Sr. IT Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master

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Volt is immediately hiring an IT Project Manager/Senior Scrum Master in San Diego, CA.

As an IT Project Manager/Scrum Master, you will:

• Ensure team and associate Scrum Masters are activity following the guidelines of Scrum and Agile to achieve business objectives with IT products, efforts and delivery teams
• Help a team/individual/product owners/Scrum Masters clarify goals and actions to achieve them
• Facilitate team to estimate and plan product/solution in a variety of tools with no supervision
• Ensure team is incorporating feedback from customers, end-users, and key stakeholders to increase value for our customers continually
• Shield teams from outside distraction/interference
• Track and remove impediments with little to no assistance
• Mentor other team members and scrum masters in the agile methodology
• Collaborate with Technical and Solution Architects and SMEs to define program and project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Interpret & communicate business requirements to develop a comprehensive product backlog to reduce risk and enhance quality and delivery of prioritized features/capabilities
• Work with the Product Owner to document and make visible the product/solution scope, goals, and deliverables
• Develop estimates, schedules, effort, and cost based on best practices and experience and provide continual improvement guidance
• Develop and manage a comprehensive plan for products/solutions
• Identify capacity related risks, recommend potential mitigation, and escalate appropriately, and remediate
• Create an environment of accountability within the delivery team
• Work closely with functional product, program, and project team members to fully understand and manage program and project inter-dependencies.
• Execute product delivery based on agile methodologies defined by the enterprise
• Become highly proficient at using DevOps/Agile tooling and related tools
• Work with subject matter experts to ensure that teams are consistently delivering the highest value for feature level/product increments
• Prepare, present and review provided features and capabilities regularly with product owners and stakeholders
• Work with internal and external technology suppliers and product owners to ensure an accurate product/solution budget and manage to it
• Manage scope, communicating risks to scope, sprint timeline, budget, and resolve issues
• Identify, escalate, and assist in the resolution of resource constraints, conflicts, and impediments
• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders to meet project deliverables and benefit case
• Ensure product/solution alignment with enterprise standards and processes
• Create an appropriate support model that addresses the support need of the product/solution
• Update technical and job knowledge by learning from more senior-level scrum masters, self-education, read professional publications and participate in educational opportunities

This is a 12-to-15-month temp assignment, working 100% onsite at the San Diego Facility. Role may require you work between the Kearny Mesa and Downtown San Diego location. May have potential to go temp to hire.

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm plus overtime as needed.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 5+ years of agile/scrum experience
• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience
• Experience working with 3+ teams simultaneously
• Eight plus years of progressively responsible job-related experience
• Excellent knowledge and demonstrated expertise in applying Agile best practices, Scrum ceremonies, and scaled Agile practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate in a highly collaborative fashion
• Experience in all facets of the software development life cycle (requirements gathering, system design, development, testing, release cycle, support)
• Experience in mentoring Scrum Masters in their community of practice
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (required)
• Previous experience leading Information Technology programs and projects
• Self-starter, initiative, leadership, excellent judgment, excellent problem solving, excellent communication, and human relations skills
• Mastery of agile software development methodologies
• The ability to facilitate cross-functional teams across the IT organization and related business groups
• Extensive experience using Azure DevOps and similar apps
• Bachelor\'s in IT, Computer Science, or related field.

Pay Rate: $59.70 per hour

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate\'s education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

Benefits: Volt offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: health, dental, vision, term life, short term disability, AD&D, 401(k), Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Volt is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please email or call . Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

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