Job ID: MI-113245 (910290119)10A
Hybrid/Local Scrum Master/PM (CSM must/PMP) with MI/government experience
Location: Lansing, MI
Duration: 12+ Months
On- Site / Remote – Hybrid in office Monday and Tuesday REQUIRED
Required qualifications:
3-5+ years of IT software Project Management experience
2+ years Scrum Master experience with certification
Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent problem solving and analytical skills
Proven ability to drive project planning and execution process and add value beyond just a task-
oriented doer or project manager
Familiarity with systems development lifecycle (SDLC)
Familiarity with Governance Risk and Compliance framework
Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area. Work will be 2 days per week in office and 3 days
remote.
Previous SOM experience highly desired.
General responsibilities:
Leads and coaches project teams and drives successful delivery of highest value features.
Develops schedule and cost plans that support the business objectives, timelines, budgets,
resources, milestones, and project deliverables.
Leads teams in implementing Scrum in order to maximize velocity. Works with Product Owner
to create a product backlog and to ensure highest value features are delivered at agreed time.
Actively participates in assisting the team with resolving issues and escalates as needed. Works
with IT Manager to coordinate outside part time resources as needed.
Prepares and conducts periodic project status reports to update project governance teams and
executive management regularly on progress, risks, and issues.
Prepares and presents monthly project status reports to stakeholders.
Manages project execution to achieve highest value project deliverables within the established
schedule and budget.
Tracks progress on a daily basis through burn up, burn down and velocity tracking. Understand
and help manage product back log.
Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry
practices such as the PMI’s framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a
project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks
budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and
methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation
plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team,
assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources. Communicates
to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and
removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project members. Handles complex
application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required
for complex application features. Generally manages a group of applications system analysts.
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is
highly desirable.
May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application or platform skills. Provides
overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project.
Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit
objectives of a project and its contracts. Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks,
schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and
customers. Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment
with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency. Directs corrective actions in any area
where performance falls below objectives. Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other
supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance.
Self-directed and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects.
Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and
summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of
project.
Job Summary
This Scrum Master/Project Manager will plan, develop, and execute agile projects to enhance the Keylight application, the State of Michigan Governance Risk and Compliance tool. Responsibilities will include managing and coaching the project scrum team to implement agile project management methodologies involved in delivery of various Keylight enhancements and bug fixes.
General responsibilities:
•Leads and coaches project teams and drives successful delivery of highest value features.
•Develops schedule and cost plans that support the business objectives, timelines, budgets, resources, milestones, and project deliverables.
•Leads teams in implementing Scrum in order to maximize velocity. Works with Product Owner to create a product backlog and to ensure highest value features are delivered at agreed time.
•Actively participates in assisting the team with resolving issues and escalates as needed. Works with IT Manager to coordinate outside part time resources as needed.
•Prepares and conducts periodic project status reports to update project governance teams and executive management regularly on progress, risks, and issues.
•Prepares and presents monthly project status reports to stakeholders.
•Manages project execution to achieve highest value project deliverables within the established schedule and budget.
•Tracks progress on a daily basis through burn up, burn down and velocity tracking. Understand and help manage product back log.
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