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At Perficient you’ll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you’ll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world’s biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.
We’re proud to be publicly recognized as a “Top Workplace” year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.
Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Project Manager/Scrum Master in in our Chicago office. This is a travel position—up to 75% for the first 60 days, then 25-50% travel.
Job Overview:
The Project Manager/Scrum Master will have complete responsibility for the day-to-day management of the engagement, including all aspects related to managing our consulting team, resulting in a successful delivery and a satisfied, reference-able client.
]Responsibilities:
- Understand complexities of a large program and provide guidance for the development teams.
- Possess thorough knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
- Coaches the team on how to follow agile scrum principles.
- Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices.
- Interact with product managers and other organizational units such as QA, operations, and external IT partners.
- Build a strong relationship with Product Owner and Technical Lead for a full functional leadership triangle
- Schedule and facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, demo, backlog grooming, demo and retrospective meetings
- Resolve conflicts, focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect
- Ensure accuracy of agile metrics, holding team accountable for timely updates of pointing and status
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in a Scum Master role for at least 2 years with a software development team.
- Experience with sprint management, understanding of the process of putting code into production, experience with retrospectives and roadmaps.
- Experience working with development teams of 5-15 team members. Previous experience working with offshore teams is a plus.
- Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand the team needs.
- Understanding of the fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
- Experience with Azure Dev Ops is a plus.
- Skilled in facilitation, continuous improvement, empowerment, transparency and servant leadership
- Experience with Agile techniques-User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Testing, Pairing, etc.
- Highly proficient in collaborating with project stakeholders, end-users, business partners, and technical team members to deliver high quality projects.
- Hands on with project documentation. Well-versed in industry best-practices and current technologies.
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.
More About Perficient
Perficient is the leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. With unparalleled information technology, management consulting and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency deliver vision, execution and value with outstanding digital experience, business optimization and industry solutions.
Our work enables clients to improve productivity and competitiveness; grow and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and reduce costs. Perficient’s professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index.
Perficient is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
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