Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillion Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Scrum Master & Project Manager to lead projects for a direct banking client. The role involves managing project activities, liaising with stakeholders, and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of projects while applying best practices in project management. Responsibilities • Liaise with Business, Scrum teams and Technical Stakeholders • Strong communicator to various levels of management • PM/Scrum Master on dedicated team • Manage project activities through all life cycles (utilizing Service Now, ADO, SharePoint, proprietary software, etc.) to ensure the best quality product is delivered • Report on project activities • Provide input to Annual Financial Plan • Experience with Azure Dev Ops & ServiceNow • Manages the full life cycle of the project following SDLC • Applies project management expertise and best practices/tools to define and execute: • Scope Management • Schedule Management • Issue/Risk Management • PI Planning • Communications Management • Change Management • Quality Management • Vendor Management • Contract Management • Uses tools to manage ongoing team efforts, updating release schedules, staffing profiles, roadmaps, applications docs, and monthly reports • Ensures on-time and on-budget delivery of projects through organizing, developing and routinely forecasting project plans • Change Leadership – Manages the transition to ensure adoption of change, builds strong partnerships and communication plans with all project stakeholders and project team members • Adheres to the PM processes and actively prepares for / participates in all structured project reviews • Lead as a PM/Scrum Master on a dedicated team supporting Scrum Ceremonies • Leads and engages small to medium size scrum teams simultaneously • Ensures alignment of all project roles and responsibilities and they are articulated to each team member, modified as required, and accomplished throughout the project • Takes initiative to improve processes, team organization, and reporting • Monitors and measures staff/resource assignment results against project / task goals and accountabilities • Proactively provides consistent, concise, relevant, reliable and timely information to all appropriate internal and external audiences/stakeholders • Ensures accuracy of information to enable effective business decisions • Proven ability to not only lead scrum ceremonies but tangible experience of executing PI Planning and helping teams achieve agreed upon outcomes Skills • US CITIZENS / Green Card Holders / EAD Green Card Holders ONLY • 7 -10 Years combined IT Project Management experience as a Project Manager AND Scrum Master • PMP • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) • Certified SAFe 5 Scrum Master (SSM) • Proven experience as both a Project Manager and Scrum Master • Strong focus on delivery and actively turns lessons learned into better and faster ways to deliver • Knowledgeable in SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel, ServiceNow, ADO • Experience with Azure Dev Ops & ServiceNow Company Overview • Zillion Technologies, Inc. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job