Project Manager - Richmond VA ; Onsite

Project Manager 2 (Scrum Master)

Virginia Dept of Health (VDH) is seeking a Project Manager 2 (Scrum Master) to act as a servant leader and facilitator for 2–3 Agile teams, ensuring effective implementation of Scrum and Kanban principles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as liaison between technical and non‑technical departments.
• Communicate with management, developers, product owners and 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 core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, accountability, and visibility.
• Assist with backlog maintenance and quality of user stories.
• Improve transparency and communicate internally and externally.
• Help prioritize and resolve defects/bugs.
• Develop and maintain team working agreement, standards, and tools.
• Manage team performance metrics and use them to drive efficiencies.
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions.
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
• Empower the team to self‑organize.

Required/Desired

Skills:

• Four‑year college diploma or university degree in computer systems design or computer science, and/or 10 years equivalent work experience.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
• Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience and certification is a plus.
• Scrum Master or Business Analyst experience preferred.
• Understanding of Agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures.
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of the organization’s development platform and languages.
• Ability to understand technical issues.

Location: 109 Governor St, Richmond, VA 23219 (Onsite)

Salary: $100K–$110K per annum with benefits

U.S. Citizenship or Green Card holder required

YSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.