Agile Project Manager

Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired.

• Responsible for facilitating all the scrum ceremonial meetings like the Daily Scrum, Sprint planning, Sprint Demo/Review & retrospectives.
• Helps the Product Owner and Scrum team create & maintain a healthy product backlog and helps the team in continuously managing & prioritizing the backlog.
• Helps the team plan sprints based on team capacity, remove impediments that may hinder progress and continuously monitor sprint progress and assist the team in meeting the Sprint commitments.

• Track team(s) velocity and publish metrics like velocity charts, sprint burn up/down charts and release burn up/down charts.
• Create, set up and maintain the Scrum/Kanban JIRA/ADS boards for the team and ensure all work is tracked and updated regularly on the board.
• Manage the overall scope of the project and negotiate with the PO/business on priority and what can be accomplished by the team.
• Protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions.
• Build out a sprint calendar, release plan(s) and manage the overall timeline & delivery of the project.
• Review project team allocations, project related POs/invoices & manage the project financials.

• Identify, track, manage, elevate and report on risks and issues.
• Create & publish weekly Clarity project status reports & host Steering Committee meetings.
• Negotiate and align the expectations with the capacity/commitment and the team deliverables.
• Keep the RTE/ Program Manager and Portfolio lead informed of the milestones/ deliverables of the team.
• Escalate as needed to remove impediments for the team.

• Establish an environment for the team to thrive and bring out the best in them. Motivate the team and build positive, lasting relationships with the team and other stakeholders.
• Coach the team on Agile best practices and help the team continually improve by using retrospective meetings as learning and adjust/improve based on the findings/recommendations.