PM/Scrum Master- Onsite-W2

Location: Washington DC
Title:PM/Scrum Master
Job: onsite - Local Or Neraby

Seeking an experienced Agile Scrum Master with Azure DevOps experience to guide Agile teams in delivering high-quality projects. The Scrum Master will facilitate agile ceremonies, guide teams on Agile best practices, and ensure successful project delivery in alignment with agile delivery principles. This role may also include engaging in technical challenges, collaborating with cross-functional teams to address complex problems, and providing Agile leadership to ensure timely and effective solutions.

Work items may include the following items, but are not limited to:

The Scrum Master plays a key role within the Agile framework and ensures the implementation of Scrum practices and principles effectively.
Guide Agile teams on SAFe practices and principles, promoting continuous improvement and team collaboration.
Participate in technical challenges, helping the team ideate and deliver innovative solutions to complex problems.
Work closely with Product Owners and other IT and business stakeholders to ensure proper alignment of program objectives, features, and story prioritization.
Identify and remove impediments that block progress, ensuring smooth project delivery and risk mitigation.
Promote an Agile mindset across the teams, encouraging self-organization, collaboration, and accountability.
Track and report on key metrics such as team velocity, iteration progress, and PI goals to stakeholders and leadership.
Facilitate communication and collaboration between teams, ensuring cross-team alignment. Support the team in maintaining focus on business value, outcomes, and timely delivery of increments.
Engage in and support team participation in technical challenges to continuously improve Agile processes and technical outcomes.
SKILLS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Minimum 8 years of experience and Bachelor s degree or equivalent, plus professional certificates.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and strong understanding of Agile planning tracking tools.
IT Professional performing as independent contributor that participates in functions such as design, development and implementation of application systems.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate well with all levels, technical as well as non-technical stakeholders.
Solid understanding of IT product lifecycle and delivery methodologies.
Proven ability to collaborate with other team members across boundaries and contribute productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
Ability to take personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results.
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to build effective partnerships across team boundaries.
Ability to operate effectively individually without supervision as well as collaborate as part of a larger team.
Motivated, self-starter with great interpersonal skills to work with distributed teams.
Strong attention to details, quality and testing.
Strong presentation and facilitation skills.
Able to work in high pressure situations and tight schedules, while quickly producing excellent solutions to problems and production issues.
Able to work independently and deliver timely results.
Excellent personal organization skills and ability to take things to closure without follow-ups.
The resource is expected to hold SAFe/Agile Certification or will be requested to be certified within 6 months