Project Manager

Company: HAN IT Staffing
Location: Wayne
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description

Requirements:
SAFe DevOps
Data analytic/development knowledge
Experience in Lean-Agile methodologies preferred
Experience with technical IT delivery as a Developer, Tester, or similar preferred
An elementary understanding of team dynamics and facilitation
Limited practical experience with Agile tools or techniques (e.g. shadowing another Scrum Master)
Budgeting and vendor management
Capable of handling a co-located team
Understanding of the Agile mindset and culture
Familiar with systems: Connex, Tableau, Informatic, Veeva, Snowflake, QlikView/Sense preferred
Certified Scrum Master preferred

Responsibilities:
Provide facilitation and feedback to ensure the Agile team is evaluating the efficiency and taking corrective actions when improvement opportunities are identified
Provide collaborative leadership to Agile teams through Agile practices (such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe) and help the team embrace values and principles of Agile
Support the Product Owner and the entire Agile team in their efforts to facilitate a healthy team dynamic within the Agile team and vis--vis other Agile teams
Work with stakeholders to understand needed future capabilities and work with the Agile team, People Leaders, and others
Facilitate the team in adopting DevOps and built-in quality
Help identify IT enablers and facilitate prioritization and execution
Promote Agile quality practices
Provide overall leadership for the Agile team within the deliveries
Coach Agile team members incl. Product Owners and stakeholders to adopt Agile ways of working
Help ensure a healthy team environment help resolve conflicts and drive motivation in the Agile team
Provide feedback on the performance of Agile team members to People Leaders and cooperate on long-term career planning
Work with the Agile team and other stakeholders to help solve impediments
Facilitate cross-team collaboration and dependencies
Apply organizational understanding and power to solve impediments quickly
Assist Agile team to manage progress via transparent backlog and board overviews and maintain relevant team metrics and follow up on team measurements
Evaluate future backlog to ensure the availability of people and budgets
Make sure that team norms are exhibited, including, but not limited to, priority-driven workflow, realistic and executable iteration loading, and limited work-in-progress practices
Drive Agile teams, vendors, and customers in the Agile way of working incl. Agile Delivery Model, Azure DevOps, Agile QMS, and Agile Sourcing
Work with external stakeholders e.g. vendors, customers, and employees to help them understand the Agile way of working
Inspire and mentor other teams to become Agile
Participate in the relevant Communities of Practice
Drive the learning culture and Agile mindset
Share learnings and examples with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO)/Agile Transformation Office (ATO)
Model Agile way of working and continuously drive Agile improvements in corporation with other Scrum Masters
Evolve the Professional Scrum Master capabilities
Establish and follow up on business cases and budgets
Drive vendor selection and negotiations in cooperation with procurement
*If the team is part of an Agile Release Train (ART), the Project Manager must work with the Release Train Engineer, Product Management, System Architect, and other Agile teams (including Scrum Master and Product Owner) to ensure deliveries.

Ability to act as an independent representative of the team- leading Scrum groups comprising process engineering; manufacturing management; quality assurance; packaging; shipping; IT (from inside or partner organizations) and serve as backup to the team lead.

The main skills of the person include:
Authentic and credible role model for the Agile methodology
Excellent communicator and facilitator of team dynamics
Change Ambassador
Able to navigate in a complex stakeholder environment
Excellent coaching skills
Budgeting and vendor management
Empathetic and strong relationship builder
Good at handling conflicts and building trust
A source of motivation and inspiration to others
Able to delegate and empower others to take action
Able to provide difficult feedback in a constructive way and to ensure a healthy, engaging, and inclusive work environment

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