Iteration Manager / Scrum Master

Required Skills and Experience:

• Agile iteration management experience
• Scrum Master experience
• Experience leading standing development teams using Agile
• Experience planning iteration and releases, project forecasting, removing roadblocks, and facilitating iteration cadence.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders, users, and project teams to learn and implement best practices.
• Experience conducting peer to peer coaching, training, and mentoring to improve processes across multiple Agile teams.
• Experience leading and being accountable for project deliverables for multiple, small-scale IT projects, including project planning, execution, schedule, quality, communication, cost, and budget.
• Undergraduate studies in business, management information systems, computer science or related field. BA or equivalent is preferred. Progress toward PMP certification is preferred.
• Experience using tools such IBM Rational Team Concert and Clarity,

Job Description:

We are seeking an Iteration Manager/Scrum Master to manage projects, enhancements, and defects related to our client’s applications. You will:

• Lead standing development teams to develop software using Agile best practices
• Plan iteration and releases
• Forecast projects
• Remove roadblocks
• Facilitate iteration cadence
• Collaboratively lead standing development teams to deliver high quality working software through the adoption of innovative best practices.
• Work in partnership with project teams to deliver project objectives through structured planning and iterative delivery.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders, user communities, and project teams to learn and implement best practices.
• Perform peer to peer coaching, training and mentoring to improve process competencies across multiple agile teams.
• Lead all aspects of a general information technology project or multiple, small-scale IT projects, including project planning, execution, timing, functionality, quality, communication and cost. Apply project management and systems development lifecycle process to small information technology projects
• Coordinate the activities of the project team.