Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pomeroy is seeking an experienced Scrum Master / Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives across cross-functional teams in a dynamic Agile environment. This hybrid role combines Agile team leadership with traditional project management responsibilities, requiring an individual who can effectively balance both disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Support and coach up to two Scrum teams on Agile principles and Scrum best practices
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including:
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Stand-Ups
- Sprint Reviews
- Retrospectives
- Program Increment (PI) Planning
- Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness and prioritization
- Identify and remove impediments that impact team productivity or delivery
- Promote continuous improvement and Agile maturity across teams
- Foster a collaborative, transparent, and high-performing team environment
- Help resolve team conflicts and improve overall team effectiveness
- Serve as a liaison between Product Owners, stakeholders, and development teams
- Monitor team health, delivery progress, and adherence to Agile methodologies
- Lead projects from initiation through implementation and successful delivery
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects and initiatives
- Define project scope, objectives, timelines, resource requirements, and deliverables
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, workstreams, and status reports
- Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation processes
- Oversee project budgets, financial tracking, forecasting, and resource planning
- Coordinate activities across business stakeholders, technology teams, Product Owners, and third-party vendors
- Ensure projects remain on schedule and aligned with business objectives
- Facilitate project meetings and provide executive-level status updates
- Track vendor deliverables and ensure project milestones are met
- Identify project challenges and implement solutions to maintain quality, productivity, and stakeholder satisfaction
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- Proven experience serving as both a Scrum Master and Project Manager
- Experience managing projects through the full project lifecycle, from planning to implementation
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and project management best practices
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously
- Excellent communication, facilitation, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience identifying and mitigating project risks while driving issue resolution
- Ability to build strong relationships and influence both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience with one or more of the following tools is highly preferred: Jira
- Confluence
- Clarity
- Smartsheet
- Mural
- Microsoft Project
- Azure
- DevOps
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