What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agile Scrum Master - Alpharetta, GA CANDIDATES ONLY (OTHER CANDIDATES WILL BE REJECTED, PLEASE DON'T APPLY) position at Zealogics?
Job Details
Responsibilities & skills Required:
* Experienced in a large complex financial organization or major consulting organization acting in as Scrum Master and project management capacity.
* Highly versed in Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
* Technical background in integration, development, testing, and/or infrastructure.
* Ability to understand and implement front-to-back solutions.
* Excellent relationship management, communication, teamwork, and influence skills; ability to operate at senior levels in both written and verbal communications.
* Ability to develop full-scale project plans and associated communication documents; including identifying and managing project dependencies and critical path.
* Experience estimating resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
* Ability to proactively manage change in project scope, identify potential issues, and devise contingency plans.
* Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
* Detail oriented, organized, self-motivated, and ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
* Strong familiarity with Agile project management software/tools (e.g., JIRA, etc.).
* Proficient with MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Demonstrated capabilities in successfully leading enterprise wide programs and projects.
* High degree of business acumen and technical competency; ability to balance and bridge technology and business needs; project and program management
* Management of core functions including business requirements elaboration, systems and process flow analysis, meeting critical milestones and deliverables that are time and scope bound.
* Collaboration across technology organization, providing sound business analysis, process and change leadership within a maturing, Agile PDLC framework.
* Provide thought leadership and recommendations to management based on best practices and experience working in a global and diverse environment.
* Build program and project status reporting aligned with enterprise project portfolios.
* Provide transparency to Senior Management with respect to Portfolio issues, risks and recommend/implement strategies for effective and efficient operations.
* Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to resolve scheduling and other conflicts in order to meet all deadlines.
* Experience in working with agile lifecycle and/or tracking and process management tools, e.g. JIRA
* Identify and analyze opportunities and make tactical/strategic recommendations
* Deep skills in program management tools, including Microsoft Project, Access, Word, Excel, Visio, and SharePoint.
* Plan and conduct relevant meetings with key stakeholders.
Responsibilities & skills Required:
* Experience in working on Technology projects related to Financial Services domain.
* Knowledge of Wealth Management, Banking technology & related applications
* Familiarity with Agile - scrum methodology preferred. Kanban is also a plus.
