Job Description:
We have partnered with a Large Financial Services company to provide them with a Scrum Master - Data Warehouse in Wilmington, DE. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, monitoring/controlling, administration, and agile execution of multiple projects to meet our business needs in accord with our organizational priorities, quality, budget, and time constraints. Extensive knowledge of Agile project management/ Systems integration/ Data Warehouse and Reporting is required.
Please review the below description and if you are interested please contact Narendra Naidu ASAP at nnaidu@relevante.com or 215-259-5096 as our client is looking to fill this position immediately.
Job Description:
Department Summary
The Information Technology Department delivers superior customer experiences through the development and support of front and back office systems while focusing on IT's four core values: Partnership, Excellence, Innovation and Efficiency. The IT Data Services Development Department is responsible for the design, development, testing and maintenance of the transactional and multi-dimensional database environments used to support operational, analytical, management and financial reporting within Client. The environments include the enterprise data warehouse (ODW), the PeopleSoft Financials General Ledger and the Cognos Business Intelligence reporting centers and packages. The department is also responsible for the implementation and facilitation of the Data Governance initiative within Client.
Job Summary
In this role you will be responsible for planning, monitoring/controlling, administration, and agile execution of multiple projects to meet our business needs in accord with our organizational priorities, quality, budget, and time constraints.
Essential Functions
Planning
· Schedule and facilitate sprint planning meeting(s) prior to the beginning of each sprint in accord with the scrum fundamentals.
· Attend Monthly Customer Council meetings
· After Sprint Detail Planning has been completed communicate to the backlog owner the teams committed stories for the upcoming sprint.
· Support the Backlog Owner and Portfolio Manager in updating monthly the 30-60-90 release roadmap based on the health and priority of the stories of the backlog and planning poker estimates/sizing.
Agile Execution
· Schedule and facilitate daily stand up meeting at same time and same location each day in accord with the scrum fundamentals.
· Represent the team daily at the scrum of scrum's (S2) meeting to report progress against burndown, if deviating from the ideal burndown line then communicate teams plan/commitment to get back to the line, report impediments for escalation, identify risks/concerns to the S3 to help resolve.
· Shield the team from external interferences, facilitate removing impediments that impact the team's ability to meet their commitments, enable close cooperation across all roles and functions with the goal of removing barriers.
· Coordinate with the Backlog Owner and Technical Lead in ensuring the team is prepared to do the demo or Sprint Review at the end of each sprint.
Monitoring and Controlling
· Monitor daily issues impacting the team in v1, if the team is not able to resolve the issue/impediment and needs to be escalated then report it at the scrum of scrum's (S2) meeting.
· Monitor daily the information dashboard v1 or white/cork boards (if team is utilizing) and ensure they accurately reflect the current state. Including time and status.
· Report weekly (or as agreed w/ business sponsor) the status of the projects your scrum team is supporting.
· Provide the Release Managers with the list of backlog items being released to production with the upcoming sprint.
· Coordinate as needed with other internal Project Managers (PMs) and/or external vendor Project Managers the delivery of components.
· Provide feedback as needed to Resource Managers to adequately staff the team for each sprint.
· Ensure team productivity by fostering creativity, empowerment, and accountability with in the team.
· Schedule and facilitate Sprint retrospective and coordinate continuous improvement action items with Backlog Owner
Administration
· Actively participate in the Scrum CoPFacilitate a project closure retrospective meeting at the end of each project in accord with project management fundamentals.
· Conduct periodic peer reviews of other SM/PM's.
· Monitor the wiki for Sprint Teams and ensure the team page accurately reflects the current state
· Back up Backlog Owner and Tech Lead when necessary or appropriate
Experience, Qualifications and Technical Skills and Abilities
· 4 - 6 years experience successfully delivering multiple cross functional projects that fulfilled business and/or IT needs and priorities with in quality, budget, and time constraints.
· 1 year experience Agile project management.
· Experience successfully establishing and managing supplier/vendor relationships in an IT environment.
· Systems integration experience involving the interfacing of complex systems components with one another.
· Preferential consideration will be given to candidates with relevant Data Warehouse and Reporting implementation and integration experience.
Education and/or Certifications
· B.S. Computer Science, MIS, or related technical field.
· Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification and/or ScrumMaster Certification
Relevante is an accounting & technology resourcing and consulting firm, committed to meeting the dynamic business requirements of our clients. We provide accounting and technology consultants to Fortune 1000 and other industry leaders from our locations in the Greater Philadelphia area. Relevante has been consecutively ranked in the last few years, as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the Philadelphia Region.
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