks (e.g. scrum, Kanban, waterfall, iterative) in a sales-driven, client facing organization
Analyze requirements, write specifications, scope technical requirements and manage software development efforts to meet needs in a timely manner given available resource
Coordinates all activities of the project team and ensures that project tasks are completed by: scheduling and facilitating project-related team meetings (i.e. kick-offs, status, reviews, etc.), and communicating action steps to team.
Defines, manages and controls project scope based on client requirements.
Applies the change control process, as necessary, to ensure that projects are completed according to schedule and within budget.
Creates and maintains internal project risk register and issue log and escalates as needed. Works with team to identify and develop mitigation plans for addressing risks and issues.
Participate in executive dashboard status reporting as well as traditional project plans, resource plans, and status reports.
Ensures the use of project management best practices and applies lessons learned from previous projects: sharing lessons learned with project management team members.
Skills/Qualifications:
Required:
7+ years experience managing web-based application development projects in both iterative and Agile/Scrum environments
PMP certification plus CSM or CSPO; SAFe certification a plus
Advanced understanding of project management methodology including the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk, develop detailed work plans and specifications, manage resource allocations and run team meetings.
Advanced hands-on expertise with using and configuring JIRA and Confluence.
Extensive experience Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project.
Excellent leadership, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to bridge / facilitate / report efforts between technical and business teams.
Previous experience with leading systems integration and defect management efforts
Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Track record of participating in agile transformations and recognizing antipatterns in agile projects.
Demonstrated ability to motivate project team, inspire teamwork and take a leadership role on a project.
Excellent organizational and time management skills.
Ensure security of personal health information (PHI) and report any violations or observations to management.
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