Project Manager/Scrum Master
Alexandria, VA

Job Description

Overview

The Ambit Group is a Woman-Owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business providing management services to the public and private sectors. Our motto is "We get the mission of government done. Smarter. Faster. And cheaper."

We embody the name of the firm in our culture. Our ambit, or sphere of influence, is one in which all members have a voice and all are committed to outcomes. We understand that work, family and community co-exist, when any element is out of balance, all suffer. Our policies are family-centric, provide flexible work schedules, job sharing and cross-training that meet client requirements and support our employees. We focus on more than the task at hand, we focus on the entirety of our ambit. There is no job too large and no task too low - we function as ONE.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager with Scrum Master for a proposal effort supporting USDA Food and Nutrition Service. While this is mostly a remote position, we ask that this candidate be relateively local to the Washington, DC area for frequent on-site client meetings. The Project Manager would be responsible for leading on a small, highly-motivated team focused on Drupal 8 project. The Project Manager will be accountable for the entire project lifecycle, including roadmap planning, sprint planning, sprint review, and release management.

Responsibilities

* Establish appropriate communication channels between various project stakeholders, provide routine status reports, and conduct meetings to keep team updated on all project activates and any risks/issues.
* Anticipate stakeholder needs and work with Product Owners to successfully manage change in project scope, schedule, budget and personnel.
* Manage Scrum team and apply Scrum principals, practices, and theory to development activates
* Collaborate among Product Owner and team for release and sprint planning, users stories, backlog grooming, user testing, and retrospectives
* Capture, monitor, and review team velocity for Scrum teams to drive continuous improvements and high quality performance

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field, or equivalent work experience
* 5+ years experience managing and supporting complex IT projects and financial portfolios
* 3+ years experience working on Agile projects using Scrum
* Experience using CMMI Level III or other QA best practices
* Experience with Microsoft Project Professional 2010, MS SQL Server, Atlassian JIRA and Confluence
* Extensive leadership experience and strong teaming abilities
* Certified Scrum Master a plus
* MBI Public Trust Clearance preferred
* US Citizenship required

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