Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master

OnTrac is seeking a Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master to support a Google Cloud Platform application development engagement for a government customer. The role leads Scrum ceremonies, coaches Scrum teams, removes impediments, supports Product Owners, promotes Agile adoption, and coordinates delivery, stakeholder communication, and PMO activities.

Responsibilities:

• Servant Leadership: Lead and coach the Scrum team(s) on self-organization, cross-functionality, and achieving their goals
• Facilitation: Facilitate all Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective), keeping them time-boxed, focused on clear objectives, and valuable
• Impediment Removal: Identify impediments early and work actively to remove anything that hinders the team's progress
• Coaching and Mentoring: Coach the development team, the Product Owner, and stakeholders on Agile principles and practices, helping each understand and carry out their role
• Collaboration and Communication: Foster strong communication and collaboration within and between Scrum teams and with stakeholders
• Product Owner Support: Support the Product Owner in managing the product backlog, refining user stories, and making sure the development team has clarity on the work
• Agile Advocacy: Promote and support Agile adoption across the organization as a change agent and champion for continuous improvement
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and communicate team progress, velocity, and other relevant metrics to stakeholders, identifying trends and areas for improvement
• Conflict Resolution: Mediate and resolve conflicts within the Scrum team(s) and with external stakeholders
• Scaling Agile: Contribute to scaling Agile practices across multiple teams, working alongside other Scrum Masters and Agile coaches
• Continuous Improvement: Drive improvement through effective retrospectives and by seeing agreed actions through
• Training and Guidance: Provide training and guidance on Scrum and Agile methods to new team members and stakeholders
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate in writing and verbally with stakeholders on both the delivery and customer sides, at every organizational level from executives through to working teams
• PMO Collaboration: Work with peers and leadership in the PMO on status updates, issues, risks, decisions, and change requests
• Team Leadership: Lead and motivate project teams and oversee engineers and architects across disciplines such as infrastructure modernization, data engineering, and application development
• Change Leadership: Help the PMO Center of Excellence evolve and make lasting, effective change across the delivery organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• SAFe experience, including certification and application across at least two or three projects
• A thorough understanding of Agile principles and values and of the Scrum framework
• Proven ability to facilitate effective Scrum ceremonies and to manage a product backlog
• Experience identifying and removing impediments
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and conflict-resolution skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps, and adept with work-management tools such as Jira and Smartsheet
• At least three years of experience managing IT deployment projects
• At least seven years of related experience in a technical, engineering, or software development environment
• Experience managing a team of engineers
• Strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
• Iron-clad organizational skills
• A positive attitude toward change and the ability to adapt
• A love for cloud computing
• IT consulting experience
• Project management certification, such as PMP
• Experience delivering and managing projects on Google Cloud or another public cloud
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
• Business systems analysis certification or experience
• Experience with other Agile frameworks, such as Kanban or Lean
• Experience scaling Agile with frameworks such as SAFe, LeSS, or Nexus
• Experience working in the government sector
• Experience working with distributed teams
• Experience training and facilitating workshops