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Project Management
Job Description
- Facilitate all Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring structured and effective meetings
- Actively coach team members, stakeholders, and Product Owners on Agile principles, roles, and frameworks to improve Agile maturity within IT/OT teams
- Partner with Product Owners to refine and prioritize backlogs, ensuring stories and tasks are clearly defined and aligned with program objectives
- Identify and remove impediments or blockers affecting team performance by collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and escalating issues when necessary
- Track sprint progress and delivery performance using velocity and burn-down charts, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement
- Foster a safe environment for team members to openly discuss challenges, experiment with new ideas, and adopt iterative delivery improvements
- Act as a servant leader, shielding teams from external disruptions, enabling focus on sprint commitments, and maintaining team morale
- Facilitate dependency management and coordination with other Scrum Masters and teams within scaled Agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe, LeSS)
- Create and distribute sprint reports and dashboards that summarize progress, accomplishments, and risks for stakeholders and leadership
- Advocate for Agile best practices across the enterprise, supporting organizational Agile transformation initiatives and participating in coaching forums
- Assist with the adoption of Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps) to track progress, maintain transparency, and provide actionable metrics
- Promote team alignment with IT/OT governance frameworks and enterprise compliance requirements while maintaining delivery agility
- Conduct retrospectives and other continuous improvement practices and ensure documentation and learns are shared across teams
- Plan, coordinate, and facilitate core project governance activities, including project kickoff, status meetings, phase reviews, and stakeholder updates, ensuring clear communication and alignment
- Guide project teams and stakeholders on delivery frameworks, processes, and roles, supporting effective execution across Waterfall and hybrid methodologies
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including scope, schedule, resources, and cost baselines, ensuring alignment with program and organizational objectives
- Proactively identify, assess, and manage risks, issues, and dependencies; drive resolution through cross-functional coordination and appropriate escalation
- Monitor project performance against established baselines using KPIs, earned value metrics, and milestone tracking; provide actionable insights and corrective actions as needed
- Foster a collaborative and accountable team environment that encourages transparency, problem-solving, and continuous improvement
- Lead project execution with a focus on delivery discipline, ensuring teams remain aligned to commitments while managing competing priorities and constraints
- Coordinate interdependencies across projects, teams, and business units to ensure integrated delivery and minimize execution risk
- Prepare and deliver comprehensive status reports, dashboards, and executive updates highlighting progress, key milestones, risks, and financial performance
- Promote adherence to project management standards, governance frameworks, and organizational best practices while supporting continuous improvement initiatives
- Oversee the use of project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps) to ensure accurate tracking, documentation, and reporting
- Ensure compliance with IT/OT governance, regulatory requirements, and internal controls throughout the project lifecycle
- Lead lessons learned sessions and post-project reviews; document and disseminate insights to improve future project delivery