Title: Project Manager/Scrum Master
Location: Portland, OR Area
Type: 12 month contract
Job: 14284
InfoGroup Northwest Inc., located in beautiful Portland, Oregon is a premier IT Staffing firm for some of the Northwest's top Mid Sized and Fortune 500 companies. InfoGroup Northwest specializes in placing top IT talent in direct hire, contract and contract to hire employment opportunities. InfoGroup Northwest is proud to offer medical, dental, and vision benefits covering 75% of the monthly premium for our consultants.
Project Scope:
As a Project Manager/Scrum Master, you will be responsible for delivering large infrastructure and application projects for our Fortune 500 client using the SCRUM methodology. Core responsibilities include:
*Manage large project teams that range from product managers and analysts to developers, IT and QA engineers
*Familiarity with SCRUM and SCRUM processes, including but not limited to facilitating scrum planning sessions, daily standups, and removing escalations for the team.
*Manage budgets - including initial estimation, tracking of actuals, and understanding the deviations
*Develop resource plans, coordinating/on-boarding of project resources, development and execution of communication plans, defining and executing risk management plans
*Work with project sponsors and product owners to create stories around business benefits, business requirements, and project scope
*Rigorous scheduling at the task level, with overall accountability at the program level
*Proactive approach and communicate status to stakeholders effectively
*Manage changes against project schedule, scope and cost, as well as lead the assessment of impact on the larger portfolio of projects
*Successfully manage project dependencies and constraints
*Contract and vendor management: build partnerships across organizational, departmental, and geographical boundaries
*Team leadership and ability to inspire and motivate
*Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills
Requirements:
*Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, or a related field
*3+ years professional experience with at least 3 years in project or release management and business process improvement
*2 years additional relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree
*Experience with ServiceNow is a BONUS!
*Strong influencing skills and ability to interact with senior management
*Experience delivering large infrastructure projects
*Understanding of release management processes
*Experience working with many cross-functional teams
*Experience with Agile software development methodologies
*Experience with business process improvement methods (e.g., Lean) is preferred
*Project Management experience developing and managing WBS, schedules, scope, budgets, resource plans, issues, risks and change requests
*Comfortable working in a very fast-paced, results-oriented environment
*Scrum Master certification preferred
_____________________________________________________________
InfoGroup Northwest Awards:
* Portland Business Journal - Top 25 Staffing Firms, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
* Oregon's Top 100 Best Companies to Work For - 3 years running
* Oregon's Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, 2003, 2004, 2010 and 2011
* Oregon Business Journal - Top 10 Tech Companies, 2004
Refer a Consultant -- Receive a $1000
Visit: http:// www.infogroupnw.com/our-services/referral-program
To view other InfoGroup Northwest opportunities
Visit: www.infogroupnw.com/consultants
IN
Job Code: #14284
Date Posted: 2014-11-11 14:13:44.44
Job Type: Contract

