Position: Project Manager/Scrum Master
Company: PSR Company
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: intermediate
Published: 2020-10-01T00:00:00+03:00

The PM/Scrum Master is responsible for being a Coach, Facilitator and Servant Leader for their assigned Agile Scrum team(s). He/She continually looks for ways the team can improve and will be able to encourage growth through cultivating strong relationships and trust. 

Responsibilities:
- Helps teams self-organize and self-manage.
- Organizes and facilitates daily stand-up meetings, reviews, estimation, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos, burndown tracking and other Scrum-related meetings.
- Works collaboratively with Business and I Delivery teams to support development and software delivery.
- Assists the Product Owner and Delivery Manager in user story creation/prioritization and product Backlog grooming via emergent requirements.
- Asks difficult questions, removes impediments, and makes issues and problems visible. Escalates as necessary.
- Recommends improvements and assists in changes to best practice and ensures development team is working efficiently towards Sprint goals.
- Coaches the development team and stakeholders on how to use Agile/Scrum practices at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
- Ensures the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
- Ensures cross functional coordination (analysts, developers and testers) is occurring early and often.
- Identifies and manages issues and jeopardies with a clear grasp of the challenges/options until resolved. Mitigates all risks and issues "real-time", executing resolutions on demand.
- Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse teams with diverse personalities, during high pressure scenarios, within extremely tight deadlines.
- Demonstrates awareness of Agile technology practices (e.g., Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration).
- Demonstrates ability to work closely with delivery teams to establish expectations and ensure tasks remain on track.

Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in Agile development including coaching on agile methodologies.
- Ability to coach a team and stakeholders on Agile practices and ensure adherence to Agile methodology.
- Strong facilitation skills in leading planning meetings, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Enjoys solving problems and able to resolve conflicts through strong mediation skills.
- Are motivated and driven, and can influence and drive teams to success using Agile/Scrum/Lean practices.
- Proven leadership experience in achieving successful project outcomes.
- Scrum Master Certification (Preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teamwork in and across teams and organizations.
- Technical background and experience in mobile and/or backend development is a plus. 

Education: BS/MS in Computer Engineer/Science or related field.