Sr. Project Manager
Spectraforce
St. Paul, Minnesota
2 hours ago
Job Description
Position Title: Technical Scrum Master
Work Location: St Paul, MN (Onsite)
Assignment Duration: 12 months (possibility of extension)
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Position Summary
Seeking a motivated and experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile teams in delivering high-quality software for medical products that advance clinical excellence.
As a member of the software development team you will help take these products to the next level by optimizing cost, improving quality and increasing access.
Key Responsibilities
• Servant leader who would facilitate scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure adherence to Agile principles and Scrum practices.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, and other stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
• Provide technical leadership to an Agile team of 6 to 8 Software Engineers
• Translate requirements / vision into prioritized list of user stories and deliver to required timelines and quality standards with continuous backlog refinement
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Agile teams to ensure alignment and technology reuse
• Support process improvements which guide the development, sustaining & support activities
• Track and report key Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, burndown charts)
• Coach, mentor and lead the team
• Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables
• Drive world-class quality in the development and support of products
• Communicate effectively both within immediate team and across the program and business leadership team
• Ensure team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction, strategy and results
• Engage subject matter experts in successful transfer of complex domain knowledge
• Have familiarity with all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle and methodologies
• Leveraging DFR in Agile software development methodologies to drive reliability and predictability throughout the product development life cycle
Qualification & Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• 4+ years C++ or C#.net in Microsoft Windows development
• 4+ years of Agile software development
• Object Oriented Design Experience
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• Certified Scrum Master
• Global team experience
• Experience in software development in the medical field
• Software development tool experience such as Perforce, Jira, Jenkins
• Understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Ability to take ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
• Ensure understanding of issues and present clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results
• Identify misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Make suggestions to course correct
• Continuously measure deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balance different competing objectives
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 85.00/hr.
Work Location: St Paul, MN (Onsite)
Assignment Duration: 12 months (possibility of extension)
Work Arrangement: Onsite
Position Summary
Seeking a motivated and experienced Scrum Master to lead Agile teams in delivering high-quality software for medical products that advance clinical excellence.
As a member of the software development team you will help take these products to the next level by optimizing cost, improving quality and increasing access.
Key Responsibilities
• Servant leader who would facilitate scrum ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure adherence to Agile principles and Scrum practices.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Developers, and other stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous improvement and high performance.
• Provide technical leadership to an Agile team of 6 to 8 Software Engineers
• Translate requirements / vision into prioritized list of user stories and deliver to required timelines and quality standards with continuous backlog refinement
• Coordinate with other Scrum Masters and Agile teams to ensure alignment and technology reuse
• Support process improvements which guide the development, sustaining & support activities
• Track and report key Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, burndown charts)
• Coach, mentor and lead the team
• Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables
• Drive world-class quality in the development and support of products
• Communicate effectively both within immediate team and across the program and business leadership team
• Ensure team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction, strategy and results
• Engage subject matter experts in successful transfer of complex domain knowledge
• Have familiarity with all aspects of Software Development Life Cycle and methodologies
• Leveraging DFR in Agile software development methodologies to drive reliability and predictability throughout the product development life cycle
Qualification & Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or in “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
• 4+ years C++ or C#.net in Microsoft Windows development
• 4+ years of Agile software development
• Object Oriented Design Experience
• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• Certified Scrum Master
• Global team experience
• Experience in software development in the medical field
• Software development tool experience such as Perforce, Jira, Jenkins
• Understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Ability to take ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
• Ensure understanding of issues and present clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results
• Identify misalignments with goals, objectives, and work direction against the organizational strategy. Make suggestions to course correct
• Continuously measure deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balance different competing objectives
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Effective facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Persists to completion, especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 85.00/hr.