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Job Summary:
ClifyX is a company that focuses on innovative project management solutions, and they are seeking a Scrum Master to ensure the timely and budget-friendly delivery of projects. The role involves coordinating teams, managing stakeholder relationships, and driving the adoption of Agile methodologies within the organization.
Responsibilities:
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Coordinate within teams for the flawless execution of projects
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Successfully manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Demonstrable experience of Scrum Management
• Recommend improvements and drive alignment across the Freestyle Engineering & Innovation organization
• Serve as a Coach and Mentor within the organization
• Guide the SAFe initiatives through coaching and mentoring
• Coach and mentor the organization to facilitate adoption and maturity
• Lead and influence others including those more senior on best practices
• Implement processes, practices, and tools allow for multiple paths of delivery. I.e., create simplified, consistent, reusable, efficient and flexible methodologies
• Inspire others to adopt the new processes and improvements based on program retrospectives
• SAFe and Agile technical project management of multiple software releases
• Organize and execute software team training, mentoring, SAFe and Agile Sprint Ceremonies.
• Certified SAFe Practitioner to enable and train the team on SAFe and Agile best practices
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills
• Basic Project Management: Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion (e.g., on time, within budget).
• Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Good skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices and fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.
• Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team.
• He should have knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
• Ability to take and understand his commitment to deliver the product on time.
• Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
• Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
• Familiar with common development practices, Service oriented environments, and Agile practices.
• Very good educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exhibits high-performing levels of motivation, performance and personal integrity
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stake holders/partners and apply expertise to assure quality and accuracy
• PMP / CSM certification is a plus.
• Rally / JIRA experience is a must
Qualifications:
Required:
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Coordinate within teams for the flawless execution of projects
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Successfully manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Demonstrable experience of Scrum Management
• Recommend improvements and drive alignment across the Freestyle Engineering & Innovation organization
• Serve as a Coach and Mentor within the organization
• Guide the SAFe initiatives through coaching and mentoring
• Coach and mentor the organization to facilitate adoption and maturity
• Lead and influence others including those more senior on best practices
• Implement processes, practices, and tools allow for multiple paths of delivery. I.e., create simplified, consistent, reusable, efficient and flexible methodologies
• Inspire others to adopt the new processes and improvements based on program retrospectives
• SAFe and Agile technical project management of multiple software releases
• Organize and execute software team training, mentoring, SAFe and Agile Sprint Ceremonies.
• Certified SAFe Practitioner to enable and train the team on SAFe and Agile best practices
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills
• Basic Project Management: Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools and techniques to develop/plan, manage or execute projects or work plans to ensure successful completion (e.g., on time, within budget).
• Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Good skills to coach team how to follow agile scrum, which really works.
• Strong knowledge of Scrum theory, rules and practices and fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
• Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.
• Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that he can explain other methodologies to motivate his team.
• He should have knowledge about Agile techniques like: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
• Ability to take and understand his commitment to deliver the product on time.
• Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
• Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
• Familiar with common development practices, Service oriented environments, and Agile practices.
• Very good educational background, preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exhibits high-performing levels of motivation, performance and personal integrity
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stake holders/partners and apply expertise to assure quality and accuracy
• PMP / CSM certification is a plus.
• Rally / JIRA experience is a must
• Experience in multiple technologies including JavaScript, Angular JS
• Extensive experience in full project lifecycle, application design and architecture, documentation and project planning
• Good understanding of SOAP UI
• Team handling capabilities
• Good understanding of breadth and depth of technologies.
• Excellent analytical, inter-personal, communication & written skills.
• Excellent team player with problem-solving and trouble-shooting capabilities.
• Executed multiple projects in Agile methodology
• Resource should have the ability to work independently
Company:
ClifyX provides innovative business solutions which satisfy requirements for mission-critical reliability, scalability, interoperations. Founded in 1998, the company is headquartered in South Plainfield, USA, with a team of 501-1000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.