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Project Manager/Scrum Master

Primary Purpose: This person will serve as a Project Manager/Scrum Master to a team within our client’s ERP Program and lead the team in delivering their respective commitments to ensure the overall delivery of new features and functions within the Oracle ERP Program. This position will report directly to the Program Manager and collaborate with constituents throughout the ERP Program.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects / workstreams through entire life cycle (i.e. discovery to closure).
• Serve as and execute the duties of Scrum Master including, partnering with Product Managers/Owners on scope alignment, facilitate Scrum ceremonies, and act as servant leader to scrum team.
• Manage geographically dispersed business teams, off-shore development teams, and third-party vendors
• Acts as liaison between development team and business/leadership stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into easily understood terms.
• Provides visibility to stakeholders on status, progress, risks, constraints, and overall health of project/workstream thru status reports, diagrams, and timelines.
• Responsible for their team’s completion of deliverables on time, on budget, and with agree upon scope. Working with team directly to improve upon any short comings and ensure commitments are held.
• Act as first level of escalation and work with his project team to resolve issues and mitigate risks. 
• Take the necessary measures to understand their technical domain in an effort to be able to communicate progress, issues, and risks to stakeholders.
• Establish rapport with business stakeholders and take measures to understand business needs and pain points in order to better prioritize technical work.
• Leverage professional experiences to proactively identify risks, areas of improvement, and ultimately improve the quality of delivered work to stakeholders.

Requirements:

Must have :

• 5+ years’ experience as Project Manager
• 5+ years’ experience as a Scrum Master
• 3+ Years of Agile experience as well as JIRA experience
• Must understand Kanban and Scrum as they use both
• Must have experience in managing at least one to two Scrum Teams.
• Must have ability to develop business relationships and communicate successfully with stakeholders at all levels of management.
• Must exhibit excellent interpersonal and diplomacy skills.
• Must have proven leadership skills and capable of working independently on your own initiative, to an agreed action plan.
• Must have strong time management and organizational skills,  attention to detail, strong ownership and follow up skills
• Experience as a PM working in an IT Production Support and Enhancement Deliver environment

Nice to Have

• Previous experience working with ERP Systems
• Previous experience working with Oracle ERP
• Scrum certification preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred