Project Manager Richmond VA

Job Description

Project Manager – Req

109 Governor St Richmond VA 23219 - Onsite

Long Term

Contract

$Negotiable

Video Interview

• Four-year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus.
• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organization’s development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.
• Self‑motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
• Team‑player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time‑critical problems.
• Collaborative in driving decisions.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail.

The Scrum Master will operate as a servant‑leader and facilitator for 2‑3 Agile teams, ensuring the effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles. The successful candidate will be a strong negotiator, possess excellent logic and problem‑solving skills, and drive to make a difference. They will enforce the rules of Scrum, remove impediments from their team, promote self‑management, and consistently drive a culture of continuous improvement.

• Serve as liaison between technical and non‑technical departments.
• Communicate with other management, developers, product owners, and technical support specialists on product issues.
• Coach the team on best practices (maintaining a healthy backlog, developing high quality user stories, estimating and delivery).

• Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand‑up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum‑related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.
• Maintain process documentation.
• Ensure the team members practice the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.

• Assist as needed with backlog maintenance and reviewing quality of user stories.
• Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Assist with prioritization and resolution of defects / bugs.

• Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team working agreement, standards, and tools.
• Develop and manage team performance metrics, leverage to drive efficiencies in the process.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self‑organize.

• Four‑year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Must be a Certified Scrum Master.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus.

• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience is preferred.
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of organization’s development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.

• Self‑motivated and capable of managing multiple priorities and tasks as delegated.
• Team‑player with the ability to work within a collaborative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse personality types.
• Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential.
• Creative and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time‑critical problems.
• Collaborative in driving decisions.
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail.

Arthur Grand Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (including disability/vets).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.