SPECTRAFOR is seeking a Senior Project Manager Scrum Master to provide subject matter expertise and direction on complex projects within a fast-paced application development environment. The role involves overseeing project delivery, managing risks and dependencies, and facilitating agile practices while collaborating with stakeholders and project teams.
Responsibilities:
- Provides project oversight on Actuarial Data Repository initiative that will translate strategic business objectives into actionable plans focusing on delivery and advancement of client’s Data strategy
- Manages the delivery and execution of projects milestones to ensure business capability is realized and cost, time and quality goals are met
- Identifies critical path items & action plan to remediate open items including due dates, etc
- Identifies and manages risks, issues and dependencies and responsible for managing impediments to an outcome
- Manages and reports key project status, developments, challenges to the sponsors and key stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with Product Owner, Product Manager and Stakeholders on project roadmap development and execution
- Manages and leads one to two application development team(s) to using agile methodology
- Facilitates day-to-day project management/Agile ceremonies (Planning, Daily Stand-up, Retrospective and Backlog refinement)
Requirements:
- 8+ Years of experience as a project manager/scrum master leading multiple software development project teams to deliver high-quality software solutions using Agile techniques
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) in IT or related business field
- Thorough understanding of multiple SDLC methodologies with an emphasis on Waterfall/Agile hybrid methods
- Experience managing team capacity, demand, product and requirement backlogs, and executing effectively and efficiently using a combination of traditional project management and Agile techniques such as Scrum or Kanban
- Demonstrated experience in project management practices and principals
- Financial Services and/or Insurance Industry experience