Agile Project Manager Contract Jobs in Wisconsin

MARS Solutions Group is looking for an experienced Project Manager/Scrum Master located in Madison, WI. Our client is a government agency looking for high-quality talent to make a difference. They are known to respect a traditional work week and often extend contracts for added job security and stability.

Note: Open to nationwide candidates. This position can work 100% remote from anywhere within the continental United States.

Project Description:

• Client has an immediate opening for a Project Manager/Scrum Master. The team is responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance. Data is one of our most valuable assets and client strive to become a more data-literate and data-driven organization.
• This position will work on a small, collaborative team that uses agile practices to deliver value to our business partners.
• This position must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and identify innovative solutions. This position must have strong technical knowledge in data management.
• The selected hire will be working on a team responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance.

Key Requirements:

• Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple agile teams using Scrum/agile methodologies. Must have experience leading projects for business intelligence and data warehousing.
• Knowledge of both agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• Experience defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports; managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
• Experience assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
• Provide leadership for release management.
• Managing team progress/status through JIRA.
• Ability to coordinate data management software upgrades and provide appropriate communication to impacted stakeholders.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or equivalent.
• Preferred experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).

Top Skills & Years of Experience (6 or more years of experience in the following):

• Minimum of 5 years in a scrum-master role leading scrums for business intelligence and data warehousing.
• Minimum of 5 years in a project manager role leading Agile technical projects.
• Minimum of 5 years in large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple teams.

Nice to Have:

• Experience implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
• Experience using Jira.

About MARS Solutions Group:

MARS Solutions Group provides a range of opportunities for meaningful work by understanding that employment fit is a combination of people, process, and technology. We leverage our experienced and compassionate team to bring humanity to matching you with the right advanced technology role, and stay connected with you to help you attain your professional goals.