SCRUM LEAD
The Judge Group Inc.

Job Info

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Location: Fort Worth, TX
Salary: Negotiable
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Scrum Lead!

Why You'll Love This Job

• Join a Dynamic Team: Be a part of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division, where innovation and collaboration drive success.
• Impactful Work: Take charge of planning, directing, and coordinating activities for multiple projects using Agile/Scrum methodologies, making a tangible impact on our technology landscape.

What You'll Do

• Project Management: Oversee all aspects of multiple fast-paced projects with distributed teams, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
• Vision and Standards: Design and maintain the project vision, working standards, and agreements to align with organizational goals.
• Strategic Planning: Develop comprehensive project roadmaps, release plans, resource allocations, funding requests, communication plans, risk and issue management plans, test plans, and defect management plans.
• Agile Implementation: Implement Agile methodologies using tools like Rally and Planview, facilitating all Agile meetings including Discovery Sessions, Iteration Planning, Demos, Retrospectives, and Daily Stand-ups.
• Proactive Tracking: Track, update, and communicate project status proactively, focusing on progress, budget, resource utilization, change requests, issues, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with stakeholders at all management levels to ensure project priorities align with business needs and expectations.
• Documentation and Deliverables: Ensure clear definition and delivery of project documentation and deliverables.
• Mentorship: Mentor and coach Agile teams to adopt and successfully use Agile practices.
• Liaison Role: Act as a liaison between business units and third-party vendors.
• Business Analysis: Utilize business analysis techniques for gathering and documenting complex requirements, scoping, interviewing, facilitation, system component design, testing, and implementation.

All You'll Need for Success
Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training.
• Professional Experience: At least 3 years of progressive, broad-based information systems and business experience.
• Project Management: 3 years of experience managing and delivering mission-critical, high-availability IT development projects using structured project management and system development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Agile Expertise: 3 years of experience in Agile methods and mindset as an approach to software development.
• Extensive Experience: 5 years of progressive, broad-based information systems and business experience.
• Project Leadership: 5 years of experience managing and delivering mission-critical, high-availability IT development projects using structured project management and system development methodologies, such as Agile/Scrum.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in the airline industry is a plus.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Certifications: Certified ScrumMaster or PMP (Project Management Professional) is a plus.
• Leadership and Coaching: Experience leading, coaching, and mentoring teams while leveraging Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and developing self-organizing teams.
• Technical Proficiency: Experience with various computing platforms, such as mainframe, client/server, web, cloud, and social media.
• Agile Tools: Proficiency in tools like Team Foundation Server (TFS), Rally, Planview, VersionOne, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
• DevOps Knowledge: Experience with DevOps toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
• Microsoft Office: Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
• Analytical Skills: Strong skills in analytics, estimating, and problem-solving.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to think strategically and develop tactical methods to achieve objectives and goals.
• Relationship Building: Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with team members, customers, and external groups, working collaboratively with geographically dispersed resources.

Contact: arobinson123@judge.com

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