IT Project Manager Journey - Scrum Lead (PPP)

$85,764 - $115,344/Yr

State of Washington

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The IT Project Manager Journey - Scrum Lead is responsible for guiding scrum teams in adopting and scaling agile processes to enhance software delivery. This role involves facilitating scrum ceremonies, monitoring sprint performance, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure project success. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a proactive mindset, fostering a collaborative work environment while mentoring team members for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Agile Ceremonies: Lead team stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Monitor Sprint Performance: Develop and analyze reports on sprint metrics like velocity, burn up, burn down, and bug prevalence.
• Resource Allocation: Work with team leads and managers to allocate resources for defect remediation and project schedules.
• Team Coaching: Mentor team leads to encourage self-organization and high performance.
• Risk Management: Identify and escalate project risks and issues, and support implementation of remediation strategies.
• Stakeholder Communication: Regularly update stakeholders on project progress, risks, and issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or closely related field and 4 or more years IT experience that includes agile project management for software delivery.
• OR Associate's Degree in Information Technology or closely related field and 6 or more years IT experience that includes agile project management for software delivery.
• OR A combination of 8 or more years IT experience that includes agile project management for software delivery.
• Facilitation Skills
• Advanced knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Scrum methodologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Working knowledge of Azure Dev Ops
• CSM or Agile certification

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• Teleworking opportunities
• Support for work/life balance