Agile Project Manager
Cambridge, MA

Job Description

About Foundation Medicine:

Foundation Medicine began with an ideato simplify the complex nature of cancer genomics, bringing cutting-edge science and technology to everyday cancer care. Our approach generates insights that help doctors match patients to more treatment options and helps accelerate the development of new therapies. Foundation Medicine is the culmination of talented people coming together to realize an important vision, and the work we do every day impacts real lives.

Position Overview:

The Scrum Master is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users. At an enterprise level, leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple Agile teams and/or requiring integration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams. At a team level, playing a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project team.

Responsibilities:

* Guides the team and organization on how to leverage Agile/Scrum practices and values to maximize the delivery of business value.
* Acts to apply Agile/Scrum practices in a manner to best suit the needs of the team.
* Tracks and leverages key metrics to champion team health, product delivery, and continuous improvement.
* Guides the team on applying self-organizing, self-corrective behaviors; analyzing and adapting to the feedback inputs (e.g. Metrics, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, etc.), all for the purpose of building high performing teams.
* Removes impediments or guides the team to remove its own impediments.
* Builds a trusting environment where issues are raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on correcting and problem solving.
* Facilitates the completion of assignments efficiently and without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
* Champions collaborative discussion, decision making, and problem solving.
* Assists with internal communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
* Coordinates and encourages participation from all team members in scrum ceremonies (Daily Scrum, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Retrospective) and longer-term planning exercises (Road Mapping, Release Planning).
* Supports and educates the Product Owner in applying the scrum framework and agile principles, and in particular the importance of refining and maintaining the product backlog.
* Continually enhances own domain knowledge of systems and products.
* Continually improve Scrum Master skills through education and engaging with fellow Scrum Masters.
* Works with Product Owner and Team to plan and execute project implementations.
* Assists in the identification and mitigation of project risks.
* Ensures Definition of Done (DOD) is met consistently.
* Provides Scrum Master services to multiple teams, when required.
* Identifies and acts on coaching opportunities at the individual and team level.
* Conducts regular assessments of a team's Scrum Maturity and uses the results to guide them to improved performance.
* Assist with other tasks and projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

* Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge Agile Project Management principles.
* A proven track record of successfully implementing software projects using Agile methodologies including 5+ years of experience.
* Expert experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects. PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred.
* Experience overseeing cross functional teams with at least 10-15 team members.
* Sufficient level of technical background to provide highly-credible leadership to development teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.

Skills and Experience:

* BA or BS or equivalent experience is required; MA or MS is a plus.
* Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a Scrum Master function.
* Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
* Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
* Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
* Ability to anticipate issues based on experience to help the team avoid or resolve the issues.
* Proven ability to lead software development projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met.
* Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using Atlassian tools such as Jira/Confluence equivalent.
* Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level.
* Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the "big picture" view.

Foundation Medicine is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin. Further, qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also FMI's EEO Statement and EEO is the Law and Supplement. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. (EOE/AAP Employer)

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